J. Brian Pinkney

Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan, tells the story of how small town girl Ella Fitzgerald became one of the world's best-known songstresses.

Describes the life, dancing, and choreography of Alvin Ailey, who created his own modern dance company to explore the black experience.

The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.

Illustrations and rhythmic text recall the December, 1955, bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.

In a rich embroidery of visions, musical cadence, and deep emotion, Andrea and Brian Pinkney convey the final months of Martin Luther King's life -- and of his assassination -- through metaphor, spirituality, and multilayers of meaning.

Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

Encourages children to explore their own faces, as an African American baby boy discovers the unique features that make his face so special.

Brimming with love and affirmation, this sweet board book shows bright brown baby girls and little ones everywhere that they can do anything. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and tender, charming illustrations from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, this inspirational ode is the perfect way to offer confidence at the earliest stage and show all little...

"Rhythmic text and adorable illustrations combine to celebrate all bright brown baby boys!"--