Patricia Cleveland-Peck (A) and Isabel Greenberg (ILT) 

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Egypt – King Tut’s Life – 2018)

Tutankhamun was born in a time of change. His father, Atakhenaten, instituted broad political and religious reform to Egypt, and his laws were controversial. By the time Tut turned nine, his whole family had died and…

Lynda Jones (A) and Ron Garnett (ILT) 

Margaret Musgrove (A) Leo Dillon (ILT) and Diane Dillon (ILT)

List Price $21.99 (Hardcover – 26 African Tribes / Traditions – 1992)

From A to Z, an authentic portrait of 26 African tribes, stunningly illustrated by winners of the 1976 & 1977 Caldecott Medal. The magnificently composed pictures are warm with the tones…

Megan Reid (A) and Laura Freeman (ILT) 

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Tennis Champion / First African American – 2020)

A spirited picture book biography about Althea Gibson, the first black Wimbledon, French, and U.S. Open tennis champion, from debut author Megan Reid and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning illustrator Laura Freeman. Althea Gibson:…

Runoko Rashidi (A) 

List Price: $39.95 (Paperback – African Presence / Global Journeys – 2017)

As a young man Runoko Rashidi was inspired by the traveling journalist and historian J. A. Rogers. Rogers was undefeatable, rescuing and uncovering Black history from obscure places around the world and many of Europe s historically ruling families. W.E.B.…

Nikki Grimes (A)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Poetry / Students – 2001)

When Wesley writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon their having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are…

Elzabeth Acevedo (A) 

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Poetry / Finding Her Voice – 2018)

National Book Award and Golden Kite Honor Award Winner!

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her…

Nikki Grimes (A) and E. B. Lewis (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Aviation Pioneer – 2002)

Learn how a young African-American woman living in an era of segregation achieved her dream of flying. When the Wright brothers took their historic flight, 11-year-old Bessie Coleman vowed to become…

Follow a day in the life of a young Black child and learn the different ways we experience love every day with this striking illustrated children’s book.

Created in 1993, Black Love Day is celebrated annually on February 13. This holiday was created to demonstrate love, forgiveness, and acceptance among Black people. Throughout the…

“Grandma’s Hands” is a timeless, universal song originally featured…

Walter Dean Myers (A)

List Price: $13.99 (Paperback – Auto Biography – 2002)

In a memoir that is gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable, New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers travels back to his roots in the magical world of Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is the story of one…

Collected by Zora Neal Neal Hurston and Adapted by Christopher Myers (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Folk Lore – 2015)

Back in the day, there were liars who could lie so good, you didn’t even want to know the truth. And we have Zora Neale Hurston to thank for collecting…

Brandy Colbert (A)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Coming of Age / Self Awareness – 2019) 

From Stonewall Award winner Brandy Colbert comes a novel about first love, family, and hidden secrets that will stay with you long after turning the last page.

Dove “Birdie” Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow…

From Homecoming to the Halftime Show (workbook)

Which HBCUs have veterinary programs?  What percent of Black federal judges attended an HBCU?  Which HBCU offers Swahili classes?

Which Wimbledon tennis champion attended an HBCU?  With more than 100 HBCUs in existence, there’s so much to learn about Black…

Sam Chege (A) 

List Price: $22.99 (Hardcover – African Proverbs / Offering Knowledge and Wisdom  – 2019)

Following the success of the mega bestselling Black Pearls, a collection of 365 African proverbs that illuminate the secret to peace and joy; and inspire the words of Cudjo Lewis in Zora Neale Hurston’s<span…

Empathy-building tools for kids ages 6 to 9

Help young kids discover how to be kind as they develop their empathy skills and learn to handle difficult social situations. Created by a school psychologist, this top choice in empathy books for kids is full of fun exercises that teach kids how to understand and…

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…

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…

Tolowa M. Mollel (A) and E. B. Lewis (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Tanzania / Thoughtful Child – 1999)

“I emptied my secret money box, arranged the coins in piles and the piles in rows . . .” The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins…

Lamar Giles (A)

Anna McQuinn (A) and Ruth Hearson (ILT)

List Price: $9.95 (Hardcover – Father and Son / Swimming / Socialize – 2016)

Leo, Lola’s little brother from Leo Loves Baby Time, is back in a new adventure at the pool.   Leo and Daddy go to swim class where they kick, bounce, and dive like…

David Wisniewski (A) and (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Paperback – African King / Mali – 1999)

In the thirteenth century, Sundiata overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule the West African Sudanese trading empire of Mali. During his reign he established the territorial base of the empire and laid the…

Tanita S. Davis (A)

List Price: $12.99 (Paperback – Family / Grandmother and Granddaughters / Travel / Self – Discovery – 2011)

A Coretta Scot King Award Winner

Description: Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than…

Barbara Kramer (A) and Who HQ and Dede Putra (ILT) 

List Price: $5.99 (Paperback –  Biography  – Entertainer /  Movie Mogul Extraordinaire – 2019) 

The story of how a young Southern girl who was raised on a pig farm became one of the most influential and inspiring people in the world.

We all know Oprah…

Tara Sullivan (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Tanzania / Albino / Hunted – 2014)

“Harrowing but ultimately redemptive…the murder…

Laurie Halse Anderson (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Historical Fiction / Escape to Freedom – 2008)

As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight…for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a…

Evan Turk (A and ILT)

A stunning multidimensional story within a story

List price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Stories From The Dessert – 2016)

Long, long ago, like a pearl around a grain of sand, the Kingdom of Morocco formed at the edge of the great, dry Sahara. It had fountains of…

Troy Andrews (A) and Bryan Collier (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Musician Bio – 2015)

“Winner of both a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award, this beautiful picture book for older kids is an inspirational look at overcoming our circumstances to follow our dreams, in this case that of a young musician…

“This installment in the Geisel-winning Ty’s Travels series adds some much-needed diversity to the beginning-reader shelf” —Booklist 

Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty’s Travels: Lab Magic, a My First I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator team Kelly…

Four-time NBA champion and superstar Stephen Curry makes a splash with his picture book debut inspiring young readers to unlock their very own superpower.

“A positive boost from a strong role model.” —Kirkus

“With accessible advice honoring commitment to craft and fortitude,…

A powerful and vibrantly illustrated account of the resilience and dedication of the unsung Black heroines who played a major role in World War II. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures, Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free, and Tyler Perry’s blockbuster film The Six Triple Eight.

In 1944, the United States was…

John Lewis (A), Andrew Aydin (A) and Nate Powell (ILT)

List Price: $19.95 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Biography / African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2015) 

Don’t miss the long-awaited sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One!

“With March, Congressman John Lewis takes us behind the scenes of some…

Angela Joy (A) and Ekua Holmes (ILT) 

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Expressing Being Black ABC -2020)

A 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…

Kofi A. Annan (A), Dudley J. Thompson (A) and Barrington A. Watson (ILT)

List Price: $15.00 (Paperback – Biographies / Pan Africanists – 2005)

This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout…

Eve Bunting (A) and Chris K. Soentpiet (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Japanese Family / Internment Memories – 2009)

Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura’s grandfather’s grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during…

Ci Ci Caver (A and ILT)

List Price: $10.99 (Paperback – Brown Girls Coloring Book – 2019)

This Amazing Coloring Book combines Girls Fashion with Affirmations to promote Confidence & Creativity. This Coloring Book gives brown girls the ability to express themselves while using their unique style and creativity. (47 pgs) All…

Jacqueline Woodson (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Foster Siblings – 2010)

The stunning companion to the National Book Award finalist–from a four-time Newbery Honor winning author

Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he’s living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it’s his…

Bettina Love (A)

List Price: $16.95 (Paperback – Teaching Reference / Educational Reform – 2020)

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.

Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love…

Peter H. Reynolds (A and ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Imagination / Word Power / Expression – 2018)

Some people collect stamps.

Some people collect coins.

Some people collect art.

And Jerome?

Jerome collected words . . . 

In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of…

Alexandra Penfold (A) and Suzanne Kaufmam (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Welcome to School – 2018)

Join the call for a better world with this New York Times bestselling picture book about a school where diversity and inclusion are celebrated.

Discover a school where—no matter what—young children have a place, have a space,…

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…

Isabel Wilkerson ( A)

List Price: $32.00 (Hardcover –  America’s Hidden Caste System – 2020)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York…

Karamo Brown (A) and Jason “Rachel” Brown (A) and Anoosha Syed (ILT) 

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover- Family / Self Esteem – 2019)

I Am Perfectly Designed is an exuberant celebration of loving who you are, exactly as you are, from Karamo Brown, the Culture Expert of Netflix’s hit series Queer Eye, and…

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…

Carole Lindstrom (A) and Michaela Goade (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Native American/ Water Conservation – 2020)

Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal
New York Times Bestseller

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to…

Ibtihaj Muhammad (A) and S.K. Ali Hatem Aly (ILT)  

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Siblings  / Faith and Courage – 2019)

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s first day of hijab–by Olympic medalist…