Jerry Pinkney
2) Noah's ark
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of over one hundred books, tells the story of his childhood and how he developed his artistic talent"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
38 un-numbered pages, some folded : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.
12) Puss in Boots
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A clever cat wins for his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
14) The nightingale
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years. This poetic, graceful love story, rooted in Black folk traditions and steeped in mythic realism, celebrates boldly and brilliantly African-American culture and heritage....
17) John Henry
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
19) The jungle book
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle. "--Amazon.
