Jerry Pinkney

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

Presents eight stories about the Old Testament prophet Elijah, set in a variety of time periods and in places all over the world where Jews have lived.

An illustrated collection about the activities of particular animals in each month of the year.

The author retells the classic Afro-American tales.

A rooster slept through crowing time one morning and upset the whole village. After being thoroughly scolded he worried so much about crowing at the right time that he muffed it again--and again.

Briefly recounts six Greek myths featuring hideous monsters who were eventually slain by courageous heroes.

A look at a 1940's all-female jazz band, that originated from a boarding school in Mississippi and found its way to the most famous ballrooms in the country, offering solace during the hard years of the war.

From the Publisher: In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical and hopeful picture book, that landing is something that inspires her to make one giant step toward all of the possibilities that life has to offer. Caldecott Honor-winning painter Jerry Pinkney and the poetic Dianna Hutts Aston create...

A swing spiritual based on the proverb "God blessed the child that's got his own."