Jerry Pinkney

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

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

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.

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

A sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.

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

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.

Tells the illustrated story of how Martin Luther King Jr. wrote and prepared for his famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. Includes biogrpahical sketches of key people and an author's note.