Julius Lester

Julius Lester is the author of the Caldecott honor book John Henry. He also won the Newbery Honor in 1969 for To Be A Slave.

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To Be a Slave (illustrated by Tom Feelings)
The Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (illustrated by Jerry Pinkney)
How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? and Other Tales (illustrated by David Shannon)
John Henry (illustrated by Jerry Pinkney)
Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo (illustrated by Jerry Pinkney)
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road (illustrated by Rod Brown)
What a Truly Cool World (illustrated by Joe Cepeda)
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (illustrated by Jerry Pinkney)