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| 1. |  | Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Price: $11.55 Customer Review:  Obama. Messiah. These two words are just meant to go together. Obama is our savior, and those faithful to him will be rewarded, just as all faith is always rewarded. Yea, my children, if you love America, buy this book. If you hate America, then don't buy it. You will be tallied accordingly by... |
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| 2. |  | Bronx Masquerade from Puffin Price: $6.99 Customer Review:  This book was a good book. It went deep into the poet's soul. It also went deep into the poet's life. I am doing this for an English assignment. I wouldn't read this book because of what the cover looked like or unless I was told to do so. But after I read the first few chapters I was amazed at how... |
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| 3. |  | The Road to Paris (Coretta Scott King Honor Books (Puffin)) from Puffin Price: $6.99 Customer Review:  This book was an easy quick read. wish it was longer. I work in the foster care field, and it was nice to read a book about it. Worts and all. |
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| 4. |  | Jazmin's Notebook from Puffin Price: $5.99 Customer Review: I am not much of a reader. I got this book for an airplane ride. I have read this book a million times since then. THis book deals with some original themes (DIdn't I say I don't write love letters) and some usual themes (So I ain't no good girl). Some of the stories are happy and funny (Mookie... |
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| 5. |  | Wild, Wild Hair (level 3) (Hello Reader) from Cartwheel Price: $3.99 Customer Review: Wild, Wild Hair. Oh yes, Tisa Walker has wild, wild hair! Even her dad calls Tisa his wild child. The renowned African-American poet Nikki Grimes provides quartets of rhyme to relate the story of Tisa's Monday morning ritual of taming her wild, wild hair, while George Ford created the beautiful... |
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| 6. |  | Thanks a Million from Amistad Price: $11.55 Customer Review: I got this book from the public library in time for Thanksgiving. We read the poems together and discussed each one. My children are 9 and eight and yes some were a little babyish for the nine year old. we enjoyed them and the idea that there are some many ways to say thank you. I would recommend... |
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| 7. |  | Meet Danitra Brown from HarperTrophy Price: $6.99 Customer Review: This book is a collection of poems telling about a very close friendship between two young girls. Danitra Brown is a young black girl who loves being herself. When other children tease or talk about her she ignores them and keeps a positive attitude. Danitra's mother encourages her to strive for... |
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| 8. |  | Dark Sons from Hyperion Book CH Price: $7.99 Customer Review:  The stories of Ishmael from the Bible and modern day Sam are told in beautiful free verse. Both Ishmael and Sam learn to cope with their absent fathers through faith, but only after struggling with their feelings of anger, loneliness, and jealousy. The alternating stories are realistic and... |
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| 9. |  | When Daddy Prays from Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Price: $8.00 Customer Review: When Daddy Prays is a collection of poems and verses to help a child to learn about prayer. The book tells about a child learns just that from his father. The same as we learn from our Heavenly Father. The Father's prayers help carry the family throughout each day. No matter what the situations or... |
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| 10. |  | Talkin' About Bessie from Orchard Price: $11.53 Customer Review:  Aviator Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to obtain a pilot's license. When taking into account the time this occurred, in the early part of the twentieth century, Ms. Coleman's accomplishment truly resonates. The fictionalized account of Bessie's rise to glory is told... |
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| 11. |  | My Man Blue (Picture Puffin Books) from Puffin Price: $6.99 Customer Review: The post-impressionist splashes of color (gashes of blue across Blue's bronze skin) remind the reader that this story is more than just a story, that the illustrations are more than that. "My Man Blue" is the story of a quiet hero, a constant gardener, so to speak, and a boy trying to find his... |
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| 12. |  | When Gorilla Goes Walking from Orchard Books Price: $10.86 Customer Review: My daughter picked this book up at the library one day. She and I quickly fell in love with this book of poems about Gorilla. I decided to purchase the book so we could read it over and over. The poems really capture the essence of owning a cat. |
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| 13. |  | Welcome, Precious from Orchard Books Price: $13.25 Customer Review: A young couple welcomes their baby to their home and into their hearts. They share with him to world around him and challenge him to explore. They share with the baby how much they love him. The couple also teaches him the importance of family. My little girls love book with babies in them.... |
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| 14. |  | Oh, Brother! from Amistad Price: $14.10 | |
| 15. |  | At Break of Day from Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Price: $13.60 Customer Review: I got this book for my kids from the library and then had to buy it . I also bought copies for all my friends with children. The art is striking and the way the author retells the creation story highlights the loving relationship between God the Father and God the Son. My kids love it and I think I... |
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| 16. | [no image] | Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting! (Oh, Bother!) from Random House | |
| 17. |  | Danitra Brown, Class Clown from Amistad Price: $13.59 Customer Review: My 9 year old doesn't read poetry on his own, but likes the poems read to him from this book. He can identify with some of the age related feelings about school and friendship played out with Danitra and her friend. Funny and easy going. |
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| 18. |  | Under the Christmas Tree from HarperCollins | |
| 19. |  | Come Sunday from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Price: $12.96 Customer Review: Spunky LaTasha loves her Southern church, the ladies in their beautiful hats, where "Mommy's chocolatey-brown skin peeks through the white-lace gloves she likes to wear." Each page has a poem and a watercolor of part of the congregation's experience, from baptism to Sister Beverly, the visiting... |
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| 20. |  | Shoe Magic from Scholastic | |
| 21. | [no image] | From a Child's Heart from Just Us Books Price: $12.92 | |
| 22. |  | Babys Bedtime(Essence)\Naptime (Golden Book Essence) from Golden Books Customer Review: I have read this story to all 4 of my children almost every night for 10 years. Every one of my children loved it and my oldest now recalls it with fond memories. I purchased a copy to keep to read to my grandchildren one day. |
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| 23. |  | A Pocketful of Poems from Clarion Books Price: $15.68 | |
| 24. |  | A Dime a Dozen from Dial Price: $13.49 | |
| 25. | [no image] | Malcom X: A Force for Change (Great Lives Series) from Ballantine Books | |
| 26. | [no image] | Bronx Masquerade from RECORDED BOOKS | |
| 27. |  | Tai Chi Morning: Snapshots of China from Cricket Books Price: $12.44 Customer Review: I'd heard that Nikki Grimes had written a book about her trip to China titled "Tai Chi Morning". Finally, after two years, I ordered a copy. Reading through it instantly transported me there. Her poetry paints a vivid picture of her travels. From all the bicycles, to the trains, to the food, she... |
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| 28. |  | It's Raining Laughter: Poems from Boyds Mills Press Price: $9.31 Customer Review: Poems & photos, bursting with life, on subjects from getting teased to being tickled, from loving old friends to hating new glasses; often hilarious, clever & insightful. Children after my own heart! The photographs accompanying the poems in this lovely, vivid book are enchanting, thoughtful... |
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| 29. | [no image] | Disney's Mickey Mouse in Sky Island from Bdd Promotional Book Co | |
| 30. | [no image] | Disney's Mickey Mouse in the Viking's Eye from BDD Promotional Books Company | |
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