Bryan, Ashley. Let It Shine: three favorite spirituals.
Through three favorite spirituals: "This Little Light of Mine," "Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In," and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," Ashley Bryan help the reader explore the wonder of amazing kaleidoscope colors and cut paper illustrations. Children will love looking at the breath-taking illustrations that depict the words of the songs. Perfect book to use it with young readers ages 4 years and older, especially if used with the song playing in the background.
Winner of the 2008 Coretta Scott King Author Award for Illustration
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton.
Elijah Buxton is the first child to be born free in Buxton, Canada. He never imagined how slavery was like. He had heard rumors. After the preacher steals the money Mr. Leroy had been saving to buy his family out of slavery, Elijah embarks on an incredible journey to America that helps Elijah not only figure out what his parents and the rest of the townspeople went through, but also that teaches him about responsibility and appreciate his free life in Canada. He has to see how Mr. Leroy dies of a heart attack, run away and return to try and find the preacher, but he ends up finding a family of slaves with a baby girl who seems to love him. The baby's mother asks him, not directly to take the baby and he does. He takes the bay to Buxton to give it to his teacher who had lost a baby and will not be able to have another child. This is a book suitable for the upper grades (3rd-5th) because it is a long chapter book with problems and descriptions that are not suitable for younger students.
Winner of the 2008 Coretta Scott King Author Award for Text
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