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The tale of the golden cockerel / Alexander Pushkin ; translated and retold by Patricia Tracy Lowe ; ill. by I. Bilibin.

Text

New York : Crowell, [1975]

1975

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FormatTextCall numberSc+ Fic (Lowe, P. Tale of the golden cockerel)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference
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What's so funny, Ketu? : a Nuer tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Marc Brown.

Text

New York : Dial Press, c1982.

1982

1 item

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The Vingananee and the tree toad : a Liberian tale / retold by Verna Aardema, with illustrations by Ellen Weiss.

Text

New York : F. Warne, c1983.

1983

1 item

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A family in Jamaica / John and Penny Hubley.

Text

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 1985.

1985

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A family in Nigeria / Carol Barker.

Text

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 1985.

1985

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In Jamaica where I live ; Do not play in the river today / written by Karl Phillpotts ; illustrated by Annette Miller. In the mountains ; Richie's pet / written by Diane Browne ; illustrated by Annette Miller.

Text

Kingston, Jamaica : Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, 1980.

1980

1 item

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Tarlift, Tuareg boy : my village in the Sahara / [text translated and adapted by Bridget Daly].

Text

Morristown, N.J. : Silver Burdett, 1985, c1984.

1985

1 item

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That noodle-head Epaminondas / Retold by Eve Merriam ; pictures by Trina Schart Hyman.

Text

New York : Scholastic Book Services, c1968.

1968-1968

2 items

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Little Black Sambo : also The Gingerbread man, and Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse.

Text

Chicago : Rand McNally, 1936.

1936-1927

1 item

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Our first village / adapted from a story written / by R.A. Dowden ; illustrated by H.A. Bascom.

Text

Georgetown, Guyana : Ministry of Education, 1972.

1972

1 item

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Pictures and stories from Uncle Tom's cabin.

Text

Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. [c1853]

1853

2 items

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FormatTextCall numberSc Rare C 89-1Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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FormatTextCall number*KL (Stowe, H. E. B. Pictures and stories from Uncle Tom's cabin)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Aïda / as told by Leontyne Price and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Text

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1990.

1990

1 item

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The sunflower / by Gill Bond = Sanifurawa / yakanyorwa na Gill Bond.

Text

Harare, Zimbabwe : Baobab Books, 1989.

1989

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Sweet, sweet mango tree / written by Diane Browne. Why dog don't like puss / retold by Karl Phillpotts ; illustrated by Donald Miller.

Text

[Kingston] : Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Jamaica, 1980.

1980

1 item

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Le papillon d'Amidou / conte de Jean Juraver ; adaptation de Marie-Hélène Berne ; illustrations de Yvon Monnier et Françoise Dufour.

Text

Matoury [French Guiana] : Les Deux Fleuves, 1991.

1991

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 93-920Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Venture for freedom : the true story of an African Yankee / by Ruby Zagoren ; with woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.

Text

Cleveland : World Pub. Co., [1969]

1969

2 items

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 19-897Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Away from the city / Agnes Akosua Phillips ; [illustrations by K. Ofori-Panin].

Text

Accra : Asempa Publishers, Christian Council of Ghana, 1992.

1992

1 item

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Black cowboy : the life and legend of George McJunkin / by Franklin Folsom.

Text

Niwot, Colo. : R. Rinehart Publishers, c1992.

1992

1 item

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Colin Powell / David Roth ; abridged and edited by Linda Lee Maifair and Lori Walburg.

Text

Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan Pub., c1993.

1993

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc C 94-145Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Ethiopia in pictures / prepared by Daniel Abebe.

Text

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1988.

1988

1 item

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Othello : a novel / by Julius Lester.

Text

New York : Scholastic, c1995.

1995

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 95-313Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The Negro leagues : the story of Black baseball / Jacob Margolies.

Text

New York : Franklin Watts, c1993.

1993

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc E 95-695Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The singing dog ; Lungile / Gcina Mhlophe ; illustrations by Erica and Andries Maritz.

Text

Johannesburg : Skotaville, c1992.

1992

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc E 96-826Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Africans in America / by Ayanna Hart and Earl Spangler.

Text

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, c1995.

1995

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Anansi finds a fool : an Ashanti tale / Verna Aardema ; pictures by Bryna Waldman.

Text

New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992.

1992

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Treemonisha / Angela Shelf Medearis ; from the opera by Scott Joplin ; illustrated by Michael Bryant.

Text

New York : H. Holt, c1995.

1995

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc F 97-178Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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L'histoire de mon pays, le Bénin : conforme aux programmes officiels : cours élémentaire / Jean Pliya ; préfaces de Degbey Adrien et de Denise Lokossi ; illustrations de Pedro Grégoire.

Text

Cotonou, Bénin : Libr. Notre-Dame, 1992.

1992

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc E 97-356Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Brave Black women : from slavery to the space shuttle / Ruthe Winegarten and Sharon Kahn.

Text

Austin : University of Texas Press, c1997.

1997

2 items

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FormatTextCall numberSc C 97-60Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Reinas y leyendas / de René Fernández.

Text

Matanzas, Cuba : Ediciones Teatro Papalote, 1995.

1995

1 item

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I am a Martinican woman ; & The white negress : two novelettes / by Mayotte Capécia (Lucette Ceranus) ; translated by Beatrice Stith Clark.

Text

Pueblo, Colo. : Passeggiata Press, 1997.

1997

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 98-664Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black fairy : and other plays for children / Useni Eugene Perkins ; [illustrations by Patrick Hill].

Text

Chicago : Third World Press, 1993.

1993

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 99-955Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Les aventures de Kandolo : roman pour la jeunesse / Djungu-Simba Kamatenda.

Text

Kinshasa : Editions Saint Paul Afrique, 1987, c1986.

1987-1986

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc C 98-462Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Smarty's new friend / by Joseph Dennie ; illustrated by Vanessa R. Williams and Mariama K. Washington ; [edited by Charlotte Adams Bonnette].

Text

Washington, D.C. : Middle Atlantic Regional Press, c1994.

1994

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc F 99-609Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Cassie's colorful day / Faith Ringgold.

Text

New York : Crown Publishers, c1999.

1999

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 00-1925Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Counting to Tar Beach / Faith Ringgold.

Text

New York : Crown Publishers, c1999.

1999

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 00-2029Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black Americans. Editorial production: Donald D. Wolf. Design and layout by Margot L. Wolf.

Text

New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1969]

1969-1965

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc F 01-37Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The little match girl / Hans Christian Andersen ; adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

Text

New York : Phyllis Fogelman Books, c1999.

1999

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc F 01-25Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Skeezix in Africa / by Frank King.

Text

Racine, Wis. : Whitman, c1934.

1934

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FormatTextCall numberSc B 00-35Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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'Twas the night b'fore Christmas : an African-American version / retold and illustrated by Melodye Rosales.

Text

New York : Scholastic, 1996.

1996

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc G 01-117Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Wings / by Christopher Myers.

Text

New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.

2000

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Satchel Paige / Lesa Cline-Ransome ; paintings by James E. Ransome.

Text

New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2000.

2000

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc+ F 02-52Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Sudan / Ingrid and Miles Roddis.

Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2000.

2000

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 02-109Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Nigeria / Nicholas Freville.

Text

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000.

2000

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 02-106Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Liberian history up to 1847 / Joseph Saye Guannu.

Text

Monrovia, Liberia : Sabanoh Printing Press, 1997.

1997

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 01-2337Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Sweet sixteen / Isabella Essilfie-Addo ; Questions and answers on AIDS / by Phyllis Antwi.

Text

Accra-North, Ghana : Unimax, 1999.

1999

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Liberian history up to 1847 / Joseph Saye Guannu.

Text

[S.l. : s.n.], c1983

1983

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 02-1603Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Let us play / compiled and introduced by Zakes Mda.

Text

Florida Hills [South Africa] : Vivlia, 1998.

1998

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc C 03-72Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The necessity of educating the girl child & other stories.

Text

[Ghana] : Africa Christian Press, 2001.

2001

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc D 03-159Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Biographical dictionary of African Americans / Rachel Kranz and Philip J. Koslow.

Text

New York : Facts on File, c1999.

1999

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc *920-K (Kranz, R. Biographical dictionary of African Americans)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf

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No supper for Eze / by Ifeoma Okoye.

Text

Enugu, Nigeria : Fourth Dimension, [1980?]

1980

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FormatTextCall numberSc F 08-35 no. 1-2Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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