James Ransome

Tom enjoys the thrill of riding his brand new bicycle, and then shares it with a friend.

When short, round Gunner, the third-string quarterback, finally gets to play in a big game, everyone treats him like a hero.

Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.

In 1931, a boy and his father watch as the world's tallest building, the Empire State Building, is constructed, step-by-step, near their Manhattan home.

Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.

A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

One night when Mama is away, Daddy and child seek a good place to count the stars in the night sky.

While helping their dad run Fred's Fall Color Tours in New England, Jim and Andy think the tourists are pretty silly; then one night the boys experience something which makes them change their minds.

Despite serious obstacles and setbacks Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop.

"Here is the remarkable true story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, as told by acclaimed author Ann Turner and award-winning illustrator James Ransome. An iconic figure of the abolitionist and women's rights movements, Sojourner Truth famously spoke out for equal rights roughly one hundred years before the civil rights movement. My Name Is Truth includes a detailed historical note,...