Giovanni, Nikki

A collection of fifty-two poems by African-American poet Nikki Giovanni.

A collection of poems primarily about nature and the seasons but also concerned with chocolate and scary movies.

Angry that his singing is unappreciated by the Ants who relied on his music to make their summer work easier, Jimmy Grasshopper decides to sue them for lacking respect and not acknowledging his usefulness in their lives.

Includes poems by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Amiri Baraka, with commentary and a discussion of the development of African American arts known as the Harlem Renaissance.

Describes the joys of a summer spent with a family in Knoxville: eating vegetables right from the garden, going to church picnics, and walking in the mountains.

Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.