Free within ourselves
Subtitle: the development of African American children's literature
By: Rudine Sims Bishop.
Publisher: Heinemann; Greenwood Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780313340932
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Children's literature, American -- History and criticism; African Americans in literature; African American children in literature; African American children -- Books and reading; African Americans -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before 1900 : sewing the seeds of African American children's literature; title: For the children of the sun : African American children's literature begins to bloom; title: Breaking new ground : Arna Bontemps and some of his contemporaries; title: "Give them back their own souls" : change and the need for change; title: African American poetry for children : soft Black songs; title: African American picture books take shape : authenticating the worlds of Black children; title: African American picture books expand : celebrating the past-reflecting the present; title: African American illustrators of children's books : eight pacesetters; title: Newer African American illustrators : expanding possibilities, maintaining traditions; title: African American children's fiction : illuminating the life of the people; title: African American realistic fiction : focus on pre-teens and teens; title: African American historical fiction : telling a people's story.