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Bird in a Box

Bird in a Box

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Sean Qualls

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2011
Pages: 278
ISBN: 9780316074032

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-12

CCBC Location: Fiction, Pinkney

Dear Benjamin Banneker

Dear Benjamin Banneker

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publishers: Gulliver, Harcourt Brace, 1994
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0152004173

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Banneker

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn

Publishers: Harcourt , Gulliver, 2000
Pages: 107
ISBN: 015201005X

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 323 Pinkney

Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It

Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2020
Pages: 269
ISBN: 9780316536776

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-13

CCBC Location: Fiction, Pinkney

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publisher: Scholastic, 2018
Pages: 127
ISBN: 9780545702539

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 9 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Pinkney

A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day

A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Lou Fancher, Steve Johnson

Publisher: Viking, 2016
Pages: 52
ISBN: 9780425287682

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Pinkney

The Red Pencil

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2014
Pages: 308
ISBN: 9780316247801

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Pinkney

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2010
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780316070164

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 323 Pinkney

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Publishers: Disney, Jump at the Sun, 2009
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780786807673

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Truth

Solo Girl

Solo Girl

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Nneka Bennett

Publisher: Hyperion Chapters, 1997
Pages: 51
ISBN: 0786812168

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-8

CCBC Location: Fiction, Pinkney