Introduces readers to the ancient gods and goddesses of Olympus through an examination of their incredible skills and superhero strength, enhanced with comic book-style illustrations and poetic verse.

"A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text encourage the reader to wiggle, shake, and twirl to the beat.

"One hundred years ago, one of the most popular spectator sports was bicycle racing, and the man to beat was Marshall "Major" Taylor, who set records in his teens and won his first world championship by age twenty. The first African American world champion in cycling and the second Black athlete to win a world championship in any sport, Major Taylor faced down challenge after challenge, not least the grueling Six-Day Race, a test of speed, strength,...

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the diversity of cultures, languages, countries, and people of the world.

A basketball asks to be taken outside to play.

"Hop on the bike with Bessie Stringfield, the motorcycle queen of Miami, in this powerful picture book from Coretta Scott King medalist Charles R. Smith, Jr. and debut picture book illustrator Charlot Kristensen. In 1929, 18-year-old Bessie Stringfield hopped on her motorcycle and headed out on an adventure, an unusual choice for a young Black woman at the time. Paying her way by winning motorcycle races, she criss-crossed the country through small...

This high-energy collection of poems, infused with the author’s trademark wordplay, and dynamic photos pay tribute to some of the best players in the NBA.

A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with poems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage. Its one steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in NYC, otherwise known as The Cage. Hotshot ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the...