McKissack, Pat

A boy learns that the truth is often stretched on the Bayou Clapateaux, and gets the chance to tell his own version of a bayou tale when he goes fishing.

Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the man who first pioneered the study of black history.

Eleven-year-old Tank and his older brother Jimbo, who both love baseball, can't believe their good fortune when Josh Gibson, home-run king of the Homestead Grays, stays at their house during a series in Nashville.

Home alone with a stomachache while the family works in the fields, a young girl faces up to the horrifying Boo Hag that her brother warned her about.

Leandra, Paul, and Jeannie keep trying to avoid a dog named Tippy Lemmey until they discover that he is not really their enemy.

Tells the story of the African-American singer who struggled against prejudice to become one of the great opera performers of the century.

Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and day-to-day life of the Apache people of the Southwest.

A lyrical story-in-verse that details the experiences of an African boy who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.

Story of the men and women, slaves and free blacks, Northerners and Southerners, whites and Native Americans, who rebelled against the system of slavery, often giving up their lives in the process.