Joyce Carol Thomas

Presents a volume of pourquoi tales collected by Zora Neale Hurston from her field research in the Gulf states in the 1920s.

A young man searches for three people more foolish than his fiancée and her parents.

Three hungry witches set out to eat two orphaned children while their grandmother is away at the market.

A collection of personal reflections, stories and poems of 10 well-known children's authors, who were themselves young people in 1954 when the Supreme Court handed down the decision to desegregate public schools. Their varied experiences and viewpoints offer a window to that period in our history.