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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Sean Qualls

Publisher: Henry Holt, 2008
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9780805079944

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Coltrane

Birmingham, 1963

Birmingham, 1963

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Publishers: Boyds Mills, WordSong, 2007
Pages: 39
ISBN: 1590784405

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Weatherford

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Michele Wood

Publisher: Candlewick, 2020
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9780763691561

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 306 Weatherford

Freedom in Congo Square

Freedom in Congo Square

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Publisher: Little Bee, 2016
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781499801033

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 6 and older

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Weatherford

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Jamey Christoph

Publisher: Albert Whitman, 2015
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780807530177

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Parks

How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Frank Morrison

Publisher: Candlewick, 2023
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781536215540

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Cox

In Your Hands

In Your Hands

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publisher: Atheneum, 2017
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781481462938

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 6 and older

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Weatherford

Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century

Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Raul Colon

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780375856068

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Price

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Frank Morrison

Publishers: Atheneum, Simon & Schuster, 2020
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781534452282

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 782 Weatherford

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Publisher: Candlewick, 2017
Pages: 37
ISBN: 9780763680466

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-13

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 002 Weatherford