AGES 4-8 / GRADES K-3

Vashti Harrison (A and ILT)

From Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind She Persisted, comes a new book featuring women athletes who overcame and inspired–just in time for the Olympics!

Throughout history, women have been told that they couldn’t achieve…

Beautiful 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 awesome!”

Kids will love seeing strong, happy reflections of themselves in this vibrant, rhyming, level 1 reader…

Susan Verde (A),  George Badiel (A) and Peter H. Reynolds (ILT)

List Price: $18.99  (Hardcover – An African Princess Dreams – 2016)

Based on supermodel Georgie Badiel’s childhood, a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village

With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is…

Discover more about Juneteenth, the important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States.

On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union solder and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever…

It’s a sunny spring day, and the tic tac tic tac sound of jump ropes hitting the ground floats through the wind.

“Jump in!”

Everyone lines up for a turn. The Delancy twins, double dutch divas. Leroy Jones with the hip-hop tricks. Even Ms. Mabel, showing the youngstas how it’s done. And after a…

Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour of Historically Black Colleges & Universities.

The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam…

Carole Boston Weatherford (A) and R. Gregory Christie (ILT)  

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – African American History / New Orleans / Congo Square – 2016)

This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human’s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how…

These joyous portraits of Black men engaged in everyday life celebrate the deep roots and rich cultures of African American communities.

Deloris Jordan (A) and Barry Root (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Sports / Basketball – 2014)

Olympic dreams come true in this inspiring picture book from Michael Jordan’s mother, author of the New York Times bestselling Salt in His Shoes.

Long before he became a professional All-Star basketball player, Michael Jordan had dreams of winning an…

Writer Danielle Joseph and illustrator Olivier Ganthier’s I Want to Ride the Tap Tap is a day-of-the-week picture book about a Black family who ride the taxi-bus service―called a tap tap―in Haiti, and the fascinating people they meet along the way, illustrated by a Haitian artist known for his vibrant…

Ysaye M. Barnwell (A) and Synthia Saint James (ILT)

List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Book and CD / Self Pride – 2005)

The beauty in the cracked and crowded hallway, the beauty in her own dark skin, the beauty in the outside world – it all in her Nana eyes.…

An endearing and empowering story that demonstrates that a learning difference like dyslexia doesn’t define who you are.

Despite her struggles with reading and writing, Beatrice is a natural and brilliant storyteller. With the help of a kind-hearted teacher, Beatrice uses an old-fashioned tape recorder so she can speak her words and then play…

Diane Z. Shore (A) and Jessica Alexander (A) James Ransome (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – History / Civil Rights / Racism / Segregation / Integration – 2005)

Our nation was founded on the belief that all men are created equal. Nearly two hundred years after the signing of the…

What if the hardest part of your first day of school… was your name?

Elianna is excited to meet her new classmates, but something doesn’t sound quite right. As her teacher and friends say her name, Elianna notices the difference between what they say and how her name is meant to sound.

Through a day…

Jane Kurtz (A) and Rachel Isadora (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Family / African Immigrants Relocating / Storytelling / Siblings – 2005)

In the middle of the night the world can seem huge and frightening, especially when you’ve just moved far from…

Rachel Isadora (A and ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Nursery Rhyme African Remix – 2013)

This fabulous version of the classic nursery song “Old MacDonald” introduces children to a menagerie of African animals and their sounds. It is beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora, with her signature collage-style artwork.
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Todd Parr (A and ILT) 

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Celebrates Family – 2010) 

The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they come in. Whether you have two moms or two dads, a big family or a small family, a clean family or a messy one, Todd…

Celebrate the silliness that comes with a big family in this playful read aloud about a big brother, a sleeping baby, and a very noisy family.

Baby is finally asleep. But everyone is much too loud! Can Mom, Daddy, Grammy, Pop Pop, Shae, Dante, Rover the dog, and even the neighbor keep quiet? Just when…

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…

Ruby Bridges (A) and John Jay Cabuay (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Ruby Bridges Pioneer / Activist – 2024)

National civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges responds to letters from thoughtful and concerned young students from across America.

“I’ve heard their hearts and now share those hearts…

Monica Gunning (A) and Elaine Peddlar (ILT)

List Price $11.95 (Paperback -Homelessness / Mother and Daughter – 2013)

When her father died, Zettie and her mother left their warm and comfortable home in Jamaica for an uncertain future in the United Sates. Zetties mother cant find a steady job so they are forced…

Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour.

The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam C.J. Walker and O.W. Gurley, to Williams…

The New York Times bestselling team behind Parker Looks Up returns with this Level 1 Ready-to-Read about trying to make a good day out of a bad one.

Parker is not having a good day.  All she wants is some time alone to read her book, but her brother and sister will not stop following…

ABC Black History and Me presents 26 historical concepts, events, and people—from A to Z—that are important in Black American history.

From A is for Advocate to Z is for Zest, each letter of the alphabet is paired with inspirational historical concepts in this 9×9–inch board book. Along with the upbeat, rhyming text covering…

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…

Doug Kuntz (A) and Amy Shrodes (A) and Sue Cornelison (ILT) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – A Story About Compassion – 2017)

This heartwarming true story of one lost cat’s journey to be reunited with his refugee family gently introduces children to a difficult topic and shows how ordinary people can help with…

Kya Johnson (A) and Danh Tran (ILT)

List Price: $23.99 (Hardcover – African Folktale / Interactive Book -2021)

We are excited to introduce the 2nd magical book from RainbowMe, Incorporated. In this adaptation of the Ghanaian folklore tale, our unlikely hero Kofi Amero goes through a wonderful transformation with some bumps along the way.…

Derrick Barnes (A) and Gordon C.James (ILT)

List Price: $18.95 (Hardcover – / Boys Hair Style / Hair Care / Self-Esteem – 2017) 

A Newbery Honor Book
A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
An Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Book

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NAMED 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 they grew up as cousins, this gorgeous picture book from…

From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.

A young girl, filled with the…

Fatima Khazi is excited for the…

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,…

Angela Johnson (A) and David Soman (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Grandfather and Grandson / Generations / Love – 2007)

A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Grandaddy. . . . The African-American child and grandfather are distinct individuals, yet also universal figures, recognizable to anyone who…

Get ready for the ride of your life, as The ABCs of Black Wall Street takes readers on a front-row, all-inclusive tour.

The ABCs of Black Wall Street Coloring Book takes readers on a nostalgic trip through the heart of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District. From Madam C.J. Walker and O.W. Gurley, to…

Virginia Kroll (A) and Nancy Carpenter (ILT)

List Price: $8.99  (Paperback – East African / Friendship – 1997)

A young African-American girl living in urban America feels a kinship with the East African people, the Masai, whom she is studying in school. She ponders her life and makes comparisons to…

Heather Henson (A) and Bryan Collier ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Legendary Cave Explorer and Slave -2016)

Grab your lantern and follow the remarkable and world-famous Mammoth Cave explorer—and slave—Stephen Bishop as he guides you through the world’s largest cave system in this remarkable homage to the resilience of human nature.

Welcome…

Tyler Gordon (A and ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Picture Book / Young Artist / Portraits -2021)

“When I was born, the doctors told my mom that if I did survive I would have lots of health problems and be blind, deaf and severely mentally delayed . . . Boy were they wrong!”…

Eve Bunting (A) and James Ransome (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Gang Situation / Brothers / Peer Pressure – 1998)

When ten-year-old James gang initiation endangers his six-year-old brother Isaac, they find the courage to say, Thanks, but no thanks. One night while their mom’s at work, ten-year-old James…

Ann Turner (A) and James Ransome (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Abolitionist / Women’s Rights Activist / Evangelists – 2015)

Here is the remarkable true story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, as told by acclaimed author Ann Turner and award-winning…

Rachel Isadora (A and ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback / South Africa / Children’s Love for their Fathers – 1994)

The children of a South African village eagerly gather at the crossroads to welcome their fathers, who have been away for months working in the mines. The children wait, but the men don’t…

Patrick Adom (Creator and Founder)

List Price: $23.00 (Jig Saw Puzzle – Senegal – 2020)

Puzzles are a great way for you and your family to bond with children.  The 100 Piece SENEGAL MAP Puzzle is definitely something that can be enjoyed by all.  Each region is represented with a variety of legendary icons,…

A 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 words and actions speak many other things, too: like truth, joy, comfort,…

A young child learns that even superheroes hurt too in this heartrending story about loss and love, written by debut author Kevin Johnson and illustrated by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Kitt Thomas.

When a child loses the person in his life that he loves more than anything, he uses his cape as protection…

Monica Brown (A) and John Parra (ILT)

List Price: $15.95 (Hardcover – First Latina Nobel Prize Winner – 2005)

Gabriela Mistral loved words and sounds and stories. Born in Chile, she would grow to become the first Nobel Prize-winning Latina woman in the world. As a poet and a teacher, she inspired…

Jason Reynolds (A) and Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – A Celebration of Langston Hughes – 2023)

A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is…

Miranda Paul (A) and Baptiste Paul (A) and Elizabeth Zunon (ILT)

Uma Krishnaswami (A) and Ruth Jayaveeran (ILT)

List Price: $10.84 (Paperback – India / Yoga / Self – Confidence – 2002)

Meena is excited about the class play, a new and improved version of Red Riding Hood. But when she learns that she must play one of the trees…

Kwame Alexander (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Poem / Achievements of Great African American  – 2019)

The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.

Originally performed for ESPN’s The Undefeated, this poem is…