New York: Random House - Wendy Lamb Books, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winning writer - "Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan." 259 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323077.

New York: Scholastic, (2007.) dj. Hardcover - Novel for older children and young adults based on a true story by this award winning writer. Elijah was the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. This book also garnered many awards; the 2008 Coretta Scott King Award], the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction], and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association. 341 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 9780439023443.

New York: Delacorte, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - This story , set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. Early book club edition with no mention of the awards. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323069.

New York: Scholastic, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - This story , set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-439-227534.

New York: Scholastic, (2007.). First edition - Novel for older children and young adults based on a true story by this award winning writer. Elijah was the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. This book also garnered many awards; the 2008 Coretta Scott King Award], the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction], and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association. 341 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 9780439023443.

New York: Delacorte, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - This story, set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323069.

New York: Scholastic, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel for older children and young adults based on a true story by this award winning writer. Elijah was the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. This book also garnered many awards; the 2008 Coretta Scott King Award], the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction], and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association. 341 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 9780439023443.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fictionalized account for young adults of the "Amistad" case. The illustrations are taken from contemporary documents.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Actor and writer's first novel - a story for young adults about the early days of the civil rights struggle in Alabama. INSCRIBED on the title page "To Patricia, the best of everything, always.." and dated in 1993. ISBN: 0-671-732021.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - Actor and writer's first novel - a story for young adults about the early days of the civil rights struggle in Alabama. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-671-732021.

New York: Atheneum. (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thoughtful story about race and divorce and families written for older children by this award winning author. Eleven-year-old Isabellas blended family is more divided than ever - one week she lives with her black father, the next with her white mother - and it feels like all of their fights are over her. "What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if youre only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole?" 308 pp. ISBN: 978-1442495005.

New York: Hyperion, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - A version of the speech given by Mrs. Edelman in 1996 as founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, with its message of hope, faith and inclusion. Illustrated byAdrienne Yoricks with multilayered quilts of fabrics and photographs - a book which reflects the diversity, joy, and energy of our nation's children. Large format, bound in glossy illustrated covers, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-7868-03657.

New York: Hyperion, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A version of the speech given by Mrs. Edelman in 1996 as founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, with its message of hope, faith and inclusion. Illustrated byAdrienne Yoricks with multilayered quilts of fabrics and photographs - a book which reflects the diversity, joy, and energy of our nation's children. Large format, bound in glossy illustrated covers, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-7868-03657.

Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, (2001). Hardcover first edition - "The new series, 'Joe Joe in the City' deals realistically with issues and challenges facing African American children and families in an urban environment." In this book a young boy learns of the history and the stars of the Negro Baseball League. Illustrated in full color. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-817013989.

New York: Seabury Press, (1970) dj. Hardcover - A charming story which tells of a young East African boy's excitement about his first trip to the market. Illustrated by Tom Feelings with soft umber and old gold pictures. Unpaginated, square format.

New York: Hyperion - Jump at the Sun,. (2004.). First edition - A collection of 10 stories focusing on the problems of young people, by this Coretta Scott King award winning author.

New York: Hill & Wang / Sunburst, 1987. Hardcover - Poems for and about children, mostly written in the children's own voices. ISBN: 0-809087960.

New York: Hill & Wang / Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1985). dj. SIGNED hardcover - Poems for and about children, mostly written in the children's own voices. INSCRIBED by Giovanni on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with black and white drawings by George Martins. 57 pp. ISBN: 0-809087960.

New York: Hill & Wang / Sunburst, (1985). dj. Hardcover - Poems for and about children, mostly written in the children's own voices. Illustrated with black and white drawings by George Martins. 57 pp. ISBN: 0-809087960.

New York: Bantam, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - An amusing tale, with colorful paintings, very loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, and taking place in the "big bad city" - New York! First book illustrated by John Rocco. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-553089900.

New York: Lippincott, c. 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm story of a boy who wanted a little brother, but got a sister instead, illustrated with full color paintings by John Steptoe.

Boston: Little Brown, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story set in the same African village as Grifalconi's Caldecott honor award winning book, "The Village of Round and Square Houses," illustrated in pastels and watercolors by this artist. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-316-328650.

New York: Dial Press, 2002. SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel written in the voices of 18 teenagers as they learn to express themselves through poetry in an 'open mike' forum. Winner of the Coretta Scott King award. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Welcome to the Masquerade," and uncommon thus. 167 pp.

New York: Dial Press, 2002. SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel written in the voices of 18 teenagers as they learn to express themselves through poetry in an 'open mike' forum. Winner of the Coretta Scott King award. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. 167 pp.

Honesdale, PA: WordSong / Highlights, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir in verse, interspersed with some short entries from her notebooks and focusing on her childhood, by this award-winning African American author and poet. Illustrated with photographs. 325 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - A slightly fictionalized account of the life of Anthony Burns written for older children and young adults by this award-winning author. In 1854, Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old black man, was put on trial in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, an event which polarized the city - however, even though Charles Dana (author of 'Two Years Before the Mast') represented him at the trial, Burns was ordered returned to his former master and slavery, and it was only a year later that the abolitionists succeeded in purchasing him from his new master and restoring him to freedom. List of characters, author's note, bibliography, index. xii, 193 pp. Dust jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 0-394981855.

New York: Philomel, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this prize winning African-American author (among other awards she was a recent recipient of the MacArthur "genius" award.) Dust jacket by the Dillons. ISBN: 0-399-212132.

New York: Philomel, 1982. dj. Hardcover - Young adult novel -a "Newbery Honor Book" and Coretta Scott King award winning book. Dust jacket design by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 0-399-208941.

New York: Blue Sky / Scholastic, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A coming of age story, as two cousins -Cammy Coleman and Eloise Odie - still struggling with grief and guilt over the drowning of their cousin Patricia Ann a year ago- have to confront, and learn to accept, their family's secrets when their second cousins arrive from New York City. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-590473689.

New York: Harper & Row, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel by this award-winning African American writer (including the MacArthur "genius" award.) Junius and his father travel "over far" - back to the Caribbean to rescue his grandfather and to reclaim their lost heritage.