Ashley Bryan

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

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 of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. He endured the terrible lies white officers told about the black soldiers to isolate them from anyone who showed kindness--including each other. He received worse treatment than even Nazi POWs. He was assigned the grimmest, most horrific tasks, like burying fallen...

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.

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.

"Ashley Bryan illustrates 19th century poet Christina Rossetti's classic nursery rhymes and poems"--

A celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan.

An illustrated children's poem which celebrates the diversity of America.

Five illustrated spirituals dealing with the birth of Christ on the first Christmas morning. Includes printed music for voice and piano.

A collection of twenty-six proverbs, some serious and some humorous, from a variety of African tribes.