The Other Side
by Jacqueline Woodson | 
Chicken Sunday
by Patricia Polacco | 
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes | 
Please, Baby, Please
by Spike Lee | 
Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
by Crystal Hubbard | 
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp
by Mercer Mayer | 
Knock Knock
by Daniel Beaty | 
Anansi the Spider
by Gerald McDermott | 
The Paperboy
by Dav Pilkey | 
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
by Margaree King Mitchell | 
This Is the Rope
by Jacqueline Woodson | 
Pinduli
by Janell Cannon | 
Zella, Zack, and Zodiac
by Bill Peet | 
Jungle Drums
by Graeme Base | 
Just the Two of Us
by Will Smith | 
Mirandy and Brother Wind
by Patricia C. McKissack | 
Precious and the Boo Hag
by Patricia C. McKissack | 
In My Momma's Kitchen
by Jerdine Nolen | 
Grandpa's Face
by Eloise Greenfield | 
Just Like Josh Gibson
by Angela Johnson |
It is Grandmother Bibi's ninetieth birthday and when she travels to Tanzania from America to visit her son and grandchildren they surprise her with a birthday safari.