Andrea Davis Pinkney

Get to know New York Times bestselling children's author Andrea Davis Pinkney, who is famous for her biographies of extraordinary African Americans.

Abraham Lincoln

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Resources: No

Alvin Ailey

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.7

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.9

Genre/Theme: Biography

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Dear Benjamin Banneker

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Duke Ellington

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: Biography

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Ella Fitzgerald

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.6

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Fishing Day

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Shane W. Evans

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Hand in Hand

by Brian Pinkney, Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 4 - 7

Genre/Theme: Biography

Resources: No

Hold Fast To Dreams

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

I Smell Honey

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Resources: No

Let It Shine

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: Biography, General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Meet the Obamas

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 3

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6

Genre/Theme: Biography, General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz

Resources: No

Peggony-Po

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3

Genre/Theme: Westerns

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Pretty Brown Face

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Resources: No

Raven In A Dove House

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.8

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Roadrunner's Dance

by Rudolfo A. Anaya, illustrated by David Diaz

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Genre/Theme: Westerns

Includes: AR Quiz

Resources: No

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction, Multicultural

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Silent Thunder

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades 5 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Sleeping Cutie

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.0

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

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Andrea Davis Pinkney

Get to know New York Times bestselling children's author Andrea Davis Pinkney, who is famous for her biographies of extraordinary African Americans.

Abraham Lincoln

Alvin Ailey

Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy

Dear Benjamin Banneker

Duke Ellington

Ella Fitzgerald

Fishing Day

Hand in Hand

Hold Fast To Dreams

I Smell Honey

Let It Shine

Meet the Obamas

Peggony-Po

Pretty Brown Face

Raven In A Dove House

Roadrunner's Dance

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa

Silent Thunder

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

Sleeping Cutie

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