Oh Lord, I Wish I Was a Buzzard
Polly Greenberg
SeaStar Books, January 1, 2002
ISBN:1422364453
Reading Level: Ages 4 – 8

“We picked and we picked and we picked and we picked…” From dawn to dusk, a little girl harvests cotton with her family during the sweltering crop season. Imagining her way through the endless day, she wishes she could be anyone else-from a snake curved up and cool to a buzzard going round and round in the sky. Then at last, sunset approaches and a special treat awaits.

Polly Greenberg’s rhythmic, easy-to-read text and Aliki’s striking sun-soaked illustrations together make an unforgettable tale-part story, part song, and all poetry. Though based on a sharecropper’s childhood memory from generations ago, this timeless story reflects everyone’s wish to escape…and to be as free as a bird. First published in 1968, it is a powerful today as the day it was first told.

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Queen of the Scene
Queen Latifah
HarperCollins, September 26, 2006
ISBN:0060778563
Reading Level: Ages 4 – 8

This ruler of the playground has got game. B-ball, stickball, jump rope, soccer—there’s nothing she won’t try. And watch out, boys, because she’s representing all the girls, and the Queen has girl power to the max!

Queen Latifah, the Grammy Award-winning First Lady of Hip-Hop, teams up with the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award-winning artist Frank Morrison in a celebration of spirit and pride.

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May May Ali, daughter of the world-famous boxer, talks about her new book with host Megan Linder. I SHOOK UP THE WORLD by Maryum “Maymay” Ali tells her father’s life in delightful rhymes and illustrations, capturing the spirit of Ali’s exciting career.

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Looking to the Clouds for Daddy
Margo Candelario
Illustrated by Jerry Craft
Karen Hunter Media, February 17, 2009
$15.99 US; ISBN: 0982022174

Reading Level: Ages 4 – 8

A Message from the Author

Looking to the Clouds for Daddy, is a very personal story written for my three daughters eleven years ago following the loss of their father at the age of 32. It depicts an afternoon in the life of Cheyenne, Camaryn, and Trae as they talk and reminisce about their daddy.

For 10 years I kept the story, and my feelings, locked away. Fortunately, my lifelong friend, illustrator Jerry Craft, agreed to breathe life into the characters. He admitted that he had always loved the story and was eager to take on the project. The opportunity to illustrate this book has resulted in, in both my opinion and his, Jerry’s finest work to date.

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