Black Books Galore's Guide to Great African American Children's Books

by Donna Rand, Toni Trent Parker, Sheila Foster

Book Overview

"This is a great resource that fills a tremendous need. It shouldbe on parents' shelves at home as well as in every school." --AlvinF. Poussaint, M.D. Harvard Medical School

These are exciting times for African American children'sliterature. Never before have there been so many titles available.Now the three mothers who founded Black Books Galore! --thenation's leading organizer of festivals of African Americanchildren's books --share their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471193534
• ISBN13: 9780471193531
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Phenomenal Resource for Teachers

This book is an amazing resource for teachers who are conscious of the importance of diverse literature. It's very well referenced, and I am already making great use of it--checking books out from the library to peruse them and then buying the ones that I want in my classroom library.

Excellent Reference- MUST HAVE- Authors did the work for busy parents

Excellent book for fine children's literature with African-Americans. For busy parents, this is an excellent reference book. There are many lists which to choose and select books. The book has separate categories by age. Wonderful. Each reference of the book, the author lets you know if the book has received any awards such as the Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, Newbury, Reading Rainbow. What a great idea!! The authors have done all the research for the busy parent who wants to buy fine literature for their kids. I want to thank the authors!!

An excellent resource- comprehensive and age specific

This is a one-of-a-kind resource written by parents for parents. 500 books are reviewed and categorized by age and reading ability. The descriptions are uniquely kid-focused and include key indicators such as "contains Carribean dialect" or "use of the 'N word'"). This book would make a great gift to friends with African American children or a school library. Even those with an extensive collection of books featuring African American children and adults will find something new and promising.