Zora Neale Hurston, Author, Christopher A. Myers, Author, Joyce Carol Thomas, Author , adapted and illus. by Christopher Myers. HarperCollins $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-000655-6
This collection of interlinking tall tales reads like a lively, bantering conversation. Collected by Zora Neale Hurston as she traveled through the Gulf States "back in the day," and retold and imaginatively illustrated by Myers takes on...
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Best known for her poetry and young adult books (including the National Book Award winner Marked by Fire), Thomas here tries her hand at adult fiction, composing a moving novel narrated by a chorus of African-American men and women living in Ponca...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author Scholastic $0 (136p) ISBN 978-0-590-33681-9
The author of Marked By Fire has created a spirited, lyrical tale with a memorable cast of characters. Carl Lee, the son of a Cherokee mother (whom he has never known) and a black father, who is distant and unpredictable, has always felt closest to...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author Joanna Cotler Books $14.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-029649-0
Meant to be read by a mother and daughter, Joyce Carol Thomas's A Mother's Heart, A Daughter's Love: Poems for Us to Share divides the 25 poems with the daughter's voice on the left and the mother's voice on the right. They capture moments such as a
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author Scholastic $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40627-7
This is a strained, disjointed mix of folktale, fantasy and horror from the award-winning author of Marked by Fire . From its opening scenewhere in mythic tones the conversations between a wise tarantula and infant Meggie Alexander are recordedto...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Carol Thomas, Author, Charles Lilly, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-440524-9
Gospel music takes center stage in National Book Award recipient Thomas's spirited African American Cinderella story. Ages 12-up. (Jan.)
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator HarperTrophy $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443439-3
National Book Award winner Thomas's ""lyrical"" poems celebrate the beauty and heritage of African Americans; PW added that the illustrations ""emphasize the warmth and love that imbue the book."" All ages. (Jan.)
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-021087-8
National Book Award winner Thomas ( Marked By Fire ) celebrates the beauty and heritage of African Americans in a lyrical collection of poems. Couched in language that is learned yet emotional, the verses focus on family life, love, freedom and...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator Joanna Cotler Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-023469-0
Like food stored away for winter, this rich harvest of poems contains enough sustenance to last throughout the year. A companion volume to Thomas and Cooper's Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, the 12 poems included are somewhat arbitrarily linked to...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator HarperCollins $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-023477-5
Inspired by her own family's history, Thomas's (Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea) stirring picture book explores the little-known experiences of African American pioneers who settled in Oklahoma during the late 1800s. This moving, poetic account of a...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, illus. by Floyd Cooper. HarperCollins/Amistad, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-025383-7
The creators of I Have Heard of a Land recreate another chapter from Thomas's childhood, her family's 1948 move from Oklahoma to California. In an author's note, Thomas mentions her adopted state's special "quality of light" and the "joy and...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Brenda Joysmith, Illustrator , illus. by Brenda Joysmith. HarperCollins/Cotler $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-023473-7
Thomas (Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea) celebrates the beauty of African-American hair in this collection of 14 poems. Based on Thomas's daughter and granddaughters, Joysmith's (This Is My Song) full-bleed pastel portraits, opposite, provide...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, David Diaz, Illustrator , illus. by David Diaz. Amistad/Cotler $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-025387-5
Thomas (Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
) puts a Southern spin on a well-known fairy tale for a charismatic adaptation set in the swamp. When a hurricane sweeps Queen Mother Rhythm's baby downstream, Crooked Foster Mother finds the mud-covered...
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Joyce Carol Thomas, Author, Annie Lee, Illustrator , illus. by Annie Lee. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0664-5
Thomas (Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
) pays homage to shouting, a form of holy dancing with African roots and commonly seen in African-American churches, with her evocative poetic picture book. A girl watches with awe and curiosity as her mother...
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