Verna Aardema
Verna Aardema & Susan Meddaugh
Chinua Achebe
Debbie Allen
David A. Adler
Linda Jacobs Altman
Jabari Asim
Dianna Hattis Aston
Karen Beaumont
Sandra Belton
Colin Bootman
Becky Birtha
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Ashley Bryan
Barbara Swett Burt
Betty K. Bynum
Jeannette Caines
Catherine Clinton
Robert Coles
Misty Copeland
Donald Crews
Pat Cummings
Pat Cummings
Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis
Matt De La Peña
Charles Dickens
Taye Diggs
Ten Memory
Dr. Seuss
A. Conan Doyle
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper
Alexander Dumas
Alexander Dumas
Valerie Flournoy
Deborah Gregory
Matthew Gollub
Chantal Grosleziat
Eloise Greenfield
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
Sheila Hamanaka
Virginia Hamilton
Virginia Hamilton
Carolivia Herron
Karen Hesse
Mary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman
Sandy Lynne Holman
Deborah Hopkinson
Deborah Hopkinson
Cheryll Willis Hudson
Cheryll Willis Hudson & B. G. Ford
Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora
Dolores Johnson
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Jeff Kinney
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Virginia L. Kroll
Virginia L. Kroll
Kathryn Lasky
Paintings by Jacob Lawrence
Ellen Levin & Kadir Nelson
Arnold Lobel
Sonia Levitin, Cat Bowman Smith
Cedella Marley
Joe Mathieu
Bill Martin & John Archambault
Margaret Mason
Jean Marzollo
Gerald McDermott
Patricia C. & Fredrick L. McKissack
Patricia C. & Fredrick L. McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack & J. Pinkney
Patricia C. McKissack & R. Isadora
Anna McQuinn
Alice Mead
Angela Shelf Medearis
Angela Shelf Medearis
Tololwa M Mollel
L.M. Montgomery
Toni & Slade Morrison
Jon Muth
Christopher Myers
Lauren Myracle
Kadir Nelson
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Jerdine Nolen
Jerdine Nolen
Bobby & Sherrie Norfolk
Mary Norton
Dianne Ochiltree
Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
Willie Perdomo
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Brian Pinkney
Brian Pinkney
Alan Schroeder, Jerry Pinkney
Virginia Hamilton, Jerry Pinkney
Robert D. San Souci & J. Pinkney
Patricia Polish
Patricia Polish
Hope Lynn Price
Pam Munoz Ryan
Ann Rinaaldi
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold
Anne Rockwell
Robert D. San Souci
Robert D. San Souci
Robert D. San Souci
Robert D. San Souci
Maxine Rose Schur
Pete Seeger
Maurice Sendak
Joseph Slate & L.B. Lewis
John Steptoe
John Steptoe
Bettye Stroud
Jonathan Swift
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Eleanora C. Tate
Joyce Carol Thomas
Joyce Carol Thomas
Joyce Carol Thomas
Joyce Carol Thomas
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Janice May Udry (Scholastic)
Janice May Udry
Chris Van Allsburg
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Malvina G. Vogel
Mildred Pitts Walter
Kim Wayans and Kevin Knotts
H.G. Wells
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Deborah Wiles
Guard Williams
Vera B. Williams
Jeanette Winter
Bringing The Rain to Kapiti Plain
Dancing In The Wings
Don't Throw It to Mo! (Mo Jackson)
The Moon over Star
I Like Myself
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry
I'm a Pretty Little Black Girl!
The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963
A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated Classics)
The Oak Trees That Talk
Cat in the Hat (any in the Dr. Seuss series)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Illustrate Classic)
Clubhouse Mysteries (any in series)
Stella by Starlight
The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated Classics)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Illustrated Classics)
Cheetah Girls (any in series)
Songs From The Baobab *with CD
Amazing Grace
Starring Grace
Princess Grace
Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad?
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Regards To The Man on The Moon
Keats's Neighborhood: Ezra Jack Keats Treasury
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (any in series)
Jungle Book (Illustrated Classics)
Captain Courageous (Illustrated Classic)
Jaha and Jamil: An African Mother Goose
Great Migration - An American Story
Frog and Toad (any in series)
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street)
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King
Anansi the Spider: Tales from the Ashanti
The Adventures of Sugar and Junior
Anne Green Gables (Illustrated Classic)
Stone Soup
Heart and Soul: The Story of African Americans
MINTY A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
DryLongso
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
Dinner at Aunt Connie's House
When I Left My Village
Joy's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom
Gulliver's Travels (Illustrated Classics)
Brown Honey in The Broomwheat Tea
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Classics)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classics)
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Classics)*
Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics)*
The Secret Garden (Illustrated Classics)*
Amy HodgePodge (any in series)
The Invisible Man (Illustrated Classics)*
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm*
Freedom Summer: 50th Anniversary
We endeavor to effectuate a course of positive change from one generation to the next generation in lives of young children and young adults via engaging in and facilitating uplifting community service projects and activities. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte seeking to encourage families within his country to develop the next generation of scientists, forward thinkers, medics, and educators when he rightfully declared, "show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world." ~ He made this poignant proclamation seeking to encourage those of the lower classes to improve their stature in society and move his nation forward in a world which was rapidly expanding industrially. Our aim is to develop self-esteem and promote cultural awareness via a diverse reading list. We believe that education is the perfect vehicle to improve one's stature in society and that reading is the fundamental tool for a strong educational foundation.
Unlike most African American Booklist, our book recommendations are not limited to just Black authors, but include titles such as Fever 1796 which depicts a pre-adolescent protagonist whom comes to appreciate and value African Americans through her interactions with them as Yellow Fever radishes colonial Philadelphia. It also includes books like The Secret Lives of Bees, in which a young white outcaste helps a wrongly incarcerate black woman break free of the of the oppressive bonds of a prejudice southern town. In addition books such as to Kill a Mockingbird, No Shame No Fear, The Alchemist and others, which demonstrate how leading characters overcome adversity through wit, self-discovery and courage. Notwithstanding the bulk of the Booklist is overwhelmingly written by Black authors, but are not merely meant for Black readers. Each book selected will impart some aspect of the black experience and resiliency to audiences of other nationalities and ethnic groups. We hope you will purchase a book for children in need, whom abode in North Philadelphia; which is predominantly African American. We also strongly encourage you to purchase a book for yourself or a family member. Please note that each purchase enriches the lives of children, keeps the selection in print and supports an author whom seeks to enrich our community and nation at large. ~ Enjoy
The book selections below are comprised of Illustrated, Picture and Beginner reading books. The books with an asterisk* indicate advance reader books. All of the books listed contain protagonists whom convey strong values, inclusiveness, social consciousness and promote self-esteem. Use the links below to toggle to other suggested books selected to meet grade levels associate with School Settings: Middle and High School.
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Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. ~ Building a Better Tomorrow ~ One Young Man at a Time
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