Lucille Clifton

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1977
  • Latest Book:
    September 2001
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Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Amifika

  • The Lucky Stone

    There is nothing Tee enjoys more than sitting out on the porch with her great-greatmother, listening to the fascinating stories about the lucky stone.Shiny and black as night, it brought good fortune to each of its owners for over one hundred years. ...

  • My Friend Jacob

  • Sonora Beautiful

  • Some of the Days of Everett Anderson

  • Everett Anderson's Goodbye

    Everett Anderson's Goodbye is a touching portrait of a little boy who is trying to come to grips with his father's death. Lucille Clifton captures Everett's conflicting emotions as he confronts this painful reality. We see him struggle through man...

  • Everett Anderson's Christmas Coming

    Only five more days till Christmas! As each day goes by, Everett is more excited. He loves listening to the carolers, watching snow fall from this fourteenth-floor window, and decorating the Christmas tree. But most of all, he can't wait to open his ...

  • The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring

  • Everett Anderson's 1-2-3

    One can have fun alone, thinks Everett Anderson. And when it's just Everett and his mama-- well, two is fine, too. But three...Everett tries to understand why Mama and Mr. Perry like to spend so much time together, although it's hard, at first. But a...



  • Everett Anderson's Friend

  • Everett Anderson's Year

    In twelve spare, single-stanza verses ... Clifton effectively uses the passage of time to propel and unite her themes. Grifalconi’s bold and sensitive woodcuts reinforce Everett’s moods of joy, hope, and wonder. —School Library Journ...

  • Three Wishes

  • The Times They Used to Be

    Mama, Mama.
    Tell us about when you was a girl . . .
    tell us one of them stories
    about the olden days.

    So begins this tender story, set in 1948, when Satchel Paige was in the majors, Ralph Bunche was at the U.N., and each evening Sook...

  • One of the Problems of Everett Anderson


    A sensitive exploration of a difficult problem by an award winning author/illustrator team.

    "One day in school, just out of the blue,"
    Everett whispers, "Greg started to cry,
    and I went over to ask him why

    and he looked up and...

  • Generations: A Memoir

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Buffalo. A father's funeral. Memory. And Luclle Clifton merges her formidable weapons of poetry with the powerr of her prose, giving us a memoir of stark and profound beauty. Her story focuses on the lives of Caroline, "born among the Dahomey people...

  • An Ordinary Woman

    • / Historical
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Award-Winning Books by Lucille Clifton

Everett Anderson's Goodbye
1984 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lucille Clifton has published 16 books.

Lucille Clifton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, One of the Problems of Everett Anderson, was published in September 2001.

The first book by Lucille Clifton, Amifika, was published in October 1977.

No. Lucille Clifton does not write books in series.
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