People & Places - United States - African American & Black
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Black Is a Rainbow Color
$18.99 Add to cartA child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.
Red is a rainbow color.
Green sits next to blue.
Yellow- Author: Joy, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 14, 2020
- ISBN10: 1626726310
- Language: English
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Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom
$18.99 Read moreA little girl helping her grandmother prepare a holiday meal learns about the origins of soul food in this powerful picture book that celebrates African American cuisine and identity from an award-win
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593486145
- Language: English
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The Ladek Invasion: Episode 2
$5.99 Add to cartJaden Toussaint is a five year-old who knows it all. I mean, really knows it all. Animal Scientist. Great Debater. Master of the art of ninja dancing. There’s nothing Jaden Toussaint can’t do.
This ti
- Series: Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest #2
- Author: Dumas, Marti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: January 2, 2016
- ISBN10: 194316908X
- Language: English
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Twelve Dinging Doorbells
$17.99 Add to cartA cumulative all-holiday carol packed to the brim with family, food, love, and Black joy, especially perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, graduations, and all family celebrations.
Every holiday, aunti- Author: Brown, Tameka Fryer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1984815172
- Language: English
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Tight
$8.99 Add to cart* “Maldonado excels at depicting realistic and authentic interactions between middle school boys.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018! Tight: Latel- Author: Maldonado, Torrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1524740578
- Language: English
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A Boy and His Mirror
$18.99 Read moreThe bestselling illustrator of I Am Enough brings to life the story of a boy whose mirror gives him a whole new way of seeing himself.
Chris loves his long, curly hair, so why do his classmates tease- Author: Davis, March?nt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0593110552
- Language: English
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My Fade Is Fresh
$17.99 Add to cartA little girl makes sure she walks out of the barbershop rocking the fabulous hair style she chooses.
Learn the importance of speaking up for what you want through this fun and empowering picture book- Author: Grant, Shauntay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: 1-Nov-22
- ISBN10: 0593387082
- Language: English
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J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
$7.99 Add to cartEight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series
J.D. has a big problem–it’s the night before the start of third g- Series: J.D. the Kid Barber
- Author: Dillard, J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: 23-Feb-21
- ISBN10: 0593111540
- Language: English
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Ninja Nate
$18.99 Read moreA boy adopting a ninja alter ego to cope with a new disability finds the courage to share all of himself in this action-packed and heartfelt picture book from the author of My Rainy Day Rocket Ship.
N- Author: Sheppard, Markette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 153447692X
- Language: English
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Lola’s Nana-Bibi Comes to Visit
$16.99 Add to cartWhen Lola’s Nana-Bibi comes to visit, they have a whole week of adventures.
- Series: Lola Reads
- Author: McQuinn, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: 11-Apr-23
- ISBN10: 1623543355
- Language: English
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The Electric Slide and Kai
$20.95 Add to cartKai is the only member of his family who can’t get the dance steps to the Electric Slide right. But Kai is determined to bust a move in this fun and sweet celebration of African American families.
Kai’
- Author: Baptist, Kelly J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643790528
- Language: English
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The Me I Choose to Be
$18.99 Add to cartIn this “exquisite” (Shelf Awareness) “affirming” (Kirkus), and “empowering visual essay” (Publishers Weekly) the bestselling author of I Love My Hair! joins forces with the dynamic photography duo be
- Author: Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 0316461547
- Language: English
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Dream Street
$18.99 Read moreNAMED ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES – FIVE STARRED REVIEWS
Visit a truly special street bursting with joy, hope, and dreams. Inspired by the neighborhood where the- Author: Walker, Tricia Elam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0525581103
- Language: English
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Joy Takes Root
$18.99 Add to cartIn her grandmother’s garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature.
It’s Joy’s first summer in her gra- Author: Wallace, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0593406788
- Language: English
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Hands
$16.99 Add to cart“Gorgeous and gripping, Hands is a poetic page-turner. You might just finish it in one sitting. Torrey Maldonado understands the kids he writes for at the deepest level.” –Adam Gidwitz, Newbery Honor… [more below]
- Author: Maldonado, Torrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0593323793
- Language: English
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I Love Being Me!
$4.99 Add to cartCelebrate diversity and natural Black hair with this bright, joyful level 1 Step Into Reading book that will have girls everywhere repeating the book’s chorus: “I love being me!”
Girls will love seein- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Roe, Mechal Renee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1984895605
- Language: English
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Genesis Begins Again
$9.99 Add to cart“Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” —The New York Times
“One of the best books I have ever read…will live in the hearts of readers for the rest of their lives.” –Colby Sharp, founder- Author: Williams, Alicia D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 1481465813
- Language: English
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Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?
$18.99 Add to cartA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023
Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut imagines a radically positive future where police aren’t in charge o- Author: Petrus, Junauda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0593462335
- Language: English
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M.C. Higgins, the Great
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover this transcendent middle grade masterpiece about a young black boy whose quiet rural live in the Appalachian Mountains begins to change–winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award,
- Author: Hamilton, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 1416914072
- Language: English
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The Reckoning
$18.99 Read moreA powerful contemporary novel about an aspiring 12 year-old filmmaker whose world is turned upside down when his grandfather is slain in a senseless and racist act of violence. From the author of the … [more below]
- Author: Hudson, Wade
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0593647777
- Language: English
