Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature /
Bishop, Rudine Sims.
Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature / Rudine Sims Bishop. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. - xvi, 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-282) and index.
Before 1900 : sowing the seeds of African American children's literature -- For the children of the sun : African American children's literature begins to bloom -- Breaking new ground : Arna Bontemps and some of his contemporaries -- "Give them back their own souls" : change and the need for change -- African American poetry for children : soft Black songs -- African American picture books take shape : authenticating the worlds of Black children -- African American picture books expand : celebrating the past, reflecting the present -- African American illustrators of children's books : nine pacesetters -- Newer African American illustrators : expanding possibilities, maintaining traditions -- African American children's fiction : illuminating the life of the people -- African American contemporary realistic fiction : focus on teens and preteens -- African American historical fiction : telling a people's story.
9780325071350 (alk. paper) 0325071357 (alk. paper) 9780313340932 (alk. paper) 0313340935 (alk. paper)
2007000612
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.
PS153.N5 / B526 2007
810.9/928208996073
Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature / Rudine Sims Bishop. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. - xvi, 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-282) and index.
Before 1900 : sowing the seeds of African American children's literature -- For the children of the sun : African American children's literature begins to bloom -- Breaking new ground : Arna Bontemps and some of his contemporaries -- "Give them back their own souls" : change and the need for change -- African American poetry for children : soft Black songs -- African American picture books take shape : authenticating the worlds of Black children -- African American picture books expand : celebrating the past, reflecting the present -- African American illustrators of children's books : nine pacesetters -- Newer African American illustrators : expanding possibilities, maintaining traditions -- African American children's fiction : illuminating the life of the people -- African American contemporary realistic fiction : focus on teens and preteens -- African American historical fiction : telling a people's story.
9780325071350 (alk. paper) 0325071357 (alk. paper) 9780313340932 (alk. paper) 0313340935 (alk. paper)
2007000612
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.
PS153.N5 / B526 2007
810.9/928208996073