African-American Children, Tweens and Teens Best Sellers

 

Many generations of Americans know little about African American authors and illustrators. Pyramid Books has identified seven key ingredients to look for in Afrocentric books suitable for all children’s literature nutrition. These books should do the following things:

• Provide positive images that leave lasting impressions.

• Provide accurate, factual information that is enjoyable to read.

• Contain meaningful stories that reflect a range of African American values and lifestyles.

• Present nonfiction that is relevant to today’s issues.

• Contain materials that are self-affirming.

• Portray strong three-dimensional characters.

• Contain attractive graphics.

The choices adults make as parents, grandparents, guardians, and teachers about literature for children, unequivocally nature or deprive children’s literary development. We must also promote solutions about loving to and learning to read. It is our duty to sustain a lifelong will to read. Our children's literary lives depend on what we are doing today .

Midnight: A Gangster Love Story (Hardcover)

By Sister Souljah
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781416545187
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Atria, 11/01/2008

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa (Hardcover)

By Jeanette Winter
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780152065454
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harcourt Children's Books, 09/01/2008

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Hardcover)

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780786851751
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Jump At The Sun, 09/01/2006

Letters to a Young Sister (Paperback)

By Hill Harper
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781592404599
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Gotham, 05/01/2009

I Love My Hair! (Paperback)

By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E.B. Lewis
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780316523752
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 09/01/2001

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Paperback)

By Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9781423106357
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Jump At The Sun, 12/01/2007
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