Arnold Adoff

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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1970
  • Latest Book:
    January 2011
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Book List in Order: 12 titles

  • Malcolm X

  • The Cabbages Are Chasing the Rabbits

  • Flamboyan

  • Hard to Be Six

  • Slow Dance Heart Break Blues

    "Adoff addresses his poetry to modern, urban teens in a gritty, hip-hop style. He manages to create poetry from the universal concerns of love and loneliness, the specific teen concerns of acne and braces, and unpleasant realities like selling and ta...

  • My Black Me

    What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be African-American? What is the black experience?
    The spirited voices of twenty-six African-American poets speak to these and other questions in fifty collected poems that explore the African-A...

  • I Am the Darker Brother

    First published in 1968, this anthology was one of the first collections of African American poetry specifically created with the young reader in mind. Along with selections from Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, this newly updated version featur...

  • Love Letters

  • In for Winter, Out for Spring



  • Daring Dog and Captain Cat

    Normal pets by day, superheros by night, Irving dog and Ermine cat embark on the most amazing adventures, in a collection of twenty-four poems that take readers to a magical place where cats and dogs are transformed into brave champions....

  • Black Is Brown Is Tan

    Brown-skinned momma, the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie, whose face gets ginger red when she puffs and yells the children into bed. White-skinned daddy, not white like milk or snow, lighter than brown, With pinks and tiny tans, who...

  • Roots and Blues: A Celebration

    Through poems and poetic prose pieces, acclaimed children's author Arnold Adoff celebrates that uniquely American form of music called the blues. In his signature “shaped speech” style, he creates a narrative of moments and joyous music, from the...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Arnold Adoff has published 12 books.

Arnold Adoff does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Roots and Blues: A Celebration, was published in January 2011.

The first book by Arnold Adoff, Malcolm X, was published in January 1970.

No. Arnold Adoff does not write books in series.
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