Schroeder, Alan

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Josephine Baker

1991
Biography of the African-American singer and dancer who achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her work during World War II.

Smoky Mountain Rose

an Appalachian Cinderella
2000
In this variation on the Cinderella story set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose longs to go to the party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek and receives assistance from an unlikely fairy godmother.

Ragtime Tumpie

1989
Tumpie, a young African American girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.

The tale of Willie Monroe

1999
An adaptation, set in the American South, of an old Japanese folktale in which a powerful wrestler who hopes to win the Emperor's Wrestling Match encounters three exceptionally strong women who train him for success.

Satchmo's blues

1996
A fictional recreation of the youth of trumpeter Louis Armstrong in New Orleans.

Jack London

1992
A biography of the renowned American author focusing on the many adventures of his short, turbulent life and their reflection in his novels and stories.

Ben Franklin

his wit and wisdom from A-Z
2011
An illustrated overview of Benjamin Franklin's inventions, wisdom, and accomplishments.

Lily and the wooden bowl

1994
A young girl who wears a wooden bowl over her face to hide her beauty overcomes a variety of trials and eventually finds love, riches, and happiness.

Minty

a story of young Harriet Tubman
1996
Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

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