Jerry Pinkney
1) Noah's ark
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Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save life on earth.
12) The nightingale
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Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song. A retelling set in Northwest Africa.
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"Martin kept refining: Painting with a preacher's fine brush, a light shade of wisdom here, a darker shade of frustration there, the darkest shade of "for whites only" everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher, a poet, and a brilliant orator, among many other things. The night before the 1963 March on Washington he sat down to write, with the voices and opinions of men he trusted echoing in his room at the Willard Hotel. Their thoughts, and...
16) John Henry
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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Lonely Hannah is delighted to discover a warm black boot as she gathers kindling in the forest. A poor woman, she doesn't have proper shoes on her cold feet. "Glory be! I only wish I had your mate," she says to the boot, and the next morning, to her great surprise, there is not just one boot but two sitting by her bed! More wishes bring even better gifts -- but the best is still to come: A visitor arrives at her door -- a man with a big white beard,...
20) In plain sight
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"An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"--