Two girls, one white and one African-American, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.

An illustrated text of the slavery-era African-American spiritual.

Six-year-old Lily has a best friend all picked out for play group day, but unfortunately the differences between first-graders and second-graders are sometimes very large.

When Lily Brown paints, she imagines all sorts of fantastic things in the scenes that she sees every day.

A biography of the first licensed female African American pilot.

John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice. John grew up to be a member of the Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student...

A clever young shepherd boy uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man.

A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.

Rhyming text tells the story of how Zuri faces her fears about starting a new school year, with the help of her free-spirited best friend Danitra.