My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me

by Maya Angelou

Author	: Maya Angelou
Publisher	: National Geographic Books
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2003-03-11
Genre	: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN	: 0375825673

GET BOOK

Full color photographs. "Hello, Stranger-Friend" begins Maya Angelou's story about Thandi, a South African Ndebele girl, her mischievous brother, her beloved chicken, and the astonishing mural art produced by the women of her tribe. With never-before-seen photographs of the very private Ndebele women and their paintings, this unique book shows the passing of traditions from parent to child and introduces young readers to a new culture through a new friend.

Come Sunday

by Nikki Grimes

Author	: Nikki Grimes
Publisher	: Eerdmans Young Readers
Total Pages	: 37
Release	: 1996-05-02
Genre	: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN	: 0802851347

GET BOOK

A little girl describes a typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church.

Kofi and His Magic

by Maya Angelou

Author	: Maya Angelou
Publisher	: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 1996
Genre	: Ashanti (African people)
ISBN	: 9780517704530

GET BOOK

A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.

Bedtime Bonnet

by Nancy Redd

Author	: Nancy Redd
Publisher	: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages	: 26
Release	: 2022-01-18
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0593379438

GET BOOK

This joyous and loving celebration of family is the first-ever picture book to highlight Black nighttime hair traditions--and is perfect for every little girl who knows what it's like to lose her bonnet just before bedtime. In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up! My brother slips a durag over his locs. Sis swirls her hair in a wrap around her head. Daddy covers his black waves with a cap. Mama gathers her corkscrew curls in a scarf. I always wear a bonnet over my braids, but tonight I can't find it anywhere! Bedtime Bonnet gives readers a heartwarming peek into quintessential Black nighttime hair traditions and celebrates the love between all the members of this close-knit, multi-generational family. Perfect for readers of Hair Love and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut!

I Shall Not Be Moved

by Maya Angelou

Author	: Maya Angelou
Publisher	: Random House
Total Pages	: 66
Release	: 2011-08-17
Genre	: Poetry
ISBN	: 0307802078

GET BOOK

In her first book of poetry since Why Don't You Sing? Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind. This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and every man and woman's struggle to be free. Filled with bittersweet intimacies and ferocious courage, these poems are gems—many-faceted, bright with wisdom, radiant with life.

I'm a Pretty Little Black Girl!

by Betty K. Bynum

Author	: Betty K. Bynum
Publisher	: I'm a Girl! Collection
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2013-10-07
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 9780615785516

GET BOOK

Mia considers the qualities that make her and her other African American friends--who all have different skin tones--pretty.

Empathy is my Superpower! A Story about Showing you care

by Bryan Smith

Author	: Bryan Smith
Publisher	: Boys Town Press
Total Pages	: 35
Release	: 2019-09-28
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1545747830

GET BOOK

Why does her brother cry when it's dark? Why does her classmate Kayla take so long to do her math? And what's up with that strange-smelling dish that Priya brings to lunch every day? With the help of her parents, Amelia soon learns about the importance of empathy and starts to see the power it can have! Will Amelia be able to put her new-found skill to good use and help others find the strength in empathy as well? Written for readers in grades K-6, this storybook also includes tips to help parents and teachers foster empathy in every child.

Drinking with Chickens

by Kate E. Richards

Author	: Kate E. Richards
Publisher	: Running Press Adult
Total Pages	: 249
Release	: 2020-04-07
Genre	: Cooking
ISBN	: 0762494425

GET BOOK

It's drinks, it's chickens: It's the cocktail book you didn't know you needed! To add some extra happy to your happy hour , invite a chicken and pour yourself a drink. Author Kate Richards serves up cocktails made for Instagram with the spoils of her Southern California garden, chicken friends by her side. Enjoy any (or all) of the 60+ deliciously drinkable garden-to-glass beverages, such as: Lilac Apricot Rum Sour Meyer Lemon + Rosemary Old Fashioned Rhubarb Rose Cobbler Blackberry Sage Spritz Cantaloupe Mint Rum Punch Cocktails are arranged seasonally, and are 100% accessible for those of us without perpetually sunny backyard gardens at our disposal. Drinking with Chickens will quickly become a boozy favorite, perfect for gifting or for hoarding all for yourself. You don't need chickens to enjoy these drinks or the colorful photos, but be careful, because you may even find yourself aspiring to be, as Kate is, a home chixologist overrun by gorgeous, loud, early-rising egg-laying ladies, and in need of a very strong drink.

Gugu's House

by Catherine Stock

Author	: Catherine Stock
Publisher	: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages	: 38
Release	: 2001
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 9780618003891

GET BOOK

Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her art work, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.