Book
Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature
Publication Information
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Physical Description
xvi, 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
- Before 1900 : sowing the seeds of African American children's literature
- For the children of the sun : African American children's literature begins to bloom
- Breaking new ground : Arna Bontemps and some of his contemporaries
- "Give them back their own souls" : change and the need for change
- African American poetry for children : soft Black songs
- African American picture books take shape : authenticating the worlds of Black children
- African American picture books expand : celebrating the past, reflecting the present
- African American illustrators of children's books : nine pacesetters
- Newer African American illustrators : expanding possibilities, maintaining traditions
- African American children's fiction : illuminating the life of the people
- African American contemporary realistic fiction : focus on teens and preteens
- African American historical fiction : telling a people's story.
Subjects
- American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
- American literature > African American authors > Bio-bibliography.
- Children's literature, American > History and criticism.
- Children's literature, American > Bio-bibliography.
- African Americans in literature.
- African American children in literature.
- African American children > Books and reading.
- African Americans > Intellectual life.