Ashley Bryan

In this retelling of a West African tale, Ma Sheep Thunder and her impetuous son Ram Lightning are forced to leave their home on Earth because of the trouble Ram causes.

A shepherd boy apprenticed to his carpenter father builds a stable and then welcomes two weary travelers from Nazareth.

A fearless little boy ignores Grandma's warning about nighttime monsters until he runs away and meets the two-headed giant's three-headed brother.

This book details artist Ashley Bryan's experiences as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII.-- "From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors...

A small boy with a very long name is challenged by his grandmother to find out her real name.

Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa.

In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."

Illustrated versions of three well-known hymns.

Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.