Julius Lester fue un reconocido autor estadounidense, nacido en 1939, que realizó contribuciones significativas a la literatura a través de sus obras de ficción, no ficción, libros para niños y poesía. Durante su carrera, recibió varios premios y reconocimientos por sus escritos, incluyendo la Medalla Newbery de Honor, Libro Notable de la American Library Association, Finalista del Premio Nacional del Libro Judío, Libro Destacado de The New York Times, Finalista del Premio Nacional del Círculo de Críticos de Libros, Libro con Honor Caldecott, el Premio Boston Globe-Horn Book y Finalista del Premio Nacional del Libro. Sus obras han sido traducidas a ocho idiomas, demostrando su impacto global.
Además de su escritura, Lester fue un académico destacado, enseñando durante 32 años en la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst. También fue un fotógrafo y músico que grabó dos álbumes de música folk y canciones originales. Nacido en el Medio Oeste y el Sur, Lester recibió su licenciatura en inglés en la Universidad Fisk en 1960 y comenzó a publicar sus libros en 1968. A lo largo de su carrera, publicó más de 25 libros, muchos de los cuales recibieron elogios críticos importantes.
Uncle Remus Books (with Jerry Pinkney)
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The Tales of Uncle Remus
1987
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More Tales of Uncle Remus
1988
3
Further Tales of Uncle Remus
1990
4
The Last Tales of Uncle Remus
1994
Novelas independientes
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Do Lord Remember Me
1985
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And All Our Wounds Forgiven
1994
3
Othello
1995
4
Pharaoh's Daughter of Ancient Egypt
2000
5
When Dad Killed Mom
2001
6
The Autobiography of God
2004
7
Time's Memory
2006
8
Day of Tears
2007
9
Cupid
2007
10
Guardian
2008
Libros infantiles
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To Be a Slave
1968
2
Basketball Game
1977
3
A Taste of Freedom
1983
4
Shining
2003
Libros de imágenes
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The Knee-High Man and Other Tales
1972
2
John Henry (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1994
3
John Henry
1994
4
Man Who Knew Too Much
1994
5
Sam and the Tigers (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1996
6
Sam and the Tigers
1996
7
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
1998
8
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
1998
9
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1998
10
What a Truly Cool World
1999
11
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (With: Jerry Pinkney)
2000
12
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream
2000
13
Ackamarackus
2001
14
The Blues Singers
2001
15
Why Heaven Is Far Away
2002
16
Let's Talk about Race
2005
17
The Old African
2005
18
The Old African (With: Jerry Pinkney)
2005
19
The Hungry Ghosts
2009
20
The Girl Who Saved Yesterday
2016
Colecciones
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Black Folktales
1970
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Two Love Stories
1972
3
Long Journey Home
1972
4
Who I Am
1974
5
This Strange New Feeling
1982
6
How Many Spots Does A Leopard Have?
1989
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When the Beginning Began
1999
Libros de no ficción
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Look Out Whitey! Black Power's Gon' Get Your Mama!
1969
2
Search for the New Land
1969
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All is Well
1976
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Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
1988
5
Falling Pieces of the Broken Sky
1990
6
Black and White
1994
7
On Writing for Children and Other People
2004
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Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin
2013
Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator
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Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney, Lila Green)
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Tales from Africa
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The Ugly Duckling (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1843
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The Ugly Duckling
1843
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The Little Match Girl
1845
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The Little Match Girl (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1845
7
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1894
8
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1894
9
The Education of Henry Adams
1918
10
Early Autumn ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1927
11
The Flowering of New England (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1936
12
The Flowering of New England
1936
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Lolita (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1955
14
Rabbit, Run (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1960
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Lolita
1955
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Rabbit, Run
1960
17
The Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
1964
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The Year Around Book (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1965
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The Adventures of Spider
1964
20
This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adeline McCall)
1965
21
The Traveling Frog (By: Jerry Pinkney, V. M. Garshin)
1966
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This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School
1965
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The Traveling Frog
1966
24
A Book of Shapes & Sizes (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1966
25
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India (By: Jerry Pinkney, John W. Spellman)
1967
26
A Book of Shapes & Sizes
1966
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Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1967
28
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India
1967
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Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep
1967
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The Clock Museum (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ken. Sobol)
1967
31
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney, Lila Green)
1967
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The Clock Museum
1967
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Folktales and Fairytales of Africa
1967
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Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ralph Alan Dale)
1968
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Kostas the Rooster (By: Jerry Pinkney, Traudl)
1968
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Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets
1968
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Kostas the Rooster
1968
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The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1969
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Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. (By: Jerry Pinkney, Thelma. Shaw)
1969
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Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish.
1969
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Babushka and the Pig (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ann Trofimuk)
1969
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Babushka and the Pig
1969
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The Porcupine and the Tiger (By: Jerry Pinkney, Fern Powell)
1970
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The Porcupine and the Tiger
1970
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Cora Annett's Homerhenry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Cora Annett)
1970
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The King's Ditch (By: Jerry Pinkney, Francine Jacobs)
1971
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Cora Annett's Homerhenry
1970
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The Planet of Junior Brown (By: Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Hamilton)
1971
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The King's Ditch
1971
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The Planet of Junior Brown
1971
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Femi and Old Grandaddie (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adjai Robinson)
1972
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JD (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mari Evans)
1973
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Femi and Old Grandaddie
1972
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JD
1973
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Kasho and the Twin Flutes. (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adjai Robinson)
1973
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Prince Littlefoot (By: Jerry Pinkney, Berniece Freschet)
1973
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Kasho and the Twin Flutes.
1973
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Prince Littlefoot
1973
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Mickey and Minny ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1973
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The Great Minu ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1974
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Roots of Time (By: Jerry Pinkney, Elliott P. Skinner)
1974
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Song of the Trees (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mildred D. Taylor)
1975
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Roots of Time
1974
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Song of the Trees
1975
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Wuthering Heights ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
66
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mildred D. Taylor)
1975
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1975
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Yagua Days (By: Jerry Pinkney, Cruz Martel)
1976
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Yagua Days
1976
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Gulliver's Travels (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1977
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Selected plays (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1977
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The Winthrop Covenant
1976
73
Gulliver's Travels
1977
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Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles (By: Jerry Pinkney, Verna Aardema)
1978
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History of Tom Jones a Founding ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1978
76
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1977
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Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles
1978
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Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (By: Jerry Pinkney, Eloise Greenfield, Lessie Jones Little)
1979
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Tonweya and the Eagles (By: Jerry Pinkney, Rosebud Yellow Robe)
1979
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Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
1979
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These Thirteen ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1979
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More Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
1980
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Tonweya and the Eagles
1979
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Count on Your Fingers African Style (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1980
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The Covenant ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1980
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More Adventures of Spider
1980
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Count on Your Fingers African Style
1980
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Jahdu (By: Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Hamilton)
1980
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Rabbit Redux ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1981
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Monster Myths of Ancient Greece (By: Jerry Pinkney, William A. Wise)
1981
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Jahdu
1980
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Apples On A Stick (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Michels, Bettye White)
1983
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The Patchwork Quilt (By: Jerry Pinkney, Valerie Flournoy)
1985
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Monster Myths of Ancient Greece
1981
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Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy White Carlstrom)
1987
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Apples On A Stick
1983
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Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea (By: National Geographic Society, Jerry Pinkney, Jane Heath Buxton)
1987
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The Patchwork Quilt
1985
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Half a Moon and One Whole Star
1986
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Mirandy and Brother Wind (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack)
1988
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Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna
1987
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The Green Lion of Zion Street (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julia Fields)
1988
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More Tales of Uncle Remus (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1988
104
Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea
1987
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Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (By: Jerry Pinkney, Verna Aardema)
1989
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
1988
107
The Green Lion of Zion Street
1988
108
The Talking Eggs (By: Jerry Pinkney, Robert D. San Souci)
1989
109
Turtle in July (By: Jerry Pinkney, Marilyn Singer)
1989
110
More Tales of Uncle Remus
1988
111
Pretend You're a Cat (By: Jerry Pinkney, Jean Marzollo)
1990
112
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
1989
113
The Talking Eggs
1989
114
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket (By: Jerry Pinkney, Sonia Levitin)
1991
115
Their Eyes Were Watching God ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1991
116
Turtle in July
1989
117
Home Place
1990
118
David's Songs (By: Jerry Pinkney, Colin Eisler)
1992
119
Pretend You're a Cat
1990
120
Back Home (By: Jerry Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney)
1992
121
In for Winter, Out for Spring
1991
122
Drylongso (By: Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Hamilton)
1992
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The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
1991
124
A Starlit Somersault Downhill (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard)
1993
125
I Want to Be (By: Jerry Pinkney, Thylias Moss)
1993
126
New Shoes for Silvia (By: Jerry Pinkney, Johanna Hurwitz)
1993
127
David's Songs
1992
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Back Home
1992
129
The Sunday Outing (By: Jerry Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney)
1994
130
Drylongso
1992
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John Henry (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1994
132
The Jungle Book ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1995
133
A Starlit Somersault Downhill
1993
134
Tanya's Reunion (By: Jerry Pinkney, Valerie Flournoy)
1995
135
I Want to Be
1993
136
New Shoes for Silvia
1993
137
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (By: Jerry Pinkney, Alan Schroeder)
1996
138
The Sunday Outing
1994
139
Sam and the Tigers (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1996
140
The Hired Hand (By: Jerry Pinkney, Robert D. San Souci)
1997
141
John Henry
1994
142
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1998
143
Tanya's Reunion
1995
144
Journeys with Elijah (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Diamond Goldin)
1999
145
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
1996
146
Aesop's Fables (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2000
147
Sam and the Tigers
1996
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Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (With: Jerry Pinkney)
2000
149
Goin' Someplace Special (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack)
2001
150
The Hired Hand
1997
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Noah's Ark (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2002
152
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
1998
153
Journeys with Elijah
1999
154
The Nightingale (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2002
155
Aesop's Fables
2000
156
The Old African (With: Jerry Pinkney)
2005
157
Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD (By: Jerry Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, Myles C. Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney)
2005
158
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream
2000
159
Goin' Someplace Special
2001
160
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ann Grifalconi)
2007
161
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack)
2007
162
Noah's Ark
2002
163
The Nightingale
2002
164
Sweethearts of Rhythm (By: Marilyn Nelson)
2009
165
God Bless the Child
2003
166
A Starlit Snowfall (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard)
2011
167
The First Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
2012
168
The Old African
2005
169
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
2012
170
Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD
2005
171
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me
2007
172
In Plain Sight (By: Jerry Pinkney, Richard Jackson)
2016
173
The Christmas Boot (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2016
174
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
2007
175
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barry Wittenstein)
2018
176
The Moon Over Star
2008
177
A Home in the Barn (By: Margaret Wise Brown, Jerry Pinkney)
2018
178
Sweethearts of Rhythm
2009
179
The Little Mermaid (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2020
180
A Starlit Snowfall
2011
181
The First Adventures of Spider
2012
182
A Walk in the Woods (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nikki Grimes)
2023
183
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales
2012
184
In Plain Sight
2016
185
The Christmas Boot
2016
186
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
2018
187
A Home in the Barn
2018
188
Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
2019
189
The Little Mermaid
2020
190
A Walk in the Woods
2023
Julius Lester Anthologies
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Places I Never Meant To Be
1999
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A Treasury of Five-Minute Stories
2000
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I Am Jewish
2004
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Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln