People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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My Hands Tell a Story
$8.95 Add to cartMy Hands Tell a Story Trade Book (Paperback)
- Author: Kelly Starling Lyons
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1478870621
- Language: English
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Lola Meets the Bees
$16.99 Add to cartIn the latest Lola Reads book, Lola learns about urban beekeeping in this simple and charming introduction to the importance of bees.
Lola is buzzing with excitement! She is off to visit beekeeper Zor- Author: McQuinn, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1623543835
- Language: English
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Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution
$8.99 Add to cartLonglisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
Member of the 2023 Notable Books for a Global Society (NGBS) List From the beloved author of President of the Whole Fifth Grade, a- Author: Winston, Sherri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1547608498
- Language: English
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Genesis Begins Again
$17.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
Winner of the Correta Scott King – John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award
A Morris Award Finalist
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book o… [more below]- Author: Williams, Alicia D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1481465805
- Language: English
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Down the Road
$9.99 Add to cartWith beautiful watercolors from Caldecott Honor artist E. B. Lewis, Alice Schertle’s Down the Road is a touching picture book not to be missed.
Sometimes Hetty walked with Mama down the dusty road. Som
- Author: Schertle, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0152024719
- Language: English
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Going Down Home with Daddy
$17.99 Add to cartSet at one young boy’s annual family reunion, this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book is a rich and moving celebration of Black history, culture, and the power of family traditions.
“On reunion morn- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1561459380
- Language: English
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Los Chicos Fantasmas (Ghost Boys Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Add to cart“MOMENTO DE DESPERTAR”.
ME VOLTEO. QUI?N DIJO ESO? AL OTRO LADO DE LA CALLE, LO VEO. TENUE COMO LA LLOVIZNA. UN FANTASMA?
COMO YO? Jerome, de doce a?os, es la m?s reciente v?ctima, asesinada por un- Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0316408212
- Language: Spanish
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Stella’s Stellar Hair
$19.99 Read moreBlack girl magic takes the solar system in Stella’s Stellar Hair, a celebration of hair, family, and self-love from debut author-illustrator Yesenia Moises
It’s the day of the Big Star Little Gala, an- Author: Moises, Yesenia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1250261775
- Language: English
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Futureland: Battle for the Park
$8.99 Add to cartWhen an extraordinary flying theme park arrives above Atlanta, one boy must stop a sinister force from stealing the park’s tech and taking over the world. An electrifying illustrated series with the A… [more below]
- Series: Futureland
- Author: Hunter, H. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593479459
- Language: English
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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore
$19.99 Read moreCoretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, ALA Notable Children’s Book, CCBC Best Children’s Book of the Year, Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, Kirkus Best Children’s Books, NCTE Notable
In the 1930s, L
- Series: Carolrhoda Picture Books
- Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0761339434
- Language: English
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Bayou Magic
$7.99 Add to cartA magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, plus an environmental twist.
It’s city-… [more below]- Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0316224855
- Language: English
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Daddy Speaks Love
$17.99 Read moreA moving tribute to the joy and grounding that fathers bring to their children’s lives.
What does a daddy do? From day one, this daddy speaks love to his little one. And along with that love, his word- Author: Henderson, Leah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0593354362
- Language: English
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We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success
$9.99 Add to cartGrowing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George, and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at t… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Sampson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 20 2006
- ISBN10: 0142406279
- Language: English
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Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas
$9.99 Add to cartShant Keys loves New Year’s Day But while Grandma fixed chitlins, baked ham, greens, and cornbread, she forgot the black-eyed peas Oh no–it’ll be bad luck without them So Shant sets out to borro
- Author: Piernas-Davenport, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0807573310
- Language: English
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John Henry: An American Legend
$8.99 Add to cartCaldecott Medalist Ezra Jack Keats’s vibrant retelling of the popular African American folk ballad.
Have you heard the tale? John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He was taller and stronger t- Author: Keats, Ezra Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 12 1987
- ISBN10: 394890523
- Language: English
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I Am Born to Be Awesome!
$5.99 Add to cartBeautiful Black and Brown boys are the stars in this level 1 Step Into Reading book from the Happy Hair series. It’s a bright, joyful easy reader that will have boys everywhere saying “I am born to be… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Roe, Mechal Renee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0593433211
- Language: English
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My Dad Is a DJ
$18.99 Add to cartNational Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine teams up with Keith Henry Brown on this lyrical picture book that celebrates music and Black identity.
Trevor’s dad is a DJ, and he always picks the best mus- Author: Erskine, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 374307423
- Language: English
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Mahogany: A Little Red Riding Hood Tale
$17.99 Add to cartA clever, Black contemporary twist on Little Red Riding Hood, Mahogany embraces the beauty–and magic–within herself to thwart the Big Bad Wolf.
Mahogany is a spunky girl who loves to sew, listen to- Author: Brown-Wood, Janay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1623543673
- Language: English
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100 Things to Know about Planet Earth
$14.99 Add to cartDid you know that rain sometimes falls red? Or that the equivalent of one truckload of plastic is dumped in our oceans every minute? This visually stunning book is filled with 100 fascinating facts, b
- Series: 100 Things to Know
- Author: Martin, Jerome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27, 2023
- ISBN10: 1805318438
- Language: English
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Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop & Mammoth Cave
$12.99 Add to cart“A fascinating story.” –LeVar Burton
The thrilling adventures of a slave who became known worldwide for his explorations of Mammoth Cave.
If you toured Mammoth Cave in Kentucky in the year 1838, you- Author: Mitchell, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 19, 2019
- ISBN10: 1504057708
- Language: English
