Black History Month 2004

Many African Americans have contributed to the Literary Arts and to the Historical Record of the United States. Here are but few of them.
African American Male Authors
Baldwin, James. If Beale Street Could Talk
PS3552.A45 I41

_____. No Name in the Street E185.615.B28

Ellison, Ralph. Living with Music ML3507.E45 2001
Gaines, Ernest J. The Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman, PS3557.A355 A8

Gaines, Ernest. In My Father’s House PS3557.A355 I5 1992.
Gaines, Ernest. A Lesson Before Dying PS3557.A355 L47
1994.

Haley, Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
BP223.Z8 L597943 1992

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea. PS315.U274 2001

______.Not without Laughter and Tambourines to
Glory PS3515.U274 2000 v.4
Johnson, Charles. Middle Passage: A Novel: PS3560
.O3735

Major, Clarence. Swallowing the Lake PS3563.A39
S9

Murray, Albert. South to A Very Old Place F216.2
.M87

Wideman, John E. Brothers and Keepers. HV6245
.W733 1985

Sent for You Yesterday PS3573.I26 S4 1983.


Wright, Richard. Lawd Today PS3545.R815 L3

Yerby, Frank. The Foxes of Harrow. PS3547.E65
F6




African American Women Authors

Butler, Octavia . Parable of the Talents PS3552
.U827 P38 2001

Cliff, Michelle. Abeng. PR9265.9 .C55 A64 1995

Foster, Sharon. Ain’t No River. PS3556.O7724 A74 2001

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road.
PS3515.U789 Z5 1991

______. Every Tongue Got to Confess. GR111.A47
H83 2001

_____Novels & Stories PS3515.U789 Z6 1995

McMillan, Terry. Disappearing Acts. PS3563
.C3868 D57 1993

______. Waiting to Exhale. PS3563.C3868 W35
1993.


Morrison, Toni. Beloved. PS3563.O8749 B4 1987

_____. Sula PS3563.O8749 S8 1982

_____. Tar Baby PS3563.O8749 T37 1982

Naylor,Gloria. Bailey’s Café. PS3564.A895 B3 1992

______. Mama Day PS3564.A895 M3 1989b

Walker, Alice. In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black
women PS3573.A425 I54

_______. The Third Life of Grange Copeland
PS3573.A425 T38 2000


Children’s Literature


Guy, Rosa. The Disappearance PZ7.G987 Di 1992.
______. The Friends PZ7.G987 Fr 1983.
Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John PS3561.I425 A55 1985
McKissack, Patricia Goin’ Someplace Special. PZ7.M478693 Go 2001.
______. Sojourner Truth: A voice for Freedom E185.97.T8 M37 2002.

Collected Works



Hughes, Langston. The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers: an anthology from 1899 to the Present
PZ1.H849 Be

Major, Clarence. Calling the Wind: Twentieth-Century African American Short Stories
PS647.A35 C35 1992.

Major, Clarence. The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
PS591.n4 G37 1996.

McMillan, Terry. Breaking Ice: An anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction
PS647.A35 B58 1990

Naylor, Gloria. Children of the Night: the Best Short stories by Black Writers 1967 to the Present
PS647.A35 C5 1995

FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS & READING

A bibliophile is a lover of books; a bibliomaniac is one who enjoys collecting books; and a book worm is a person who enjoys reading.
This list celebrates all three people.
Non Fiction
Atlas, J. The Book Wars.
Z1039.C65 A75 1990

Barr, S. Voices that endured: The
great books and the active life
CB151.B295

Bikerts, S. The Gutenberg
Elegies: the Fate of Reading in
an Electronic Age. Z1003.B57
1994

Bloom, H. The Western
Canon: The Books and Schools
of the Ages PN81.B545 1993

Bradley.V. The New Gold in your
Attic. Ref. Z1000.B78 1968

Coles, R. The Call of Stories
PS3553.O47456.Z463 1989



Davies, R. A Voice from the
Attic. PR6007.A814 V6

Denby, D. Great Books.
CB245.C44 1996

Donoghue, D. The Practice of
Reading PR21.D66 1998

Downs, R. Books that Changed
the World. CB151.D62

Hirschberg, C. The Priceless Gift.
Z1003.H57

Jackson, H. J. Marginalia:
Readers Writing in Books Z1003.
J12 2001

Kay-Smith, S. All the Books
of my Life. PR6021.A8 A7

McKenna, D. How to Read a
Christian Book. Z1039.C47
M45 2001

Powell, L. A Passion for Books
Z992.P65

Sire, James How to Read Slowly:
A Christian Guide to Reading
with the Mind. Z1003.S597

Stefferud, Alfred, ed. The
Wonderful World of Books.
Z1003.S83

Weldon, Fay. Letters to Alice on
First Reading Jane Austen
PR4037.W45 1990


Children

Bauer, Caroline F. Read for the Fun of
It. Z718.1.B38 1992

Bodart, J. Booktalk! 4. Z716.3.B637
1992
Moss, Joyce. Books for Children to Read
Alone. Ref. Z1037.W748 1988

Roser, Nancy. Children’s Choices.
Z1037.C54454 1983

Savage, John F. For the love of
Literature: Children & Books in the
Elementary years LB1575.S28 2000

Fiction

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.
PS3503.R167 F3

Brookner, Anita. Hotel du Lac.
PR6052.R5816 H66 1986

De Leeuw, Adele. With a High Heart
PS3507.E453 W5

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the
Rose. PQ4865.C6 N613 1984

Galsworthy, John. The End of the
Chapter. PR6013.A5 E5

Many popular fiction books center on reading. If you are interested try these authors at your local public library
Block, Lawrence. The Burgler who
liked to quote Kipling
Cross, Amanda. The James Joyce
Murders
Cooley, Martha. The Archivist
Goldsmith, Olivia. The Bestseller
Hart, Carolyn A Little Class on
Murder
Vine, Barbara The Chimney
Sweeper’s Boy

Children’s Fiction

Bradley, M. More than anything else. PZ7.B7175
Mo 1995. The story of Booker T. Washing
ton as a young boy.

Caseley, J. Sophie and Sammy’s Library Sleep
over. PZ7.C2677 So 1993 A brother and
sister explore books.

Colon, R. Tomas and the Library Lady PZ7.
N78819 To 1997 How a librarian helped a
young migrant worker explore reading.

Stewart, Sarah. The Library PZ8.3.S855 Li 1995

You can find the following books at your local Public Library.
Mann, Pamela. The Frog Princess
Pinkwater, Daniel. Aunt Lulu
Thaler, M. The Librarian from the Black
Lagoon

National Poetry Month 2003

Traditional Verses

Beowulf : an imitative translation. PR1573. K37 1878.

Anthologies

The Crystal Cabinet: An invitation to poetry. PR1175.G72.

The Faber book of love Poems. PR6119.G67 1987.




The Country of the Risen King: an anthology of Christian Poetry. PS595.C47 C6

The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse. PR1195.C48 N4.

Thompson, Francis: The Hound of Heaven. PR5650.H6 L4 1923.

The Widening Light: Poems of the Incarnation. PS595.I53 W53 1984.


Separation

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.


One poet

Dickey, James. The Whole Motion: Collected Poems. PS3554.I32 A17 1992.

Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for two voices. PS3556.L42268 J69 1988.

Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. PS3511.R94 M3.

Stern Gerald. This Time: New and Selected Poems ( A National Book Winner.) PS3559.T3885
T47 1998.



Children’s poetry

Beerman, M. The Enduring beast. PS595.A5 B4.

Field, Eugene. Poems of childhood. PS1667.P6 1932.

The Oxford illustrated book of American Children’s poems. PS586.3.O95 1999.

My America: A poetry atlas of the United States. PS595. U5 M95 2000.

Sing a song of popcorn: Every child’s book of poems. PN6109.97.S36 1988.

The Place my words are looking for: What poets say about and through their work. PS586.3.P6 1990.

A Poke in the I: A collection of concrete poems. PS583.C83 C66 2001.


Prelutsky, Jack. It’s raining pigs and noodles. PS3666.R36 I828 2000.

Prelutsky, Jack. The New Kid on the Block. PS3566.R346 N4 1984.

Carroll, Lewis. Poetry for Young People. PS3511.R94A6 1994.

Stevenson, James. Just around the Corner. PS3669.T4557 J87 2001.

Stevenson, James. Candy Corn. PS3569.T4557 C36 1999.

Stevenson, James. Cornflakes. PS3569.T4557 C87 2000.

Stevenson, James. Popcorn. PS3569.T4557 P67 1998.

Yolen, Jane. Color me a rhyme: Nature poems for young people. PS595.N22Y65 2000.

I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I’d rather see than be one

Ah yes I wrote “The purple cow.”
I’m sorry now I wrote it.
But I can tell you anyhow,
I’ll Kill you if you quote it!

Both poems written by Frank Gelett Burgess, The first in 1896 and the second in 1914, for obvious reasons.

DON’T DO THE CRIME: CRIMINAL FICTION

Fiction

American

Bauer, Susan Though the Darkness Hid Thee
PS3552. A83638 T48 1998.
A church, a feud, and murder.

Benrey, Ron. Little White Lies.
PS3552.E54764 L57 2001
The mysterious death of a corporate headhunter.

Blackstock, Terri. Cape Refuge.
PS3552.L34285 C37 2002.

Brouwer, Sigmund. Blood Ties.
PS3552.R6825 B58 1996

Bunn, T. Davis. Promises to Keep
PS3552.U4718 P76 1991.

Carr, Caleb The Alienist.
PS3553.A76277.A44 1995
The hunt is on for a serial killer—in the 19th century.

Carter, Stephen L. The Emperor Of Ocean Park.
PS3603.A78 E4 2002
A legal thriller.

Hall, Linda. Margaret’s Peace.
PS3668.A3698.M37 1998
A mystery set in Maine.

Kraus, Harry Lee. The Stain.
PS3561,R2875 S7 1997
Is the doctor a murderer or a saint?

Macmillan, Ann. Civil Blood.
PS3563.C38657 C5 2001
Someone is spreading smallpox among the Union Soldiers in Richmond.

Parker, Gary. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.
PS3566.A6785 B48 1994

Richardson, H. L. The Devil’s Eye
PS3568.I3175 D48 1995
A Western and a mystery!

British Authors

Christie, Agatha. Miss Marple: Complete short stories
PR6004.H66 A6 1986

James, P. D. A Certain Justice.
PR6060.A487 C45 1997

Ondaatje, Michael Anil’s Ghost.
PS9199.3.O5 A84 2000.
Set in Sri Lanka and features a forensic anthropologist

Sayers, Dorothy Lord Peter.
PR6037.A95 L66
A collection of stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.

Peters, Ellis. The Confession of Brother Haluin. & the Potter’s Field.
PS6031.A49 C66 1989 and
PR6031.A49 P66 1991.
Brother Cadfael at work again.

Vine, Barbara No Night is Too Long.
PR6068

Children’s Literature

Cameron, The Court of the Stone Children.
PZ7.C143 Co
A mystery since Napoleon’s time is solved.

Duncan, Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin.
PZ7.D9117 Ki 1990
A cruel trick leads to a death. Was it intentional?

Guy. The Disappearance.
PZ7.G987 Di 1992
Did the foster son kidnap the daughter of the family he is living with?

Peck, Richard. Are You in the House Alone?
PZ7.P338 Ar 2000

Pullman, Philip The Ruby in the Smoke
PZ7.P968 Ru 2000.
An orphan is involved in the search for a Ruby.

Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game.
PZ7.R1817 We 1978.
The heirs of a millionaire must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can inherit.

Vande Velde. Never Trust a Dead Man.
PZ7.V2665117Ne 1999.
Selwyn must prove his innocence before the killer strikes again.

Werlin, Nancy. The Killer’s cousin
PZ7.W4713 Ki 1998

Bibliomysteries

Barron, Stephanie. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
PS3563.A8357 J36 1996. (Jane Austen)

King, Laurie. The Moor
PR3561 .I4813 M67 1998. (Sherlock Holmes)

Hill, Carol. Henry James Midnight Song.
PS3558.I3846 H46 1999

Soares, Jo A Samba for Sherlock
PQ9698.29 O177X3613 1997

BOOKS 2 MOVIES II

Have you seen any of these?

Bagnold, E. National Velvet PZ7.B14 Na

Byatt, A. S. Possession PR6052.Y2 P6 1990

Camus, A The Plague PQ2605.A3734 P4 1948j

Conrad, J. Nostromo PR6005.4 N58 1960.

Conrad, J. The Secret Agent PR6005.O4 1928 v.13

Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby PR4565.A1 1968

Dickens, C. The Old Curiosity Shop PR4566.A1 1967

Dickens, C. Oliver Twist PR4567.A2 J6

Douglas, L. The Robe PS3507.7573 R62

Dreiser, T. An American Tragedy PS3507.R55 A63

Farrell, J. Studs Lonigan PS3511.A738 S78

Gipson, F. Old Yeller PZ7.G4393 01

Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders PZ7.H5976 Ou

Hinton, S. E. Rumblefish PZ7.H5976 Ru 1989

Hulme, The Nun’s Story PS3515.U374 N8

Ishiguro, K. The Remains of the day PR6059.R46 1989

James, H. The Portrait of a Lady PS2116.P6 1963

James, H. The Turn of the Screw PS2116.T8 1962

James, P. D. Shroud for a Nightingale PR6060.A467 S5 1987

MacLachlan, P. Skylark PZ7.M2225 Sk 1994

Orwell, G. Nineteen Eighty-four PR6029.R8 N5

Pushkin. Eugene Onegin. PG3347.E8 A7

Shakespeare, W. Romeo and Juliet PR2831.A2 E94 1984

All of Shakespeare’s plays have either been produced as screen plays for the theater or television.

Steinbeck, J. Of Mice and Men PS3537.T3234 O4

Steinbeck, J. The Red Pony PS3537.T3234 R4

Styron, W. Sophie’s Choice PS3569.T9 S6

Wallant, E. The Pawnbroker.PS3573.A434 P38 1978

West, M. The Shoes of the Fisherman PR6045.E77 S56

Wharton, E. The Age of Innocence PS3545.H16 A7 1987

White, E. B. Stuart Little PZ7.W58277.St4

Wilder, T. The Matchmaker (Hello Dolly) and Our Town PS3454.I345 A19 1970

Wolf, T. This Boy’s Life: a Memoir PS3573.O558 Z477 1999

Woolf, V. Orlando PR6045.O72 O7

Woolrich, C. Rear Window PS3515.O6455 A6 1994

Black History Month 2003

Many African Americans have contributed to the Literary Arts and to the Historical Record of the United States. Here are but few of them.


Fiction

Baldwin, James. Blues for Mr. Charlie. PS3552.A45 B5

Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. PS3552.A45 G5

Baldwin, James. Just above My Head. PS3552.A45 J87 1990

Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man. PS3555.L625 I6

Foster, Sharon. Ain’t No River. PS3556.O7724 A74 2001

Foster, Sharon. Passing By Samaria. PS3556.O7724 P37 2000

Hughes, Langston. Simple’s Uncle Sam. PS3515. U274 S6

Hurston, Zora Neal. Folklore, Memoirs, and other Writings. GR55.H86 A3 1995

Hurston, Zora Neal. Moses, Man of the Mountain. PS3515.U789 M67

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. PS3563.O8749 B4 1987 .

Morrison, Toni. Jazz. PS3563.(8749 J38 1992

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. PS3573.A425 C6 1992 (10th anniversary ed.)

Walker, Alice. In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women. PS3573.A425 I54

Walker, Alice. The Third Life of Grange Copeland. PS3573.A425 T38 2000

Wright, Richard. Uncle Tom’s Children. PS3545.R815 V6

Children’s Literature

Banks, Jacqueline Turner. Egg-drop blues. PZ7.B22593 Eg 1995

Bridges, Ruby. Through My eyes. F379.N59 N435 1999

Christie, R. Rock of Ages PS3552.O6828 R63 2001

Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster. PZ7.F23814.Gi 1996.

Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear. PZ7.H1828.H0 1966

Hamilton, Virginia. The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl. PZ7.H1828 Maj 1998

McKissack, Patricia. Run Away Home. Pz7.M478693 Ru 1997

Miller, William. Richard Wright and the Library Card. Pz7.M63915Ri 1997

Myers, Walter Dean. Fast Sam, Cool Clyde & Stuff. PZ7.M992 Fas 1966

Myers, Walter. Slam! PZ7.M992 S1 1996

Thomas, Joyce. I have Heard of a Land. PZ7.T36696 Iae 1998

Poetry & Drama

Angelou, Maya. I shall not be moved. PS3551.N464 I17 1990

Cullen, Countee. My Soul’s High Song. PS3505.U287 A6 1991.

Dove, Rita. The Darker Face of the Earth: A verse play in fourteen scenes. PS3554.O884 D68 1994

Major, Clarence, Ed. The Garden Thrives: Twentieth Century African American Poetry.
PS591.N4 G37 1996

Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: A Life in Poems. PS3573.A4795 C37 2001

NonFiction

Angelou, Maya. Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now. PS3551.N464 W68 1993

Baldwin, James. Nobody Knows My Name. E185.61.B197

Leeming, David Adams. James Baldwin: A Biography. PS3552.A45 Z77 1994

Weatherby, W. James Baldwin: Artist on Fire. PS3552.A45 Z94

Dash, Leon. Rosa Lee: A Mother and her Family in Urban America. E185.86.D37 1996

Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. E449.D738 1968

Foner, Philip S. Lift Every Voice. African American Oratory, 1787-1900. E185.18.L54 1998

Harris, Frederick. Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism. BR563.N4 H368 1999

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea: An Autobiog raphy. PS3515.U274 Z5 1963.

Jacobs, Harriet A. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. E444.J17 A3 1987

Kelly, Robin. To Make Our World Anew. E185.T68 2000

Hurston, Zora Neal. Dust Tracks on a Road: An autobiography. PS3515.U789 Z5 1991.

Morrison, Toni. Playing in the Dark: Witness and the literary imagination. PS173.N4 M67 1993

Taylor-Guthrie, Kathleen Danille.Conversations with Toni Morrison. PS3563.08749 Z464 1994

Weill, Susan. In a Madhouse’s Din: Civil Rights Coverage by Mississippi’s Daily Press. 1948-1968. E185.93.M6 2002

Winchell, Donna Haisty. Alice Walker. PS3573.A425 Z94 1992

Books to Read on Vacation 2002

This is the season for trips, leisurely walks on the beach, softball, and picnics. In other words: vacation. These books are either good reading for those idle days or books about people traveling either in imaginary spaces or real adventurers. While some of the books are not available at the Sprague Library (*), they are definitely “summer stock.”




Philip, N. & Moxley, S. The Arabian Nights. PZ8.A8525

If you like short exotic stories, try these favorite tales from the Near East. Includes Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.




Adams, Douglas. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. PR6051.D3352 H5 1989

A humorous account of traveling throughout the galaxy with Arthur Dent and Ford Perfect to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Cahill, Thomas:

The Hinges of History. BM165 .C25 1998
How the Irish saved civilization. DA930.5 .C34 1996
The Gifts of the Jews. BM165.C25 1998
These three books give a picture of some great and small events which changed the course of history.

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. HV6533. K3 C3
Set in Kansas this docudrama chronicles the murder of the Clutter family and the investigation and capture of the murderers. This is the forerunner of the true crime stories now dominating television.

*Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone.
Travel back to a “First.” Written in the 19th century, this novel is considered to be the first great mystery novel, and it set the standard for those to follow. A fabulous diamond has disappeared. No one is who they seem and nothing can be taken for granted in this classic who dunit.

Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. PS3556.L26 F7 1988. Yes, people really do eat fried green tomatoes. Whistle Stop Alabama isn’t the only place to serve them, but no one else has the story of four women, two in the 1980’s and two in the1930’s with a little murder tossed in for a piquant flavor.

Gallico, Paul. Coronation. PS3513.A413 C6
Travel to London in 1952 to see the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth with the Claggs.

Girzone, Joseph F.:

Joshua. PS3557.I77 J6 1986
Joshua and the children. PS3557.I77 J64 1989
Two parables about a stranger who changes all around him.

Karon, Jan:

At Home in Mitford. PS3562.A678 A92 1994
A New Song. PS3561.A678 N49 1999
*In This Mountain.
Out to Canaan. PS3561.A678 O78 1997

Perhaps North Carolina is your favorite spot. Jan Karon has created a town people really believe exists and often take trips to the area looking for it. Meet Father Tim and his neighbors and friends in these light hearted books and learn about the prayer that never fails.


Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia series in reading order:
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. PZ7.L58474 Li 1994
Prince Caspian. PZ7.L58474 Pr1994

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. PZ7.L58474 Vo 1994

The Silver Chair. PZ7.L58474 Si 1994

The Horse and His Boy. PZ7. L58474 Ho1994
The Magician’s Nephew. PZ7. L58474 Mag 1994
The Last Battle. PZ7.L58474 Las 1994
Narnia is an intriguing kingdom to explore alone or with a child in tow.

Manguel, Alberto. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Ref.GR650.M36 1999.

This reference work is a travel guide to those places conceived and developed in literature.

Sandburg, Carl. Rootabaga Stories and More Rootabaga Stories. PZ8.S25 Ros 1988.

A collection of fairy tales with such villages as Liver-and-Onions and Cream Puffs.

Santmyer, Helen. "---And Ladies of the Club." PS3537.A775 A82 1985.

This is a “thick book” perfect for lazy days. It chronicles the lives of ladies in WaynesBoro Women’s Club in Waynesboro,Ohio from the post Civil War Days to the 50’s, and in particular, the Evans and Tucker families.

Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig. PZ7.S6313 ik 1995.

How Barney spent his summer vacation and saved the universe.

*Smith, Dodie. I Capture the Castle.

A funny coming of age story about a young girl in England and her rather eccentric family who has lost everything and must move to a “castle.”

Tolkien, J. R.R. The Hobbit. PZ7. T5744 Ho 1984

Always great summer reading. A good series to read again since the books have been turned in to motion pictures. Travel to Middle Earth and reacquaint yourselves with Bilbo Baggins and Gollum.

*Wells, Rebecca. Divine Secrets of the Ya—Ya Sisterhood.

Travel to Louisiana and the close friendship of four women in mid-century.

Willis, Connie:

Doomsday Book. PS3573.I4562 D66 1993.
To Say Nothing of the Dog. PS3673. J45652 T6 1998x
Travel back in time to another world set in England.