Ashley Bryan (1923-2022), author & illustrator

1. Black Boy by Richard Wright, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1950)
2. Fabliaux: Ribald Tales from the Old French translated by Robert Hellman and Richard O'Gorman, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1965)
3. Moon, For What Do You Wait? poems by Rabindranath Tagore, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1967)
4. The Ox of the Wonderful Horns and Other African Folktales (1971)
5. Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals Vol 1 (1974)
6. The Adventures of Aku (1976)
7. The Dancing Granny (1977)
8. I Greet the Dawn: Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1978)
9. Jethro and the Jumbie by Susan Cooper, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1979)
10. Jim Flying High by Mari Evans, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1979)
11. Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum (1980)
12. I’m Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals Vol 2 (1982)
13. The Cat’s Purr (1985)
14. Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Poems (1986)
15. What a Morning: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals by John Langstaff, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1987)
16. Sh-Ko and his Eight Wicked Brothers illustrated by Fumio Yoshimura, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1988)
17. Turtle Knows Your Name (1989)
18. Pourquoi Tales: The Cat's Purr, Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together, the Fire Bringer with Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1989)
19. All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African-American Spirituals (1991)
20. Climbing Jacob’s Ladder by John Langstaff (1991)
21. Sing to the Sun (1992)
22. Christmas Gif’: An Anthology of Christmas Poems, Songs and Stories Written by and About African-Americans by Charemae Rollins, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1993)
23. The Story of Lightning and Thunder (1993, 1999)
24. What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1995)
25. It's Kwanzaa Time! by Linda and Clay Goss (1995)
26. The Story of the Three Kingdoms by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1995)
27. The Sun Is So Quiet: Poems by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1996)
28. Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry (1997, 2001)
29. Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1998)
30. The House with No Door: African Riddle-Poems by Brian Swann (1998)
31. Ashley Bryan’s African Tales, Uh Huh (1998)
32. Why Leopard Has Spots, Dan Stories from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1998)
33. The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs (1999)
34. Aneesa Lee and the Weaver’s Gift by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1999)
35. Jump Back, Honey: The Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, co-illustrators Carole Byard, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Jerry Pinkney, and Faith Ringgold, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (1999)
36. How God Fix Jonah by Lorenz Graham (2000)
37. Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets by Naomi Shahab Nye, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2000)
38. Beautiful Blackbird (2003)
39. A Nest Full of Stars by James Berry, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2004)
40. Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals (2007)
41. My America by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, co-illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2007)
42. Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song (2009)
43. All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Alexander, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2010)
44. Who Built the Stable? (2012)
45. Can’t Scare Me! (2013)
46. Ashley Bryan’s Puppets: Making Something From Everything (2014)
47. By Trolley Past Thimbledon Bridge illustrated by Marvin Bileck (2015)
48. Sail Away by Langston Hughes (2015)
49. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life (2016)
50. I Am Loved by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2018)
51. Blooming Beneath the Sun by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Ashley Bryan (2019)
52. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace (2020)

Senior Projects are cataloged in Thorncat. Some projects are temporarily held from public view, which is reflected in their call number. All other available Senior Projects will have SENIOR PROJECT as their call number and are available for in-library viewing. 

Viewing Senior Projects and Master’s Theses
Senior Projects are stored in the college archives. They range in format from VHS and cassette to compact disc and printed books. They are available for in-library use only. The library has players for the various formats. To view a senior project, click here to schedule an appointment or ask any library staff member for assistance.

Cataloging and Reflecting on the Ashley Bryan Collection - Ivy Sienkiewycz, 2014