Jerry Pinkney

Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save life on earth.

Presents the classic tale of three youngsters who are careless with their mittens, but who turn out to be good little kittens after all. --

A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.

Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.

A clever cat wins for his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

An African-American woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler. An American classic about African-American life in the 1930s with a new introduction by Edwidge Danticat.

Young Cassie Logan endures humiliation and witnesses the horrors of a KKK cross-burning rampage before she fully understands the importance her family places on having land of their own.

Presents the classic English nursery rhyme alongside illustrations that feature a curious chipmunk marveling at the natural world during the day and setting sail in his imagination at night.