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One-hundred-and-one African-American read-aloud stories

101 African-American read-aloud stories

African-American read-aloud stories

Myths and fables: Discovery of fire -- Anansi gets what he deserves -- Why the chameleon shakes his head -- Two creation myths -- Nine wild dogs and one lion -- A home for sun and moon -- The sheep -- The suspect -- The spirit tree -- A quarrel between earth and sky -- Why people fight -- Why elephants are as intelligent as people -- Moses in Pharaoh's court -- Hunger, rice and cassava -- Indaji, the reckless hunter -- The moon king -- A quarrel between friends -- Some African proverbs -- The greedy woman becomes a woodpecker. -- Fairy tales: Baboon skins / Battle between the birds and beasts / Who can break a bad habit? / Two ways to count to ten / The fairy frog / Pemba and the python and the friendly rat / The three little eggs / The magic bones -- Timba, the dissatisfied bird.

Folk tales: Don't blame it on Adam -- The bravest of all men -- Why Brer Wasp never laughs -- Dividing the cheese -- Why the hippopotamus lives in the water -- The hyena's dinner -- Kimwaki and the weaver birds -- The 'nsasak and the odudu -- Two riddle stories : Who shall marry the chief's daughter ; Three sons of a chief -- Rooster in a huff -- How the skunk became feared -- How tortoise grew a tail -- Why worms live underground -- Wiley and the Hairy Man. -- Friends and helpers: Anansi saves antelope -- The ant and the pigeon -- Badger and otter are friends -- Help from lightning -- Lion, hare, and hyena -- The man and the bird -- The four friends. -- Hawk and chicken tales: Why hawks kill chickens -- Hawk's gift from the king -- The missing ring -- Why the hawk catches chickens / Joel Chandler Harris.

Rabbit stories: Who ate the butter? -- Why the rabbit has a short tail and long ears -- The hare, the hippo, and the elephant -- Granny, cutta the cord -- Meeting trouble -- Rabbit's horse -- Wanting a long tail -- The favorite Uncle Remus [tales] : The wonderful tar baby ; The briar patch ; The money mint ; The fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow -- How Sandy got his meat. -- Liar, fool, and tall tales: The champion liar -- Fertile land and pumpkins, potatoes, and corn : Pumpkins and potatoes ; Salt the puddin' -- The splendid liar -- Lucky shot. -- Biography: Alvin Ailey / Arthur Ashe / Ray Charles / Daniel "Chappie" James / Martin Luther King, Jr. / Rosa Parks / Colin Powell / Arthur Schomberg / Sojourner Truth

History: Black heroes of the American Revolution : William Lee ; George Latchom ; Austin Dabney ; Prince Whipple ; James Forten / African-American inventors / Stealing the planter / Mary Lincoln's dressmaker / Slavery: Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Up from slavery / Booker T. Washington -- The slave dancer / Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave -- My name is not Angelica / Growing up: Fast Sam, cool Clyde, and stuff / For the life of Laetitia / Sounder / The cay

Songs and poetry: The sweet and sour animal book / African-American songs: He's got the whole world in his hands ; Swing low, sweet chariot ; Amazing grace ; Down by the riverside ; Get on board, little children ; This little light of mine ; Kum ba ya ; Over my head ; Take this hammer ; Miss Mary Mack Mack ; Hambone.

The Random House book of poetry for children

Book of poetry for children

Introduction -- Nature Is : -- Auguries of innocence / All things bright and beautiful / I'm glad the sky is painted blue / Universe / Measurement / On the Bridge / Flint / Wolf Cry / Secret song / Last rites / Trees / Crocus / Dandelion / Ferns / Birch trees / Wind-wolves / Wind / Mountain wind / Windy nights / Who has seen the wind? / Mountain brook / River winding / Water's edge / Mud / Muddy puddle / Sea shell / Sea / Until I saw the sea / Rain has silver sandals / Rain clouds / To walk in warm rain / Rhyme / More it snows / First snow / When all the world is full of snow / Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Snowflake / Check / Moon's the north wind's cooky / Star / Night comes / Night / Silver / Night is a big black cat / Four Seasons : -- Months / Four seasons / January / Martin Luther King / Lincoln / Ground hog day / Beyond winter / Valentine / Ice / Washington / Smells / February twilight / Paper dragons / Maple feast / When / Daylight saving time / March / March wind / Wearing of the green / Spring rain / Ode to spring / Easter / Spring is / On mother's day / Spring / Good-by my winter suit / Moment in summer / Rocket in my pocket / Maytime magic / Summer / Joyful / October / October / August / Harvest home / This is Halloween / Lazy witch / Thanksgiving magic / 12 October / Thanksgiving / Thanksgiving day / Light the festive candles / Children's Carol / Winter moon / I heard a bird sing / Merry Christmas / From : a Christmas package / Visit from St Nicholas / Dogs And Cats And Bears And Bats : -- Waltzer in the house / Mice / Chipmunk's song / To a squirrel at kyle-na-no / Rabbit / Hedgehog / Bat / Bat / Sloth / Camel / Camel's complaint / Buffalo dusk / Hippopotamus / Holding hands / Oliphaunt / Wolf / Beside the line of elephants / Four little foxes / Grandpa bear's lullaby / Lesser lynx / Polar bear / Lion / Lion / Leopard / Seal / Performing seal / Donkey / Wild, the free / Mandrill / Ode to the pig : his tail / Pig /Roland Young -- Hairy dog / Pig is never blamed / Cow / Roger the dog / Lone dog / Sunning / Bliss / I've got a dog / His highness's dog / Cat of cats / Cat in despondency / Cats of kilkenny / Country barnyard / Cats / Cat / Little things / Feather or fur / Cat's menu / Ways Of Living Things : -- Hey, Bug! / Hurt no living thing / Green stems / Bug sat in a silver flower / Crickets / Praying mantis / Ants, although admirable, are awfully aggravating / Wasps / Flea / Bug in a jug / Bug / Oh the toe-test! / When mosquitoes make a meal / Cockroaches / Dragonfly / Fireflies in the garden / Caterpillar / Tickle rhyme / Ladybug / Codfish / Wee little worm / Flattered flying fish / Long gone / Shark / Fishes' evening song / Sally and Manda / Lizard / Boa / Brontosaurus / Desert tortoise / Frog / Crocodile / Samuel / Tree frog / Hummingbird / Polliwog / Baby talk / Canary / Ducks' ditty / Duck / Blackbird / Sea gull / Sandpiper / Sandpiper / Something told the wild geese / Hen / Night heron / Vulture / Sparrow hawk / Eagle / City, Oh City!: -- Just for one day / Riveter / Gift with the wrappings off / City, city / Sing a song of subways / Things to do if you are a subway / Flowers are a silly bunch / Rudolph is tired of the city / That May morning / Umbilical / Sunrise / People / People upstairs / Zebra / Crowds / Concrete mixers / They've all gone south / Pigeons / Sing a song of people / Stickball / Sad song about Greenwich village / Fog / Alley cat school / Open hydrant / April rain song / City lights / Rainy nights / City / Frightening / Where are you now? / Foghorns / City dump / Cockpit in the clouds

Children, Children Everywhere : -- Hug o' war / Advice to small children / Joke / Changing / Somebody / I saw a little girl I hate / Huckleberry, gooseberry, raspberry / Love / I love you / Question / I hate Harry / Puzzle / John, Tom, and James / Double-barreled ding-dong-bat / Yip-yap rattletrap / Tag along / Ten kinds / There was a little girl / Two people / Read this with gestures / Table manners / Jack / Bubble gum / Did you? / Why run? / Story of Augustus who would not have any soup / Eat-it-all Elaine / Tired Tim / Wendy in winter / Tony baloney / Fernando / Queenie / Jessica Jane / Follow the leader / Freddy / Girls can, too! / No girls allowed / Little Clotilda / We're racing, racing down the walk / Maggie and Milly and Molly and May / Wrestling / Measles / Barbershop / Wiggly giggles / Since Hanna moved away / Lullaby / What in the world? / Me I Am!: -- My name is / Me / My father owns the butcher shop / I am Rose / Me / Every time I climb a tree / Reason I like chocolate / Mark's fingers / When I was lost / Keziah / Just me / How to get there / Wolf / Dust of snow / Sulk / If no one ever marries me / Broom balancing / About feet / On the skateboard / I can fly / Basketball / Basketball star / Song / Growing up / Marrog / Everybody says / Stupid old myself / Don't tell me that I talk too much! / Surprises / If we didn't have birthdays / History / I am cherry alive / I'm really not lazy / Winter clothes / I'm nobody! who are you? / Yawning / Rhinos purple, hippos green / One day when we went walking / Home! You're Where It's Warm Inside : -- Wrong start / Mother's nerves / John / Waking / Mother doesn't want a dog / Amelia mixed the mustard / I wish I could meet the man that knows / Some things don't make any sense at all / First tooth / Bringing up babies / Six weeks old / Help! / Lil' bro' / My brother / Leave me alone / Myra song / Let other share / In the motel / Rules / Runaway / Soap / What someone said when he was spanked on the day day before his birthday / They're calling / Going up / Up in the pine / Homework / Homework / Hot line / I'm alone in the evening / Winning of the TV west / Middle of the night / Our house / Two people / I'm Hungry!: -- My mouth / This is just to say / Tomorrow's the fair / Turtle soup / Oodles of noodles / Mummy slept late and daddy fixed breakfast / Egg thoughts / Pie problem / Meg's Egg / Celery / Taste of purple / Chocolate cake / Patience / My little sister / Little bits of soft-boiled egg / Chocolate, chocolate / Thousand hairy savages / I eat my peas with honey / Accidentally / I raised a great hullabaloo / Twickham tweer / Worm / Pizza / Soliloquy of a tortoise / Mr Pratt / Sneaky Bill / Some People I Know : -- Some people / People / Routine / Daddy fell into the pond / Smart / One misty, moisty morning / Thoughts on talkers / My brother Bert / Grandpapa / Growing old / Grandpa dropped his glasses / Manners / Uncle / Miss Norma Jean Pugh / Godmother / Too many dayes / Little boy and the old man / Tombstone / Air traveler / House-for sale / Jittery Jim / On a bad singer / Doctor Emmanuel / Hog-calling competition / Old Quin queeribus / There was on old man with a beard / Jonathan Bing / Poor old lady / Fatty, fatty, boom-a-latty / Solomon Grundy / Mr Kartoffel / Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker / Sugar lady / Lord Cray / Together / Opposite of two / Sir Smasham uppe / Nonsense! Nonsense!: -- Jabberwocky / Toot! toot! / Higglety, pigglety, pop! / On the ning nang nong / Common cormorant / McIntosh apple / Lobsters and the fiddler crab / Butterfly's ball / Contrary waiter / Whoops! / Way down south / Duel / Owl and the pussy-cat / Hare and the pig / Alligator / Lizard / Serpent / Shark / I had a little pig / Ants at the Olympics / Animal fair / Purple cow / I asked my mother / Algy met a bear / Walrus / Adventures of Isabel / Alligator pie / Beela by the sea / You must never bath in the Irish stew / Did you ever go fishing? / Sensitive, seldom and sad / Josephine / Folk who live in backward town / Father William / Johnnie crack and flossie snail / Snail's dream / Twins / New vestments / Pumberly Pott's unpredictable niece / Don't worry if your job is small / Number nine, Penwiper mews / Tender-heartedness / Jimmy Jet and his TV set / Young lady of Lynn / Herbert Glerbett

Alphabet Stew : -- Fly and a flea in a flue / Cow / Tutor / Weather / Two witches / Antonio / Habits of the hippopotamus / Bluffalo / Moses / Puffin / Eletelephony / Mr Bidery's spidery garden / Ptarmigan / Banananananananana / Clickbeetle / Sing me a song of teapots and trumpets / Modern Hiawatha / Misnomer / To be or not to be / Don't ever seize a weasel by the tail / Have you ever seen? / Waiters / Atrocious pun / Wild flowers / J's the jumping jay-walker / Poetry / Lumps / Word / Yak / Feelings about words / Where Goblins Dwell : -- Some one / Ghosts / Something is there / Horseman / Hist whist / What's that? / Green candles / Witch! the witch! / Song of the witches / Owl / Wanted-a witch's cat / Eight witches / Witches' menu / Queen Nefertiti / Colonel Fazackerley / Song of the ogres / Three ghostesses / Darkling elves / Elf and the dormouse / Bogeyman / Troll / Wendigo / Father and mother / Fairies / Great auk's ghost / Pumpkin / Seven ages of elf-hood / Unicorn / How to tell goblins from elves / Little man / Gumble / Slithegadee / Bogus-boo / Wrimples / Ms Whatchamacallit thingamajig / Spangled pandemonium / Creature in the classroom / Dinky / Plumpuppets / Could it have been a shadow? / Land Of Potpourri : -- Happy thought / Our washing machine / Introduction to songs of innocence / No holes marred / Steam shovel / Toaster / Tin frog / Driving to the beach / My nose / From : the bed book / Arithmetic / What is pink? / What is orange? / To be answered in our next issue / Base stealer / What is red? / Who's in / Library / Knockout / Foul shot / Yellow / Football game / Maps / If once you have slept on an island / Train song / Travel / Flight plan / To an aviator / Message from a mouse, ascending in a rocket / From a railway carriage / Toad / This little pig built a spaceship / Dreams / Far trek / How strange it is / Paint box / Keep a poem in your pocket / To dark eyes dreaming / Index of titles -- Index of first lines -- Index of authors -- Index of subjects -- About the author/illustrator.