Arnold Adoff

Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.

An anthology of the works of black American poets, including James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Angelina Weld Grimke, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and others.

Poems about the experiences and feelings of young athletes involved in various sports.

A collection of poems about the sense of touch including a baby's foot in one's palm, peach fuzz on the lip, and the forehead against a cold window.

This collection of poems, told from the perspective of a young girl, celebrates family life throughout the yearly cycle of seasons.