Eloise Greenfield

Titles include "I Look Pretty," "Fun," "Riding on the Train," "Harriet Tubman," and "By Myself."

Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make a mean face at her.

A collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights, and emotions enlivening a black neighborhood during the course of one evening.

A biography of a woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.

Describes the period of the 20th century when many African Americans left the South to make better lives for themselves in the northern states.

A young girl expresses what she loves about life.

Biography of Mary Jane McLeod Bethune who made numerous contributions to education for Afro-Americans.

The words can come from a memory, or a dream, or something I see or hear or wonder about or imagine. Maybe there's a place where words live, where our minds and hearts can go and find them when we want to write or read. I like to imagine that there is such a place. I call it "The Land of Words." In this collection of twenty-one poems, National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry for Children Award winner Eloise Greenfield journeys...

Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.

A boy riding slowly on a horse, sitting behind the horse's owner, imagines that he is riding swiftly by himself.