Lesa Cline-Ransome

They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom

By James E. Ransome (illus.) - By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

From the very first page of James E. Ransome’s art, I was smitten with this story. Lesa Cline-Ransome has written a lyrical—...Read Review

One Big Open Sky

By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2024

Genres:

Western

In Mississippi in 1879, Lettie’s dad, Thomas, convinces her mother and siblings that they should pack and move far west to Nebraska, where ...Read Review

For Lamb

By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Wow, wow, wow! This is one powerful book. If you thought you knew from history class about the Jim Crow conditions African Americans ...Read Review

Overground Railroad

By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

The award-winning writer/illustrator team (Before She Was Harriet) explores the Depression-era story of the Great Migration in a stunning picture book. “We ...Read Review

Freedom’s School

By James E. Ransome - By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Lizzie and her brother, Paul, are the children of freed slaves. Until the Emancipation Proclamation, Lizzie gets by on scraps of learning from ...Read Review

Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson

By James E. Ransome (illus.) - By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2014

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

The language and illustrations used indicate that this is a children’s book; however, the artwork is well done and can be appreciated ...Read Review