Author
Eloise Greenfield
4 books here
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Picture book · ages 6–9 · 620L · 2011
Eloise Greenfield's only children's book about the Great Migration—lyrical, historically grounded, and emotionally honest without being heavy; the illustrations anchor abstract history in real bodies and faces.
Paul Robeson
Picture book · ages 5–9 · 680L · 2009
Eloise Greenfield's prose is spare and lyrical; the illustrations by John Parra are vivid without being saccharine—a genuinely moving introduction to an American hero that respects children's intelligence.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Picture book · ages 6–9 · 620L · 1994
Greenfield's lyrical prose and Jan Spivey Gilchrist's dignified illustrations make this the gentlest entry to Jim Crow history and institutional racism for early readers — less didactic than most biographical picture books, more emotionally true.
Nathaniel Talking
Verse novel · ages 7–10 · 550L · 1993
A luminous verse portrait of a nine-year-old boy's interior life—Greenfield captures the texture of childhood authenticity without sentimentality, and kids recognize themselves in Nathaniel's honest self-talk.