Smith, Charles R.

Fourteen-year-old Shawn wonders if he would be better off starting high school in his mother's neigborhood, away from Compton, but the idea of leaving all his friends, and the beautiful Marisol, is less appealing.

Rap-inspired verse and illustrations describe the life of Muhammed Ali, discussing his bouts, struggles with societal prejudice, Islamic faith, Olympic glory, and more.

"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--Provided by the publisher.

"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--Provided by publisher.

A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with poems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.

A collection of poems that capture the feelings and expression of music in some of its forms.

Presents photographs and brief writings that celebrate the joys of baseball.

Contains photographs of American children in a wide variety of poses along with rhyming text.

Art and poetry combine to tell the story of boxer Jack Johnson, who became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in the early part of the twentieth century.

Rap-inspired verse and illustrations describe the life of Muhammed Ali, discussing his bouts, struggles with societal prejudice, Islamic faith, Olympic glory, and more.