J. Brian Pinkney

"Good friends Otter and Beaver use water and sticks for very different purposes as they spend time together"--

Summary, Although he doesn't feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hatboxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him.

"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--

Carter gets a truck instead of a much wanted puppy, but he soon discovers his new toy is just as fun and rascally as a pet.

After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.

A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.

A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.

The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.

With his mother's help, Wiley outwits the conjuring Hairy Man that lives in the swamp near their home.

Poems explain why animals such as the Wakeupworld, the Squilililigee, the Sleepamitemore, and the Treasuretit did not get onto Noah's Ark, and are therefore not seen in any zoo today.