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African Genre
Books in the African genre:
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (1996)
A fictionalized biography about the famous conductress of the Underground Railway as a young girl.
Author(s):
Alan Schroeder
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Sam and the Tigers (1996)
A retelling of Little Black Sambo.
Author(s):
Helen Bannerman
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Hired Hand (1997)
The lazy son of the sawmill owner attempts to copy the magic of the new worker, with devastating results.
Author(s):
Robert D. San Souci
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Black Cowboy Wild Horses (1998)
Bob Lemmons rides his horse Warrior to round up the wild mustangs.
Author(s):
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Bonjour, Babar! (2000)
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
The Lion’s Share (2000)
A lion cub is born with wings and can’t wait to try them.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Chris Conover
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
Goin’ Someplace Special (2001)
In 1950’s Nashville Tricia Ann sees signs saying “For Whites Only” until her grandmother takes her to the library.
Author(s):
Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Tintin in the Congo (2002)
Tintin visits the Belgian Congo and has many adventures, including a run-in with a diamond smuggling gang run by Al Capone. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.
God Bless the Child (2003)
To the sounds of the swing spiritual sung by Billy Holiday, a southern African American family moves north to Chicago.
Author(s):
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Camel’s Lament (2004)
A comic poem in which the camel bewails its lot.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Charles Santore
Honey … Honey … Lion! (2005)
The Old African (2005)
Jaja, the Old African, leads his fellow slaves, walking across the ocean to Africa.
Author(s):
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Ain’t Nobody a Stranger to Me (2007)
A former slave tells his granddaughter how he took the Underground Railway to freedom.
Author(s):
Ann Grifalconi
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (2007)
A Depression-era Christmas teaches its eternal lessons.
Author(s):
Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Moon Over Star (2008)
From her family’s farm in Star township Mae dreams of setting foot on the moon like the Apollo 11 astronauts.
Author(s):
Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Lion & the Mouse (2009)
The mightiest need not disdain the aid of the least.
Author(s):
Aesop
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Pharaoh’s Boat (2009)
Shows how the Egyptians built a boat to take Pharaoh Cheops to the underworld.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The 3 Little Dassies (2010)
The three Dassies build houses of grass, sticks and stones. Then the Eagle comes calling.
Mouse & Lion (2011)
Author(s):
Rand Burkert
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Classic Tales of Babar (2014)
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff