TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bishop,Rudine Sims
TI  - Free within ourselves: the development of African American children's literature 
SN  - 9780325071350 (alk. paper)
AV  - PS153.N5 B526 2007
U1  - 810.9/928208996073 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Greenwood Press
KW  - American literature
KW  - African American authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Children's literature, American
KW  - African Americans in literature
KW  - African American children in literature
KW  - African American children
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007000612.html
ER  -