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Gr 1–4—Taking an imaginative leap into the past, Nelson describes the role of the National Memorial African Bookstore in Harlem, which opened in the 1930s and became a place where all kinds of people came to read, talk, and buy books about African American history. Told from the point of view of Lewis Michaux Jr.—the bookstore owner's son and the author's relative—this title clearly explains what made this bookstore unique. Lewis Michaux Sr. had a passion for sharing books with others, which was reflected in his words "Knowledge is pow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

If the central character of Nelson's Boston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning No Crystal Stair (rev. 3/12) was the author's great-uncle, Lewis Michaux, this picture book adaptation of the same source material shifts the focus just enough to give younger readers an introduction to his singular achievement: the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded by Michaux in Harlem in the 1930s. Where No Crystal Stair had more than thirty narrators, this book has but o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Nelson presents a picture book adaptation of her <i>No Crystal Stair</i> source material, narrated by young Lewis, son of the National Memorial African Bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More