Search Results for: Celestes Harlem Renaissance

When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolin

In 1921, thirteen-year-old Celeste leaves North Carolina to stay with her glamorous Aunt Valentina in Harlem, New York, where she discovers the vibrant Harlem R

Mementos from her mother's students help a young girl to grieve in a middle-grade novel by award-winning author Amy Hest. (Ages 8-12) Eight-year-old Annie lives

Marcus offers this animated history of the visionaries--editors, illustrators, and others--whose books have transformed American childhood and American culture.

A source of controversy upon its 1929 publication, this novel was the first to openly address color prejudice among black Americans. The author, an active membe