Clifton L. Taulbert, Author, E. B. Lewis, Author, Cindy Kane, Editor Dial Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2174-6
Taulbert's (Eight Habits of the Heart; When We Were Colored) first picture book is an expertly told story warm with nostalgia for the tightly knit black communities of the South in the '50s. Sent down the road to buy a pound of Miz Callie's ""special
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John Steptoe, Author, E. B. Lewis, Author, E. B. Lewis, Illustrator Clarion Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-68706-2
From the late Steptoe (1950-1989) comes a characteristically warm slice-of-life tale that also serves up a lesson or two about friendship and ethnic pride. When Charles's teacher explains that Hector, the new boy, is from Puerto Rico, Charles, an...
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Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Author, E. B. Lewis, Author, E. B. Lewis, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-52275-5
In Tarpley's gracefully told story, a young African American heroine celebrates her lovely head of hair as part of her heritage. Each evening, Keyana's mother lovingly combs out her tangles before bed and, when it hurts, Mama assures her that she is
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Jane Kurtz, Author, E. B. Lewis, Author, E. B. Lewis, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-671-88268-6
Debut illustrator Lewis's exceptional watercolors of Ethiopian mountains and mountain people quicken Kurtz's (Pulling the Lion's Tail) revision of a well-known tale. The shepherd boy Alemayu finds himself challenged by his rich, ill-tempered...
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