Jerry Pinkney

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

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.

An African American woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler. Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is a 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 seventy...

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.

Retells the legend of the African American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

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.

"The true story behind the writing of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech." --Provided by publisher.

In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.

In this story based on true events, a treasured wooden chair is passed down from family to family, with each new owner carving the word "welcome" in a new language.