Julius Lester

When Cupid takes aim–duck!
Cupid is the god of love and a tireless maker of mischief. When he breaks out his bow and quiver, nobody’s safe. Sleepless nights, embarrassing poetry, nausea . . . What could be more fun? Only, perhaps, seeing the god of love humbled with a little heartache of his own.
With healthy doses of wit and wisdom, Julius Lester’s disarming narrator leads us through the tale of Cupid and Psyche–and...

The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."

A compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early 20th century.