Set includes folk tales from Africa and fiction and nonfiction books from the African American experience. Set has 20 books: Anansi the Spider (McDermott), Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky (Ringgold), Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Aardema), Cherries and Cherry Pits (Williams), Chicken Sunday (Polacco), Donavan's Word Jar (DeGross), Drinking Gourd (Monjo), Everett Anderson's Goodbye (Clifton), Follow the Drinking Gourd (Winter), Hundred Penny Box (Mathis), Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book (Feelings), Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World (Walter), Nappy Hair (Herron), Sister Anne's Hands (Lorbiecki), Snowy Day (Keats), Stories Julian Tells (Cameron), Story of Ruby Bridges (Coles), Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Hopkinson), Tar Beach (Ringgold), Wagon Wheels (Brenner).