New Releases by Dorothy Sterling

Biography, autobiography, and memoir is among the best ways to teach students to appreciate nonfiction reading.

A biography of the senior founder of the Women's Rights Movement, published for the 150th anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention.

Decades before Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Malcolm X, Martin Robison Delany (1812–1885) proclaimed his pride in being black, and demanded not only emancipation but independence for African Americans. Grandson of an African prince, son of a slave, Delany lived a life of singular achievement: the first African-American explorer to venture into the heart of Africa; the publisher, editor, and writer of one of the first black newspapers in the U.S.; one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School; the first black to hold field grade rank of U.S. Army major during the Civil War; as well as prominent careers as an author, doctor, ethnologist, orator, judge, Freedmen's Bureau official, and spokesman for black nationalism. This assiduously researched biography brings into vivid focus the life and times of Delany, whose militant, uncompromising voice is as vital today as it was more than a century ago.

Biography of Abby Kelly, who in preCivil War America fought to eliminate slavery and racism.

An account of the development of the movement from slavery to black power.

An individualized reading program designed to teach specific reading skills and to move students toward independent reading.

Explains in simple terms what birds and animals do and what happens to plants and trees in the fall of the year.

Mary Jane, an African American high school student in the Deep South, is chosen as one of two non-white students for a newly integrated school. At first she bitterly resents the role of ambassador, but slowly she and her classmates find a way to form a sound relationship based on genuine compatability.

Provides information on how to catch and raise a caterpillar.

Robert Smalls, born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina, grew up to become the best pilot in Charleston until Fort Sumter fell. Then he decided to take the paddle-wheel steamer, the "Planter," over to the Northern forces and free himself and his family. Thereafter he became a man who fought for freedom in the United States Army, and later went to Congress and worked through the hopes and disillusionment of Reconstruction. (Publisher).

Describes the various species of mosses, ferns and mushrooms, how they grow and reproduce.

Story of one of the most famous conductors in the Underground Railroad.