Gayle, Sharon Shavers

Darryl and Ashley perform a Kwanzaa miracle when they are able to turn mean Mrs. Jackson into a beloved friend.

Contains a brief, narrative biography of Harriet Tubman, in simple text with illustrations, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her efforts during the Civil War to free other slaves through the establishment of the Underground Railroad.

In the Yoruba village of Oyo in 1440, Kai has the opportunity to realize her dream of becoming a sculptor, but at the price of separation from her life in Ife and the loss of her new-found closeness to her sister.

Profiles the life of Theodore Roosevelt, starting with his sickly childhood, which he overcame to become a robust outdoorsman, leader of the Rough Riders and later, the twenty-sixth president of the United States.