Personal Information
- Born in 1929 , in Parmele, NC.
Here are some other books by the author:
Autobiographical Non-Fiction
• Childtimes, Crowell, 1979
Biographical Non-Fiction
• Rosa Parks, Crowell, 1973
• Paul Robeson, Crowell, 1975
• Mary McLeod Bethune, Crowell, 1977
• Alesia, Philomel Books, 1981
• For the Love of the Game, HarperCollins, 1997
• How They Got Over, HarperCollins, 2003
Children’s Fiction
• Bubbles, Drum & Spear, 1972
• She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl, Lippincott, 1974
• Me and Neesie, Crowell, 1975
• First Pink Light, Crowell, 1976
• Africa Dream, John Day, 1977
• I Can Do It by Myself, Crowell, 1978
• Darlene, Methuen, 1980
• Grandmama's Joy, Collins, 1980
• Daydreamers, Dial, 1981
• Grandpa's Face, Putnam, 1988
• Under the Sunday Tree, HarperCollins, 1988
• My Doll, Keshia, Writers & Readers, 1991
• My Daddy and I, Writers & Readers, 1991
• I Make Music, Writers & Readers, 1991
• Big Friend, Little Friend, Writers & Readers, 1991
• Aaron and Gayla's Alphabet Book, Writers & Readers, 1992
• William and the Good Old Days, HarperCollins, 1993
• Sweet Baby Coming, HarperFestival, 1994
• On My Horse, HarperFestival, 1995
• Kia Tanisha, HarperFestival, 1997
• Kia Tanisha Drives Her Car, HarperFestival, 1997
• Easter Parade, Hyperion Books for Children, 1997
• Angels, Jump at the Sun, 1998
• Water, Water, HarperFestival, 1999
• I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs, Greenwillow Books, 2001
• Honey, I Love, HarperCollins, 2003
• In the Land of Words, HarperCollins, 2004
Fiction
• Sister, Crowell, 1974
• Talk about a Family, Lippincott, 1978
• Koya DeLaney and the Good Girl Blues, Scholastic, 1992
Poetry
• Nathaniel Talking, Writers & Readers, 1988
• Night on Neighborhood Street, Dial, 1991
