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Publisher: Delacorte Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1995
ISBN-13: 9780385321754
ISBN-10: 0385321759
Call Number: + CURTI

Grades 4-8. When the eldest son of the family becomes a troublemaker, the Watsons travel to Grandma's Alabama home and witness the bombing of the Birmingham church, in a story told from the perspective of nine-year-old Kenny Watson. Curtis has created a wholly original novel in this warmly memorable evocation of an African-American family and their experiences both terrible and transcendent.

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Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2008
ISBN-13: 9780803732605
ISBN-10: 0803732600
Call Number: + E HOFFM

Grades K-2. Having been picked to be a princess in the town parade, Grace begins to consider her attire for the big event, but when she can't figure out the appropriate costume to wear and turns to her teacher and classmates for help, Grace learns a great deal about the diversity of princesses throughout time and the different roles they each played in their own cultures.

Publisher: Clarion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780395546826
ISBN-10: 0395546826
Call Number: + E HOWAR

Grades K-2. On Sunday afternoons, Susan and Sarah visit their Great-great Aunt Flossie to try on her wonderful hats, to hear the reminiscences that go with particular hats, and to eat crab cakes for dinner. Howard makes the girls' visit seem almost like time travel, as each of Aunt Flossie's hats reminds her of something that happened when she was wearing it: an event like the parade when the soldiers returned from World War I or a family story like the time her best Sunday hat landed in the water, only to be fetched by a dog.

Publisher: Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1988
ISBN-13: 9780394887654
ISBN-10: 0394887654
Call Number: + E MCKIS

Grades PreK-3. Mirandy is determined to catch Brother Wind and have him for her partner in the upcoming junior cakewalk. She tries a number of tactics springing from folk wisdom, and finally succeeds in trapping her prey in the barn. At the contest, Mirandy chooses to dance with her friend Ezel but, with Brother Wind to do her bidding, the two friends win the cakewalk in style.

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2007
ISBN-13: 9780316523943
ISBN-10: 0316523941
Call Number: TATE

Grades 3-6. When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina for scary, big-city life. While Celeste experiences the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, she eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.

Publisher: Phyllis Fogelman Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2000
ISBN-13: 9780803726475
ISBN-10: 0803726473
Call Number: + TAYLO

Grades 5-9. Winner of the 1977 Newbery Medal, this is a remarkably moving novel--one that has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And, too, it is Cassie's story--Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect.

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Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2007
ISBN-13: 9780766025363
ISBN-10: 0766025365
Call Number: + B H966L

Grades 6-8. Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at de sun," says Zora Neale Hurston, We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. It is this spirit and ambition that carried Zora Neale Hurston through her travels. As an anthropologist Hurston studied African-American culture in the South and collected stories and folklore, but as a writer Hurston gave these stories life and made them widely known. Readers of Laura Baskes Litwin's compelling new profile will understand why Hurston is one of history's most influential African-American writers.

Publisher: Enslow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780766016941
ISBN-10: 0766016943
Call Number: + B H966M 2002

Grades 2-4. Patricia McKissack traces the life of the Harlem Renaissance writer and folklorist, who worked to preserve the rich storytelling tradition of African-Americans in the South. This revised edition features a timeline, glossary, bibliography, index, and more than 20 photographs chronicling the life of one of America's great writers.

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Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1994
ISBN-13: 9781880000144
ISBN-10: 1880000148
Call Number: + E MILLE

Grades PreK-2. As a child, African-American writer Zora Hurston would climb high up in the branches of her favorite tree and dream of living in the cities beyond the horizon. Encouraged by her mother, Zora explored her hometown and listened to the stories of its people-stories her dying mother asked her to promise to remember always. A beautifully rendered and colorfully illustrated account of the childhood of the great black writer and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston shows a young child triumphing over adversity and learning to pursue her dreams.

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Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1992
ISBN-13: 9780876146675
ISBN-10: 0876146671
Call Number: + B H966P

Grades 4-6.  Follows the life of the Afro-American writer known for her novels, plays, articles, and collections of folklore. Written in engagingly fresh prose and attractively laid out in a large, clear type, Porter's well-written narrative allows readers pick up not only the flavor of her times, but also the flavor of Hurston - creative, funny, abrasive, and fickle. The well-chosen and appropriately placed black-and-white photographs serve not only to extend the text, but also to put faces on the many names that crop up in the story of Hurston's eventful life. A foreword by her niece adds a family dimension, and the thorough index and bibliography suit this for use as a report source.

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Publisher: Chelsea House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780791011294
ISBN-10: 0791011291
Call Number: + B H966W

Grades 7-9. Bursting onto the literary scene of the Harlem Renaissance in 1925, Zora Neale Hurston was a cipher. Few people realized that not only was this vivacious woman ten years older than she claimed to be, but also that she had overcome numerous hardships on the road to literary self-expression. That she arrived at all was amazing, and that she arrived so strongly centered and confident was phenomenal. Although Witcover's prose is merely workmanlike, young adults who begin this book will most likely finish it, drawn on by the continually interesting character of Hurston's emotionally and intellectually turbulent life.

Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780766014589
ISBN-10: 0766014584
Call Number: + 974.7 G

Grades 4-8. This serviceable overview covers the period in the 1920s when many aspects of African-American culture merged in Harlem. The book traces the intellectual life that flourished there from its roots in the Great Migration of blacks from the South after the turn of the century and the rise of activist organizations that promoted racial equality, such as the NAACP. The contributions of public figures and artists such as W. E. B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and James Weldon Johnson are outlined, as is the period's legacy.

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Publisher: Children's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2000
ISBN-13: 9780516212012
ISBN-10: 051621201X
Call Number: + 927 H271

Grades 4-8. This clearly written book is packed with information on 44 notable individuals of the period. Well-known figures such as W. E. B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Bessie Smith are included as are lesser-known people such as Laura Wheeler Waring and May Howard Jackson. Several pages of information are provided for each subject. Essays on "The New Negro," "The Jazz Age," and publications and patrons of the Harlem Renaissance are also included.

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Publisher: Wiley
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780471211525
ISBN-10: 0471211524
Call Number: + 927 B627

Grades 3-6. A thoroughly researched collection of profiles offers well-rounded portraits of twenty notable African Americans from the Harlem Renaissance, unsung heroes as well as the famous and the legendary. Learn about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance: Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, W. E. B. du Bois, Duke Ellington, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Carter G. Woodson, and many more!

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Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2004
ISBN-13: 9780316814119
ISBN-10: 0316814113
Call Number: + 810.989 H646

Grades 6-8. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most exciting and important periods in American cultural history. Determined to make a new start for themselves at the dawn of the twentieth century, many African Americans joined the "Great Migration" and headed to the North. For those who landed in the hotbed of Harlem, New York, it was a time of intellectual, artistic, literary, and political blossoming. Influential African-American artists and activists took center stage as their burgeoning creativity captured the attention of the world. Harlem Stomp! is a breathtaking whirlwind tour through this fascinating era

Publisher: Raintree
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2006
ISBN-13: 9781410924155
ISBN-10: 1410924157
Call Number: + 974.71 P

Grades 3-6. Using clear, predictable text structures, crucial eras and events in the history of the American peoples are brought to life through primary resources, in this high interest series written especially for struggling readers. Read this book to find out about the many talented writers, painters, and other artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Explore the sights and sounds of Harlem's busy streets. Learn more about the people and places of Harlem's Golden Age.