Celebrate
Black Stories

Books for Babies & Toddlers

Hey, Baby!

Andrea Pippins

Cool Cuts

Mechal Renee Roe

Grandma's Purse

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Happy Hair

Mechal Renee Roe

I Look Up To... Michelle Obama

Anna Membrino, Fatti Burke

Books for Kids

Becoming Vanessa

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Born Ready

Jodie Patterson, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

I'm Growing Great

Mechal Renee Roe

Let It Shine!

Carole Boston Weatherford, Tequitia Andrews

Most Perfect You

Jazmyn Simon, Tamisha Anthony

Repeat After Me

Jazmyn Simon, Dulé Hill, Shamar Knight-Justice

Smart Sisters

Mechal Renee Roe

The Spark in You

Andrea Pippins

What Is Given from the Heart

Patricia C. McKissack, April Harrison

Who Will You Be?

Andrea Pippins

Why Not You?

Ciara, Russell Wilson, Jessica Gibson, JaNay Brown-Wood

I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy

Mychal Threets, Lorraine Nam

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!

Patricia C. McKissack, Brian Pinkney

Little Daymond Learns to Earn

Daymond John, Nicole Miles

Mama's Home

Shay Youngblood, Lo Harris

Me and the Boss

Michelle Edwards, April Harrison

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Patricia McKissack, Jerry Pinkney

Nana Akua Goes to School

Tricia Elam Walker, April Harrison

Standing in the Need of Prayer

Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison

Tar Beach

Faith Ringgold

The Gathering Table

Antwan Eady, London Ladd

The Last Stand

Antwan Eady, Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Rita Lorraine Hubbard, Oge Mora

The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

Together We Are Sunshine

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Raissa Figueroa

Two Artists, Grandad and Me

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Wash Day with Mama

Monica Mikai

A Magical Day

April Showers, Anthony Conley

A Song for Two Homes

Michael Datcher, Charly Palmer

Bedtime Bonnet

Nancy Redd, Nneka Myers

Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese

Glenda Armand, Steffi Walthall

Curve & Flow

Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett

Double Bass Blues

Andrea J. Loney, Rudy Gutierrez

Dream Street

Tricia Elam Walker, Ekua Holmes

Haircut Day with Dad

Monica Mikai

Harlem at Four

Michael Datcher, Frank Morrison

Harlem's Little Blackbird

Renée Watson, Christian Robinson

Hello, Sun!

Lala Watkins

How to Love a Kitten

Michelle Meadows, Sawyer Cloud

Love, Lah Lah

Nailah Blackman, Jade Orlando

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

Paula Young Shelton, Raul Colón

Ice Cream Man

Glenda Armand, Kim Freeman, Keith Mallett

Lillian's Right to Vote

Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Marley and the Family Band

Cedella Marley, Tracey Baptiste, Tiffany Rose

No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas

Tonya Bolden, Don Tate

Ode to Grapefruit

Kari Lavelle, Bryan Collier

Of Thee I Sing

Barack Obama, Loren Long

Only Passing Through

Anne Rockwell, R. Gregory Christie

Shirley Chisholm Dared

Alicia D. Williams, April Harrison

Sweet Justice

Mara Rockliff, R. Gregory Christie

That Is My Dream!

Langston Hughes, Daniel Miyares

The Green Piano

Roberta Flack, Tonya Bolden, Hayden Goodman

The Faith of Elijah Cummings

Carole Boston Weatherford, Laura Freeman

Little Golden Book Biographies

Barack Obama: A Little Golden Book Biography

Frank Berrios, Kristin Sorra

Harriet Tubman: A Little Golden Book Biography

JaNay Brown-Wood, Robert Paul Jr.

My Little Golden Book About Jackie Robinson

Frank John Berrios, III, Betsy Bauer

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Little Golden Book Biography

Bonnie Bader, Sue Cornelison

Misty Copeland: A Little Golden Book Biography

Sherri L. Smith, Tara Nicole Whitaker

Prince: A Little Golden Book Biography

Nikki Shannon Smith, Don Tate

Rosa Parks: A Little Golden Book Biography

Shasta Clinch, Lynn Gaines

Serena Williams: A Little Golden Book Biography

Bria Alston, Anthony Ketuojor Ikediuba

Harry Belafonte: A Little Golden Book Biography

Lavaille Lavette, Anastasia Magloire Williams

Beyonce: A Little Golden Book Biography

Lavaille Lavette, Anastasia Magloire Williams

Colin Powell: A Little Golden Book Biography

Frank Berrios, Kristin Sorra

Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography

Anne Wynter, Courtney Lovett

Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography

Anne Wynter, Bea Jackson

Books for Growing Readers

Amanda Gorman:
Poet and Activist

L'Oreal Thompson Payton, Laura Freeman

Twins, but Different

Porsche Thomas, Jessica Gibson

Words Are Magic!

Zaila Avant-garde, Felicia Whaley

I Am Born to Be Awesome!

Mechal Renee Roe

Claudie Finds Her Talent
(American Girl)

Bria Alston, Random House

From coloring sheets, to puzzles, to posters, and more, continue celebrating Black stories all year long with these activities for kids ages 3–9!

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Books for Tweens

History Smashers: The Underground Railroad

Kate Messner, Gwendolyn Hooks, Damon Smyth

Abolition and the African American Story

Patricia Williams Dockery

Trailblazers: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Christine Platt

Slavery and the African American Story

Patricia Williams Dockery

Brave. Black. First.

Cheryl Willis Hudson, Erin K. Robinson

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson

Recognize!

Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson

Becoming
(Adapted for Young Readers)

Michelle Obama

The Sum of Us
(Adapted for Young Readers)

Heather McGhee

Aku: Journey to Ibra

Micah Johnson

Black Boy Joy

Kwame Mbalia

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

Futureland: Battle for the Park

H.D. Hunter, Khadijah Khatib

Hattie Mae Begins Again

Sharon G. Flake

Marcus Makes a Movie

Kevin Hart, David Cooper, Geoff Rodkey

Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave

Ally Russell

Operation Sisterhood

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

David Barclay Moore

The Swag Is in the Socks

Kelly J. Baptist

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Camp Frenemies

Liz Montague

Eb & Flow

Kelly J. Baptist

Books for Teens

Coming Home
(Adapted for Young Adults)

Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford

Lovely One
(Adapted for Young Adults)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults)

Barack Obama

Just Mercy
(Adapted for Young Adults)

Bryan Stevenson

Notes from a Young Black Chef
(Adapted for Young Adults)

Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein

The Swans of Harlem
(Adapted for Young Adults)

Karen Valby

Seasick

Kristin Cast, Pintip Dunn

House Party

justin a. reynolds

Color Me In

Natasha Díaz

A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe

Mahogany L. Browne

Bad Witch Burning

Jessica Lewis

Brewed with Love

Shelly Page

Dear Martin

Nic Stone

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

Love on Paper

Danielle Parker

Love Requires Chocolate

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Off the Record

Camryn Garrett

Pet

Akwaeke Emezi

Reel Love

Addie Woolridge

Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen

Somadina

Akwaeke Emezi

The Black Queen

Jumata Emill

The Dividing Sky

Jill Tew

The Education of Kia Greer

Alanna Bennett

The Gilded Ones

Namina Forna

The Protégée

Erica Ridley

There's No Way I'd Die First

Lisa Springer

This Is My America

Kim Johnson

Who's All Going (to Die)?

Lisa Springer

Blood at the Root

LaDarrion Williams

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