Harlem

145th Street: short stories, by Walter Dean Myers Delacorte Press, 2000 Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem. Interest Level: Young adult Accelerated Reader: 5.1
Bronx masquerade by Grimes, Nikki. Dial Books, New York : c2002 While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates. Reading Level: ; Accelerated Reader: 4.5
Harlem: A Poem, by Walter Dean Myers Scholastic Press, 1997 A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem. Reading Level: 4.5; Accelerated Reader: 3.6
Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage, by Walter Dean Meyers HarperCollins, 2005 Guji Guji, a crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck, must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner. Reading Level: 7.7; Accelerated Reader: 8.7
Harlem Stomp: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance, by Laban Carrick Hill Little Brown, 2003 Offers a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance, discussing how it sparked a period of intellectual, artistic, literary, and political blossoming for many African-Americans.
Here in Harlem, by Walter Dean Meyers Holiday House, 2004 Map on endpapers. Presents fifty-four poems by Walter Dean Myers, written in the voices of people living and working in Harlem, the author's beloved hometown. Reading Level: 5.9
Me and Uncle Romie : a story inspired by the life and art of Romare Bearden, by Claire Hartfield Dial Books for Young Readers, 2002 A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up. Includes a biographical sketch of Bearden and instructions on making a story collage. Reading Level: 3.8; Accelerated Reader: 3.5
Uptown, by Byran Collier Henry Holt, 2000 A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River. Reading Level: 3.0; Accelerated Reader: 2.8,