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Honoring Coretta Scott King and Other Science, Math, Literature & Cultural Resources
Celebrate National African American History Month in February with these CYFERnet reviewed resources. And, in honor of Coretta Scott King’s effort to promote peace, non-violent social change, brotherhood and literature, CYFERnet School Age has selected literary works for sharing with children and young people. Some received the Coretta Scott King Award. Check your local public library for the books listed below.
Coretta Scott King:
Resources:
African American Inventors Curriculum
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Moving Beyond Heroes and Holidays, National Extension Diversity Center
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Black History Hot List A Collection of Internet Sites
Little Rock 9, Integration 0? A WebQuest
Tuskegee Tragedy A WebQuest
African-American Voices in Children's Fiction, Compiled by Arrowhead Library System
Love to Read is the National Black Child Development Institute’s (NBCDI) national early literacy public education initiative.
Books for Sharing with Children and Youth:
Adler, David. A Picture Book of Jesse Owens. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. Scholastic, 1992.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Scholastic, 2000. A Coretta Scott King Award Book and Newbery Medal winner.
Denenberg, Barry. Stealing Home the Story of Jackie Robinson. Scholastic, 1990.
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Alfred A. Knoff, 1993.
Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace. Illustrated by Caaroline Binch. Dial books for Young Readers, 1991. Reading Rainbow Book.
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Aunt Flossies’ Hats and Crab Cakes Later. Paintings by James Ransome. Scholastic, 1991.
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Mac and Marie and the Train Toss Surprise. Illustrated by Gail Gordon Carter. Four winds Press, 1993.
Hughes, Langston. The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Scholastic, 1996.
Krull, Kathleen. Wilma Unlimited How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman. Illustrated by David Diaz. Hartcourt Brace & Co., 1996.
McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. Black Diamond, The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Polaris, 1998. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
Pass It On African American Poetry for Children. Selected by Wade Hudson, Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Scholastic, 1993.
Patrick, Diane. Amazing African American History a Book of Answers for Kids. The New York Public Library. John Wiley and sons Inc., 1998.
Pilkey, David. The Paperboy. Scholastic, 1996. Caldecott Honor Book.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington. Illustrated by Brain Pinkney. Scholastic, 1998. A Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Honor Book.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Let It Shine Stories of Black women Freedom Fighters. Illustrated by Stephen alcorn. Scholastic, 2000.
Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Scholastic, 1994.
Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach. Scholastic, 1991.
Ringgold, Faith. Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House. Scholastic, 1993.
Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns with Jim O’Connor. Shadow Ball The History of the Negro Leagues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
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