BCBA’s Spotlight recognizes a significant author in black children’s literature, poet Eloise Greenfield. Greenfield, who is now 86, has lived through the Great Depression and segregation. She aspired to be a teacher and wrote poetry before deciding to write children’s books.
“I want to enjoy my life and do what I love to do as much as possible. But I also want to give something to children that will make them happy, teach them sometimes, make them think, and help them feel good about themselves. In other words, I want to give them books that are nourishing.”
Selected Works
The Great Migration: Journey to the North (2010)
Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems (2008)
The Friendly Four (2006)
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems (2003)
How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea (2002)
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (1992)
Night on Neighborhood Street (1991)
Nathaniel Talking (1988)
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (1978)
Talk About a Family (1978)
Mary McLeod Bethune (1977)
Paul Robeson (1975)
Rosa Parks (1973)
