Works
Featured Works
This 32-page illustrated biography for children ages 4-8 contains an extensive time line and an author's note, as well as a brief listing of additional sources of information on the artist Benny Andrews.
The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis, with Jim Haskins
This short chapter book, illustrated with historical photographs and line drawings by artist Aaron Boyd, features sidebars devoted to sharecropping, Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Black Church and the Civil Rights Movement and includes a timeline and glossary as well as recommendations for further reading.
Other Published Works
Black Stars: African American Religious Leaders
With James Haskins
John Wiley 2008
This book is a collection of mini-biographies of notable African-American religious leaders in American history.
The Rise of Jim Crow
With James Haskins and Virginia Schomp
Marshall Cavendish 2008
The sixth book in the Drama of African-American History series traces the white Southern backlash against African Americans following the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Africa: A Look Back
With James Haskins
Marshall Cavendish 2007
The first book in the Drama of African-American History series provides a history of the roots of African-American culture, going back to the period of the transatlantic slave trade and earlier. Much of the history is told through reminiscences of slaves or former slaves.
Count Your Way Through Afghanistan
With Jim Haskins
Illustrated by Megan Moore
Millbrook Press 2006
This book explores Afghani culture, geography, and history using the numbers one to ten in Pashto.
Count Your Way Through Egypt
With Jim Haskins
Illustrated by Sue Ramá
Millbrook Press 2006
This book explores Egyptian culture, geography, and history using the numbers one to ten in Arabic.
Count Your Way Through Iran
With Jim Haskins
Millbrook Press 2006
Illustrated by Farida Zaman
This book explores Iranian culture, geography, and history using the numbers one to ten in Farsi.
Count Your Way Through South Africa
With Jim Haskins
Illustrated by Alissa Niebert
Millbrook Press 2006
This book explores South African culture, geography, and history using the numbers one to ten in Zulu.
Count Your Way Through Zimbabwe
With Jim Haskins
Illustrated by Janie Jaehyun Park
Millbrook Press 2006
This book explores the culture, geography, and history of Zimbabwe using the numbers one to ten in Shona.
Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America
With James Haskins
Illustrated by James Ransome
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 2001
The third book in the From African Beginnings series, this book brings to life the time when America became dependent on slaves labor and slaves struggled to maintain the traditions of their rich African culture and resist oppression in the new world.
Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put "”Black" in American History
With Jim Haskins
Illustrated by Melanie Reim
The Millbrook Press 2000
Carter G. Woodson Award Honor Book, 2001
This biography of the son of former slaves who devoted his life to bringing the achievements of his race to the world's attention, includes his founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 and of Negro History Week in 1926 (which became Black History Month in the 1970s).