Cover of Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates

Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates

by Lynne Barasch · 2004

+ Want to read

Presents a picture book biography of Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, an African American who lost his leg in a factory accident at the age of twelve and went on to become a world-famous tap dancer.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 28 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Sweet Land of Liberty Deborah Hopkinson · 2007 Shares picture books, African American, childrens
  2. Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life Jerdine Nolen · 1998 Shares picture books, African American, childrens
  3. Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree (Reading Rainbow Book) William Miller · 1994 Shares picture books, African American, biography
  4. Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist Philip Dray · 2008 Shares picture books, African American, biography
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same (biography about african american), start with these.”

  1. All Aboard!: Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine Monica Kulling · 2010
  2. Racing Against the Odds: The Story of Wendell Scott, Stock Car Racing's African-American Champion Carole Boston Weatherford · 2009
  3. Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride Andrea Davis Pinkney · 2009
  4. Harlem Renaissance Party Faith Ringgold · 2015

“If it was the African American that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills Renee Watson · 2012
  2. When Jackie and Hank Met Cathy Goldberg Fishman · 2012
  3. The Hired Hand · 1997
  4. Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change Michelle Cook · 2009

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Mr. Bojangles: The Biography of Bill Robinson James Haskins, N.R. Mitgang · 1988
  2. One tough Marine Donald N. Hamblen · 1993
  3. Rap A Tap Tap Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon · 2002
  4. The Dead Republic Roddy Doyle · 2010

Report a problem