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Carmen Tafolla (A) and Magaly Morales (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – A Mexican Popsicle Treat – 2014)

As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children.
 
In this bilingual paperback edition, discover the joys of a <em…

Courtney Carbone (A) and Hilli Kushnir (ILT)

List Price: $5.57 (Paperback – Dealing With Feelings / Jealousy – 2019)

The Dealing with Feelings series returns to help kids battle the green-eyed monster—jealousy! 

In This Makes Me Jealous, a young girl is proud of being the star athlete at her school. But when a new kid moves…

AGholdy Muhammad (A)

List Price: $35.99 (Paperback – Teaching Reference – 2020)

In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework—one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which she names, Historically Responsive Literacy, was derived from…

Celebrate Remarkable Moments in Black History with this Uplifting Story

Inspire Black boys to imagine all the great things they can do while celebrating remarkable moments from Black history!

Dear boy, Black boy, I believe in you so.

Let’s start your story—ready, set, go.

From athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick to…

Audrey Vernick (A) and Don Tate (ILT) Harper Collins

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Baseball – 2010)

Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just to see Babe Ruth’s mighty swing. But she never dreamed she…

Ibi Zoboi (A)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Coming of Age Strory – Loves Science – 2019)

National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that’s changing at warp speed.

Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved…

Unlock your inner hero!

Jarell has accepted his destiny as the savior of Ulfrika. But when he’s summoned back to the kingdom through the magical portal in his cousin’s barbershop, he finds it in even greater danger than when he left. A powerful god has put the inhabitants of Ulfrika in peril, and the only…

Cynthia Levinson (A) and Vanessa Brantley-Newton (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Civil Rights / Protest – 2017)

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference.

Nine-year-old Audrey Faye…

Anna McQuinn (A) and Rosalind Beardshaw (ILT)

List Price $16.99 (Hardcover / Lola Series / Caring For A Pet – 2017)

Lola wants a cat, but Mommy says taking care of a pet is a lot of work. So Lola does her homework. At the library she finds books about cats and pet…

Andrea Davis Pinkney (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Performance /Composer / Jazz – 2006)

A swinging, vibrant picture book about America’s greatest jazz composer, Duke Ellington. By the award-winning duo Andrea and Brian Pinkney. (32 pgs) Ages 4-8

• Grade Level: Kindergarten – 4
• Product Dimensions: 8.5…

Faith Ringgold (A and ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Activist / Civil Rights / Bus Boycott- 1999)

This Rosa Parks biography begins with an African American girl named Marcie. She is waiting for the bus to school when a strange bus pulls up; for some reason, she…

A 2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist! 

“Black family pride and joy abound.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Joy-filled.”—Booklist, starred review 

A joyful, encouraging ode to a mother and son’s relationship and the unforgettable experience of a child’s first swimming lessons.

Jumping into the water can be more than…

 Beverly Danielle Tatum (A) 

List Price: $19.99 (Paperback – Race Dynamics / Conversations – 2017) 

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism — now fully revised and updated

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is…

Vashti Harrison (A) and (ILT)

Jabari Asim (A) and LeUyen Pham (ILT)

Eric Velasquez(A & ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Tall Fish Tale – 2021

The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. “¡Tenga cuidado!” Ramsey shouts. “Be careful!” But it’s too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela.

Then…

Andrea Davis Pinkney (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – African American History / Free Black / Scientist Engineer / Genius – 1998)

Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks were not…

Wayne B. Chandler (A) and Ivan Van Sertima

List Price: $24.95  (Paperback – Ancient African History – 2000)

Ancient Future celebrates the wisdom of those ancient civilizations that did not disassociate the philosophical, spiritual, and material realms of life. This book is an attempt to re-create this holistic experience in hopes that a…

Akua Agusi (A), Donnette Black (A) and Adrienne Hatch (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – Numbers and Early Math – 2015)

This activity book and it’s perfect for teaching our kids some of the ancient Egyptian and Afrikan symbols.

Imhotep’s Learning Concepts is a workbook that introduces numbers and early math. Using…

Yona Zeldis McDonough (A), Lauren Mortimer (ILT) and James Bennet (ILT)

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback – Underground Railroad / Escape 2013)

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from–there were no trains or tracks, only “conductors” who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about “passengers” on the “Railroad,” this…

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…

An inspiring and empowering collection of 75 mindful meditations curated for Black women everywhere to help prioritize self-love, find inner peace, and promote self-reflection.

Meditations for Black Women is a collection of 75 mindful reflections tailored uniquely to the experiences of Black women. These reflections are designed to inspire, support, and ground Black women, helping…

Brandy Colbert (A)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Mystery Journals / Friendship – 2021)

From award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert comes a debut middle-grade novel about the only two Black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past.

Beach-loving surfer Alberta has…

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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Denise Dennis (A) and Susan Willmarth (ILT)

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback- Graphic Novel / African American History – 2007)

This book covers a rich history often ignored. It chronicles the struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa right up through Civil Rights and the different kind of struggle Blacks face today. (192 pgs)

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Eloise Greenfield (A) and Jan Spivey Gilchrist (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Poem / Girls / Love – 2002)

B is For Black Wealth is an ABC book for children designed to expose them to entrepreneurial concepts and business terminology.

This exposure is meant to build confidence in our children while simultaneously educating the adults that love them. This book is intentional about teaching concepts related to group economics, business ownership and…

Todd Parr (A and ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover- Special Needs/ Celebrates Multi-Culturalism / Tolerance – Diversity-   2001)

Its okay to need some help.
Its okay to be a different color.
Its okay to talk about your feelings.
Its okay to make a wish…

Its Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the…

Nikki Grimes (A) and Jerome LaGarrique (ILT)

List Price: $7.99  (Paperback – Poetry / Friendship / Mentor – 1999)

In 14 knowing, heartfelt poems, Nikki Grimes invites readers to witness the friendship that blossoms between Damon, an African-American boy without a father, and Blue, a tough-looking man who has lost…

Andrea Davis Pinkney (A) and Brian Pinkney (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / African American Leader / Abolitionist and Feminist – 2009)

A dynamic portrait of the freed slave whose physical and spiritual strength made her one of America most powerful abolitionist voices.

Synopsis:She was big. She was black. She was…

Deborah Day (A)

List Price: $12.95 (Paperback – Curriculum / Health, Culture and Life Skills – 2004)

The Mindful Messages Mentoring Program is an innovative Africentric Health Education, Culture and Life Skills Curriculum for youth ages 11-18. Its perfect for Home Scholars, Rites of Passage, After School and Church Youth…

Arune Gandhi (A), Bethany Hegedus (A) and Evan Turk (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – India / Being Present / Wastefulness – 2016)

In this breathtaking companion to the award-winning Grandfather Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, with Bethany Hegedus, tells a poignant, personal story of the damage of wastefulness, gorgeuously illustrated by Evan Turk.

At…

One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction

One of The Washington Post‘s Best Nonfiction Books of the Year

A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick

“Powerful… [and] fascinating.” —The Washington Post

The remarkable story of Edward…

Kadir Nelson (A and ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / African American Leader – 2014)

A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: My father’s dream continues to live on from generation to generation, and this beautiful and powerful illustrated edition…

Christopher Paul Curtis (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Fiction / Foster Child – 2004)

It 1936 Flint, Michigan during the Depression. Times may be hard, and 10-year-old Bud may be an orphan, but Bud got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full…

Parents’ Favorite Product Award Winner, Tillywig Toy & Media Award, 2022

“This beautifully-executed set and all its contents are wonderfully accessible, impactful, and much needed.

We can’t praise Kind Kids highly enough!” – Tillywig Toy & Media Awards

Explore Kind Kids, the unique, hands-on activity deck with fifty games, crafts and mindfulness activities…

Karen Katz (A and ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Multi-Cultural / Friends – 2002)

My name is Lena and I am seven. I am the color of cinnamon. Mom says she could eat me up.

Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her…

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Jesse Owens, the great track and field star.

The youngest of ten children, Jesse grew up working in the cotton fields of Alabama. Discovered by his high school track and field coach, Jesse quickly rose to…

Kathleen Krull (A) and Tim Tomkinson (ILT)

List Price: $5.57 (Paperback – History / Event / Civil Rights March – 2013)

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a…