"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is...

The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. A Caldecott Medal winner that conveys the silent wonder of a city snowfall and a small boy's solitary delight in it.

Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.

Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movement that resulted in the end of the segregated South.

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind to make him be her partner.

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.