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Oh, Brother!

Oh, Brother!
illustrated byMike Benny
Amistad, 2007
ISBN: 978-0688172947

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WhenGorilla Goes Walking
illustrated by Shane Evans
Orchard Books, May 2007
ISBN978-0439317702

Readers will fall in love with Gorilla, the cat, and wish they could bring her home with them!

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Bank Street Best Books for Children
Starred review in Booklist
Starred review in Publishers Weekly
2009 California Readers Collection

The Road toParis

The Road to Paris
Putnam Juvenile, October 2006
ISBN: 978-0-399-24537-4
Recorded Books audiocassettes: ISBN 978-1-4281-6312-6

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Nominated for the 2009-2010 Nebraska Golden Sower Award, Intermediate divison
Sasquatch Reading Award List, sponsored by the Washington Library Media Association
2007 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Starred review in Booklist
100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2006 Booklist Editors'Choice
Women's National Book Association, Judy Lopez Memorial Foundation Award

Welcome, Precious

Welcome, Precious
illustrated byBryanCollier
Orchard Books, October 2006
ISBN: 978-0-439-55702-3

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Thanks a Million
illustrated by Cozbi A.Cabrera
Greenwillow/Amistad, 2006
ISBN: 978-0-688-17292-3

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DarkSons
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005
ISBN978-0-7868-1888-4

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Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
CNN.com Best Books for Kids 2005
NCTENotable Book in the Language Arts
New YorkPublic Library's Books for the TeenAge
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers' Choice nominee, senior division
TAYSHAS HighSchool Reading List 2006/07
YALSA Best Book for Young Adults

Danitra Brown,ClassClown
illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Amistad, 2005
ISBN978-0-688-17290-9

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At Jerusalem's Gate
illustrated with woodcuts by DavidFrampton
William B. Eerdman's, 2005
ISBN978-0-8028-5183-3

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It's Raining Laughter
photographs by Myles C. Pinkney
Wordsong / Boyds MillsPress, 2005
ISBN:978-1-59078-077-0

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