Hordes of grotesque and comical little elves swarm on every page, intent on mischief or merry-making. cf. Children's catalog. H.W. Wilson Co.

Stories and articles from the 1920s children's magazine "The Brownies' Book" capture the Afro-American experience.

Recounts the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Famed women's rights advocate Elizabeth Ross Haynes presents this collection of short biographies on some of history's most influential, though least known, heroes. The text includes chapters on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Paul Cuffé, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and many more.

It's the girls first day at Brownies, and they're all feeling nervous and excited. But their worries are soon forgotten as there's so much to do - arts and crafts, singing songs, playing games and making new friends. And it's not long before they must start preparing for their Promise Celebration - but first they need to decide what kind of celebration to have...

Contributions by Jani L. Barker, Rudine Sims Bishop, Julia S. Charles-Linen, Paige Gray, Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda C. McNair, Sara C. VanderHaagen, and Michelle Taylor Watts The Brownies’ Book occupies a special place in the history of African American children’s literature. Informally the children’s counterpart to the NAACP’s The Crisis magazine, it was one of the first periodicals created primarily for Black youth. Several of the objectives the creators delineated in 1919 when announcing the arrival of the publication—“To make them familiar with the history and achievements of the Negro race” and “To make colored children realize that being ‘colored’ is a beautiful, normal thing”—still resonate with contemporary creators, readers, and scholars of African American children’s literature. The meticulously researched essays in A Centennial Celebration of "The Brownies’ Book" get to the heart of The Brownies’ Book “project” using critical approaches both varied and illuminating. Contributors to the volume explore the underappreciated role of Jessie Redmon Fauset in creating The Brownies’ Book and in the cultural life of Black America; describe the young people who immersed themselves in the pages of the periodical; focus on the role of Black heroes and heroines; address The Brownies’ Book in the context of critical literacy theory; and place The Brownies’ Book within the context of Black futurity and justice. Bookending the essays are, reprinted in full, the first and last issues of the magazine. A Centennial Celebration of "The Brownies’ Book" illuminates the many ways in which the magazine—simultaneously beautiful, complicated, problematic, and inspiring—remains worthy of attention well into this century.

The "Brownies" are small and mischievous fairy-like creatures who appear at night and help others. This fascinating work was based on the names and elements from traditional English mythology and Scottish stories that were told to Canadian illustrator Palmer Cox by his grandmother.