Johnson, Dolores

Presents the story of the expedition to the North Pole by explorers Robert Peary and African-American Matthew Henson, focusing on the contributions made by Henson.

While staying on his grandmother's farm, an African-American boy learns that every child needs a home where there's love, even though that love may be rough and scratchy.

A guide to the origins, principles, symbols, and celebration of the African-American holiday.

Fugitive slaves become part of a Seminole tribe, sharing the Indians' way of life and, later, their sorrow when white men take the Seminole land.

Minna, kidnapped as a girl in Africa, endures the harsh life of a slave on a Southern plantation in the 1800s and tries to help her family survive.

A guide to the origins, principles, symbols, and celebration of the African-American holiday.

As he and his mother walk to school, a young boy reminds her of all the things she should not do when she talks to his class.

Kevin intensely dislikes the idea of having a babysitter, until the unconventional baseball-loving "Aunt" Lovey arrives to change his mind.