Girls

Matthew Paul Turner (A) David Catrow (ILT)

List Price: $12.99 (Hardcover – Spiritual / Illumination – 2018)

From the author and illustrator of the best-selling When God Made You comes a new illuminating message about God’s design affirming young readers.

‘Let there be light!’ that’s what God said. And light began shining and then started…

Lupita Nyong’o (A) and Vashti Harrison (ILT) 

List Price: $17.95 (Hardcover – Self Love and Discovering Your Unique Beauty – 2019)

From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within.

Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker…

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Robert D. San Souci (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Folktale/ Mermaid – 1996)

Sukey’s new step-pa is a mean, bossy man. Every day Sukey wakes at dawn to work in the garden. All her step-pa ever does is watch her and yell if she so much as stops…

Margaree King Mitchell (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Family / Barbershop Story – 1993)

Sarah Jean Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the county. He had a kind heart and a warm smile. Living in the segregated South of the 1920, where…

Winner of the 2021 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award!

In this moving story that celebrates cultural diversity, a shy girl brings her West African grandmother–whose face bears traditional tribal markings–to meet her classmates. This is a perfect read for back to school!

It is Grandparents Day at Zura’s elementary school, and the…

Matthew A. Cherry (A) and Vashti Harrison (ILT) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Father and Daughter / Hair Love – 2019) 

“I love that Hair Love is highlighting the relationship between a Black father and daughter. Matthew leads the ranks of new creatives who are telling unique stories of the Black experience. We need this.” <br…

This joyous and loving celebration of family is…

For me, brown is more than feeling proud.
It’s the color I see when I see me.

Zahra sees the world in vivid color. When she’s happy, she feels a razzle-dazzle pink in her hands. When she’s sad, she feels a deep blue behind her eyes. But she isn’t quite sure how…

Meena Harris (A ) and  Ana Ramirez Gonzalez (ILT)  

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Community / Creating a Garden – 2021)

A beautiful, empowering picture book about two sisters who work with their community to effect change, inspired by a true story from the childhood of the author’s aunt, Kamala Harris,…

Helaine Becker (A) and Tiemdow Phumiruk (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Mathematician / NASA Genius – 2019)

The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures.

You’ve likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know…

Alice Walker (A) and Queenbe Monyei (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Poetry – 2022)

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world—and our place in it—through new eyes in this new edition featuring art from Queenbe Monyei.

With beautifully poetic…

This joyful, intergenerational love story celebrates Black hair, self-care, and cultural pride. Perfect for fans of Hair Love and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut.

It’s wash day―Tasha’s least favorite day of the week!

Wash day means stinging eyes, aching back, and water everywhere, even in Tasha’s ears!  But with…

Paula Young Shelton (A) and Ralu Colo (ILT)

List Price: $8.99  (Paperback – African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2009)

Two parents decide to return with their three daughters to the Deep South during the time of the Freedom Riders, the early 1960s, returning to Georgia…

Mary Hoffman (A) and Cornelius Van Whright (ILT) and Ying-Hwa Hu (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 ( Hardcover – Princess Story – 2008)

This year two girls will be selected as princesses in the town parade, and Grace can’t wait to be one of them. It?s the perfect opportunity to dress up, but how,…

Grace Byers (A) and Keturah A. Bobo (ILT)

List Price: $19.99  (Hardcover – Loving Oneself and Others/Self Respect and Self Esteem – 2017)

I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needs, and it’s now a New York Times bestseller!

This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind…

Mary Hoffman (A) and Caroline Binch (ILT)

Quvenzhane Wallis (A) and Vanessa Brantley-Newton (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Mother and Daughter Adventure – 2017)

From Academy Award–nominated actress Quvenzhané Wallis comes a story about glitz, glamour, and the most important thing of all—family.A very talented little girl has a very special night ahead of her. A night where she’ll…

Jacqueline Woodson (A)and Rafael Lopez (ILT)  

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Meeting New People – 2018)

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López…

Useni Eugene Perkins (A) and Bryan Collier (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Identity / Celebrating Identity – Self Esteem – 2017)

Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins.

Catherine Clinton and Shane W. Evans 

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – History / African American Women Leaders –  2007)

Two women with similar backgrounds. Both slaves; both fiercely independent. Both great, in different ways.

Harriet Tubman: brave pioneer who led her fellow slaves to freedom, larger than…

Brenda C. Roberts (A), Frank Morrison (A) and (ILT)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Dancing / Friends – 2004)

Jazzy Miz Mozetta is the winner of the 2005 Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe New Talent Award

One fine evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her firecracker-red dress and heads outside to enjoy the…

Anna McQuinn (A) and Rosalind Beardshaw (ILT)

List Price $16.99 (Hardcover / Lola Series / Library / Reading – 2014)

Lola has a big smile on her face. Why? Because it’s Tuesday–and on Tuesdays, Lola and her mommy go to the library. Join Lola in this cozy celebration of books and the people…

Dr. Winmilawe (A) and Tewodross Merchishua (ILT)

List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Yoruba / Friendship / Character – 2012)

From the ancient stories of the West African Yoruba people comes the colorful children’s picture book “Obatala’s Daughter Discovers True Friends”. Obatala encourages his daughter Kemi to look for friends with good character.…

Lelly DiPucchio (A) and LeUyen Pham (ILT) 

Mary Hoffman (A) and Caroline Binch (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Family / Travel to Africa / Reunites with Father – 2000)

When Grace gets the opportunity to go to Gambia with her Grandmother and visit with her father and his new family, she feels a little strange. But Nana says families…

Bunmi Laditan (A) and Tom Knight (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Family – 2018)

From Bunmi Laditan, the creator of the Honest Toddler blog, The Big Bed is a humorous picture book about a girl who doesn’t…

Ekiuwua Aire (A) and Alina Shabelnyk (ILT) 

List Price $24.99 (Hardcover – Africa / Queen IDIA of Benin – 2020)

Join Idia of the Benin Kingdom as she molds herself from the young and curious daughter of a village warrior to becoming the Queen of the ancient African Kingdom of Benin. Discover the journey…

ESPN SportsCenter anchor Elle Duncan and Corretta Scott King Illustrator Honoree Laura Freeman team up in this moving ode to Duncan’s daughter that will resonate with mothers and daughters everywhere.

I will wrap my arms around you, so you will know comfort.
And when you’re ready to leave, I’ll be…

Jerdine Nolen (A) and Colin Bootman (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Family and Relationships / Tradition 2001)

Seems like everything good that happens in the home happens in the kitchen. A place where abundant love and sweet memories and wonderful stories are staples of…

Patricia Hubbell (A) and Don Tate (ILT)

List Price: $10.95 (Paperback – Imagination / Celebration of the Color Black – 2010)

A little girl contemplates all the wonders in the color black all around her. A lively poetic tribute to the color black, the letters and words in a book, a limousine, a…

Breanna J. McDaniel (A) and Shane Evans (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – From Hands Up to Protest – 2019)

This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl’s everyday life–hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five–before culminating in a moment…

Katheryn-Russell-Brown (A) and Fran Morrison (ILT)

List Price: $18.95 (Hardcover – Biography / Music / Trombone / Loved Music – 2014)

Melba Doretta Liston loved the sounds of music from as far back as she could remember. As a child, she daydreamed about beats and lyrics, and hummed along with the music from…

Mark Gonzales (A) and Mehrdokt Amini (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Muslim Culture / Identity and Acceptance – 2017)

From Muslim and Latino poet Mark Gonzales comes a touching and lyrical picture book about a parent who encourages their child to find joy and pride in all aspects of their multicultural identity.

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Discover the hidden figure who created the first comprehensive computer program to design ships for the US Navy.

Girls like Raye Montague weren’t supposed to like math or science, or go to engineering school. But tenacious Raye had a plan, one that eventually took her all the way to the US Navy. There, she…

Black Hair Styles, Love and Black History 

A young girl learns to appreciate her curly, coarse hair by learning about the rich heritage of African and African American hairstyles from her grandmother.

Cozbi Cabera (A) and (ILT) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Healthy Hair Tale – 2018)

After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie cant take any more and she seeks guidance from her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in the backyard as…

An ode to Black hair and Black girl joy, this joy-filled rhyming picture book invites young readers into the world of a young Black girl as she rocks her God-given beauty.

Hello, world! I’m a gift from above.
I already know that I am loved.

Gazing around with a great big…

In the spirit of Come With Me, this timely and charming tale about mask-wearing follows a little girl and her generous plan to find her own courage by helping those in her neighborhood find theirs.

In a changing world, little Sophie is feeling a bit worried.…

Renee Watson (A) and Christian Robinson (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover Singer / Harlem Renaissance – 2012)

From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and acclaimed author Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills.

Zora and Langston. Billie and Bessie. Eubie and Duke. If the Harlem Renaissance had a court, they were…

When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn’t feel that she fits in.

But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years… a story that Paloma shares in, because her story starts in…

Kadir Nelson (A) and Ntozake Shange (ILT)

List Price $17.99 (Hardcover – African American History / Civil Rights Leader – 2009)

Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta knew, too well, the unfairness of life in the segregated south.

A yearning for equality began to grow.
Together with Martin…

Connie Schofield-Morrison (A) and Frank Morrison (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Girl / Rhythm All Day – 2014)

On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. The little girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her- from butterflies, to street performers, to…

Jeanette Winter (A and I) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Sisters / International Tennis Champs – 2019)

Celebrated picture book biographer Jeanette Winter shares the story of champion tennis players—and sisters—Venus and Serena Williams.

Before they were famous tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams were sisters with big dreams growing up in Compton,…

Lisa Cline -Ransome (A) and James E.  Ransome  (ILT) 

List Price $17.99 (Hardcover – Legendary Tennis Champions – 2018)

This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

“Will…

Courtney Carbone (A) and Hilli Kushnir (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Dealing With Feelings / Happiness – 2022)

This Makes Me Happy follows a young girl on a field trip to the fair, complete with a roller coaster, pie-eating contest, and petting zoo! But when her pesky nut allergy keeps her from having…

Nina Crews (A and ILT)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Adventure and Discovery / 1995)

A simple story of a child everyday adventures, told in an innovative, yet accessible style that will be enjoyed by young listeners no matter what the season. Most of the fun filled activities, are centered around…

Nikki Grimes (A) and Floyd Cooper (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Friendship / Girls / Poetry – 1997)

Thirteen poems tell the story of the friendship of two girls, Zuri Jackson and Danitra Brown. The poems, in Zuri voice, celebrate Danitra bravery, spunk, and kindness. Oil-wash illustrations accompany the verses.…