The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical commentary and the powerful, muted paintings of Tom Feelings. "To Be a Slave", a Newbery Honor Book, has been a touchstone in children's literature for over 30 years.
While at the local bazaar, Sam buys a colorful outfit--a red coat, yellow shirt, purple trousers, silver shoes, and a green umbrella. Unfortunately, these clothes attract the attention of some tigers who decide they would like to eat Sam for lunch. Will Sam be able to outwit the hungry animals? Colored pencil and watercolor illustrations accompany ...
Inspired by the largest slave auction in United States history, this penetrating, sorrowful story is written in dialogue that alternates between the auction day and memories of it years later. The voices and viewpoints of slaves, owners, and the auctioneer are heard throughout, sharing extremely varied, and sometimes deeply disturbing, ...
Julius Lester views each person's life as a story, citing his own as an example. Lester was born in St. Louis in 1939. His father was a minister, and he had a brother who died. He's Jewish, loves to eat fish, and enjoys crossword puzzles. All of these are important elements of who he is. He is also black, and though this is an aspect of his story, ...
Julius Lester recalls his childhood in Arkansas as the son of a Methodist minister, his involvement with the 1960s civil rights movement, and his later conversion to Judaism.
Coretta Scott King Award-winner and Newbery Honoree Lester delivers a haunting and poignant novel about what happens when a group of people denies the humanity of others. The book contains powerful imagery and disturbing revelations about evil and the struggle to be good, in a story of self-realization and redemption.
Part folktale, part legend, and maybe even partly true, JOHN HENRY is the classic story of the African American hero who was as big and strong as he was wise and gentle. On the day John Henry was born, all the creatures of the forest, and even the sun and the moon, took note of his birth. The next day, John Henry grew--from a large, strong baby, ...
This is Julius Lester's novel about the Reverend Joshua Smith, who has had the gift of preaching since he was a boy on his family farm in Mississippi. Now that he is dying, his memories flicker through the novel across three generations. He doubts his religion, questions his past, and tries to come to terms with his history.
The four Uncle Remus books, as rewritten by Julius Lester and bound into one volume, includes THE TALES OF UNCLE REMUS, MORE TALES OF UNCLE REMUS, FURTHER TALES OF UNCLE REMUS, and THE LAST TALES OF UNCLE REMUS. When Lester rewrote Joel Chandler Harris's original stories, he omitted the dialect and added contemporary references. Illustrated with ...
Based on legend and infused with magical realism, this haunting tale expresses the horrors of slavery and the hope and strength that managed to overcome its grip. Illustrations.
This novelization of the life of Moses takes place when the future leader of the Israelites is an unsure teenager. Raised in the Pharaoh's palace, Moses is influenced by three very different women--the first is his birth mother Yocheved who implores him to return to the Hebrew culture; the second is his older sister Almah who has abandoned all ...
A novel of the civil rights movement, told in four voices: the assassinated leader John Calvin Marshall; his white mistress Lisa Adams; his widow Andrea; and his chief lieutenant Bobby Card.
Discovering that making a world takes a lot of work, God calls on his secretary Bruce and the angel Shaniqua to help him create bushes, grass, flowers, and butterflies.
An illustrated history of slavery in the United States, depicting the "Middle Passage" of the slave ships, life on the slave plantations of the South, and the battles of the Civil War. Lester, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, interprets and narrates Rod Brown's paintings of the momentous and everyday events of the era.
From the author of "Lovesong: Becoming a Jew" comes this provocative new novel that asks the question: If God exists, then how could he allow the Holocaust to happen?
This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism.
Originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus tales were first published more than 100 years ago and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series, Julius Lester masterfully retains the flavor of the tales, while dropping the heavy dialect of the originals and adding a contemporary flair. ...
In this playful sequel to the acclaimed "What a Truly Cool World, " a serious dilemma is faced by a down-to-earth God, his wife Irene, his secretary Bruce, and the angel Shaniqua. Illustrations.
A collection of six tall tales about such things as a bee who looses his buzz, a lazy lion and his clever wife, and an alligator who hates the heat and humidity of his Florida home. Acrylic and collage illustrations accompany the text.
In this powerful novel by National Book Award finalist Lester, Amma, the creator god, sends a young man to a plantation in Virginia where he becomes a slave on the eve of the Civil War. There, he is to find a way to bring peace to both the dead and the living. High school & older.
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