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Some call it Freedom Day; some call it Emancipation Day; some call it Juneteenth. Learn more about this important African American holiday.

Learn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book from Sibert Honor winner Patricia Hruby Powell and Caldecott Honor winner R. Gregory Christie.

“What do you hope to accomplish?” asked Ella Baker’s granddaddy when she was still a child.
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Jewell Parker Rhodes (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Family / Katrina Tragedy / Survival – 2012)

Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she…

Kwame Alexander (A) and  Mr. Thai Neave (Photos)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover –  Self Help / 52 Rules to Live By -2017)

New York Times bestseller ∙ Indie Next Pick

You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if…

Sunbul Ali Karamali (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Introduction to Islam  for Teens – 2013)

Author Sumbul Ali-Karamali offers her personal account, discussing the many and varied questions she fielded from curious friends and schoolmates while growing up in Southern California from diet, to dress, to prayer and holidays and everything in…

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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Margot Lee Shettterly (A) 

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Biography / Science – Aerospace Engineer – 2015) 

This inspiring biography tells the story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician. An inspiring figure in the history of STEM, she eventually worked on the mission to send a man to the moon.  Her story…

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 Elizabeth Zunon (ILT)

List Price:$19.99 (Hardcover – Gambia / Recycling / Building Economy – 2015)

Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One…

Kelly Starling Lyons (A) and Nneka Meyers (ILT) 

List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Dancing Queen – 2019)

Jada Jones is back for the fourth book of this popular, celebrated series perfect for STEM fans!
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Lesa Cline-Ransome (A) and James E. Ransome (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Sport / Baseball – 2005)

This book examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series. Some say Leroy Paige was born six…

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

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Leader / Abolitionist / Orator – 2012)

The inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time.

This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of…

Wade Hudson (A) and Cheryl Willis Hudson (A)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – 30 Celebrated Voices Advise Today’s Youth – 2020)

This powerful collection of short stories, essays, and poems is a call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racist and advocates for change.

Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and…

Sara Crow (A) and Adam Record (ILT) 

List Price: $6.99 (Hardcover – Using the Potty – 2018)

“A potty-training book to go for.”—Kirkus Reviews

It’s potty time for superheroes, firefighters, ninjas, soldiers, and KIDS!

Young ones will enjoy this funny, rhyming story that teaches great bathroom habits with the promise that all their heroes use…

Clock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga’s first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers.

*2024 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens*
*2023 Texas Library Association Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Winner – Starred…

Grace Lin (A) and (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Moon Story – 2018)

A Caldecott Honor Book!
A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin

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A magical story starring three Black mermaid sisters who each wish to wear the underwater crown! Perfect for fans of Little Mermaid and Oona.

Anaya, Shante, and Kianna are sisters.

And these mermaid princesses couldn’t be more different!

One day, when a problem too big for any of them to…

Walter Dean Myers (A), Leonard Jenkins (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biography / Leader / Revolutionary – 2003)

“I believe in recognizing every human being
as a human being, neither white, black, brown, nor red.”

This was just one of the messages that Malcolm X brought to people of…

Lat Ashia M. Perry (A) & Bea kjackson (ILT)

List Price: $10.95 (Paperback – Children Self Esteem – 2015)

Hair Like Mine is the first book in the Kids Like Mine Series. It is a fun and easy read following a little girl who doesn’t like that her naturally curly hair looks…

Deloris Jordan (A) and James Ransome (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – A Baby Celebration Book – 2010)

A Prayer for the Day Your Were Born.  This touching story from bestselling author Doloris Jordan celebrates the blessings new parents wish for their babies all through their lives. With a strong emphasis on the…

Tony Medina (A) and R. Gregory Christie (ILT)

List Price: $10.95 (Paperback – Biography / Langston Hughes -2006)

Fourteen original poems offer young readers an exciting glimpse into the life of Langston Hughes, one of America most beloved poets. Each of Medina engaging poems explores…

Is what I’m feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake?

Let’s talk about it.

Growing up is complicated.

How do you find…

Jim Gigliotti (A) and Who HQ (A) and Stephen Marchesi (ILT) 

List Price: $6.50 (Paperback – Biography / Singer – 2018)

Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time.…

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…

A singular, richly illustrated picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963, by the acclaimed authors of Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre and Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag.

On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of…

Alissa Holder and Zuleka Holder-Young (A) and Neka Myers (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Confidence and Self-Esteem – 2020)

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Angela Johnson (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Teen Fiction / Special Needs / Rare Skin Disease – 2003)

Born with a rare and dangerous allergy to sunlight, Lila’s spent her life hidden from the daylight-staying covered up and indoors until dark,…

Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) and Brian Stelfreeze (ILT)

List Price: $16.99 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Black Super Hero – 2016)

Description:  A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer T-Nehisi Coates (BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME) takes the helm, confronting T’Challa with a dramatic upheaval in…

An empowering and joyous picture book by actress Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman) that instills confidence and encourages little Black girls to reach for their wildest dreams.

Illustrated by the talented Paul Davey, this inspiring picture book celebrates all little Black girls, the power of community, and the joy and hope of being…

Jacqueline Woodson (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Biracial Teen / Friendship / Family – 2010)

A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newberry Honor winning author

Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She’s always been different–set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents…

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Mexican / Social Justice / Segregation -2014) 

2015 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and…

Steve Sheinkin (A)

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Social Justice / Military / Mutiny – 2014)

An astonishing Civil Rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300…

A long overdue book that lyrically celebrates and teaches positive associations with two of the most important colors on Earth, black and brown.

Lilly Workneh (Edit /A) and Cashawn Thompson (For/A) Diana Odero (A) Justine Ware (A) and Sonia Thompson (A) and Annalisa Ventura and Others (ILT)

List Price: $35.00  (Hardcover – 100 Real Black Women Rebel Girls – 2021)

A PARENTS’ FAVORITE PRODUCTS TILLYWIG AWARD WINNER 2022

The fourth installment in the…

Jerry Craft (A) 

List Price: $15.99  (Paperback – Coming of Age Friendship Story – 2020)

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, it’s Jordan’s…

Bellerophon Books

List Price: $3.50 (Paperback – Coloring Book – 1986)

Ancient Africa – all from the exquisite art of Benin showing the Oba, his warriors and their costumes, his palace, and a noble Queen of Benin. The portraits are among the worlds greatest and most priceless. Fine details and illustration. Ancient…

Sharon Dennis Wyeth (A), Sharon Dennis Wyeth (ILT) , Chris K. Soentpiet (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Finding Beauty Everywhere – 2002)

Everyday a young girl is disheartened by the things in her neighborhood: the trash on the streets, the graffiti on the walls, and the homeless woman that sleeps in a…

From two bestselling creators comes a lyrical and heartfelt picture book about a multiracial family’s trip to the beach that’s an ode to family, community, diversity, and—most importantly—fabulous beach hair!

When I wake up with the wildest bed head
and Mommy and Daddy do too
Mommy says we all…

Alex Katis (A)

List Price: $9.95 (Reference – African Culture and History – 2005)

What do you know of Zimbabwe’s glorious 11th-century civilization. The idealistic founding of Liberia and its long-standing democracy. What do you know of apartheid, Timbuktu, the gorillas of Malawi, Rwanda, the slave trade, Congolese rain forests, the Olduvai…

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…

YOSEF BEN-JOCHANNAN (A)

List Price: $28.99 (Paperback – World Religions – 1991)

The Black Man’s Religion Volume 1 

African Origins of the Major “Western Religions” first published in 1970, continues to be one of Dr. Ben’s most thought-provoking works. This critical examination of the history, beliefs and myths, remains instructive and fresh. By highlighting the…

Natasha Anastasia Tarpley (A) and  E. B. Lewis (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 ( Board Book – First Visit To The Barbershop – 2020)

Misty Copeland (A)

List Price:$17.99 (Hardcover – Courage / Following Your Dreams – 2020l

Instant New York Times bestselling series opener inspired by prima ballerina and author Misty Copeland’s own early experiences in ballet.

From prima ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland comes the story of a young…

Chiekh Anta Diop (A)

List Price: $16.95 (Paperback – Ancient African History/ Egypt – 1989)

Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.  (336 pgs)

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