(3) K-3 Illustrated by Daniel Minter. In a series of poems that make up a collective "biography" of African American midwives, esteemed poet Greenfield begins with the women midwives kidnapped from Africa to America as slaves and moves through the generations to present day. A multi-page historical introduction, complete with photographs, offers concrete information about midwives. Minter's art is powerful and luminous, full of symbolic imagery and sinewy figures. Bib.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Don Tate. Greenfield's zany, free-verse picture book will make you think again about what the vegetables in your fridge might do when you go out: "par-tay!" From the piano-playing eggplant to the string bass–thumping basil, this band of crudités knows how to rock out and the fun is infectious. Tate's vibrant illustrations turn run-of-the-mill veggies into vivacious personalities for this joyful story. A "What Is a Vegetable?" discussion is appended. Bib.

Reviewer: Michelle H. Martin | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2018

(2) PS Bryan's seminal collections of slave songs and "sorrow songs" have been updated and beautifully redesigned with a new introduction by Bryan and foreword by Dr. Henrietta Smith. The covers are now in color; the books contain the same inspiring and culturally significant songs--"Go Tell It On the Mountain," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See," and others--with musical notation and black-and-white woodcut art. This review covers these two titles: I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals, 
Volume Two and Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals, 
Volume One.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1974

(2) PS Bryan's seminal collections of slave songs and "sorrow songs" have been updated and beautifully redesigned with a new introduction by Bryan and foreword by Dr. Henrietta Smith. The covers are now in color; the books contain the same inspiring and culturally significant songs--"Go Tell It On the Mountain," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See," and others--with musical notation and black-and-white woodcut art. This review covers these two titles: I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals, 
Volume Two and Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals, 
Volume One.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1983