Infants and PreschoolersKids Ages 4 - 8 I   Kids Ages 9 - 12   I   Teens   I   Young Adults

 

Infants and Pre-Schoolers

1. Cassie's Colorful Day by Faith Ringgold 

2. Max Paints the House by Ken Wilson-Max   

3. My Aunt Came Back by Pat Cummings

4. Pretty Brown Face by Andrea Pinkney

5. Little Lumpy's Book of Blessings by L. Carol Lewis

6. Julius by Angela Johnson

7. I Make Music by Eloise Greenfield

8. Let's Count, Baby by Cheryl Willis Hudson

9. Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury 

10. Afro-Bets ABC Book by Cheryl Willis Hudson 

11. Let's Eat by Andrea Posner   

12. So Much by Trish Cooke

13. I Can Count by Denise Lewis Patrick

14. Billy's Boots: A First Lift-the-Flap Book by Debbie MacKinnon

15. The Baby by Monica Greenfield

16. Baby Says by John Steptoe

17. Bear On A Bike by Stella Blackstone

18. Funny Farm by Tom Arma

19. Beach Babble by Kimberly Knutson

20. Busy Toes by C.W. Bowie

21. Baby Dance by Ann Taylor

22. My Daddy and I by Eloise Greenfield

23. Big Friend, Little Friend by Eloise Greenfield

24. Watch Me Dance by Andrea Pinkney

25. We're Going To The Zoo by Lorraine Gallacher

                                       

Kids ages 4 - 8

1. The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

2. Rainbow Joe and Me by Maria Diaz Strom                                                            

3. Happy To Be Nappy by Bell Hooks

4. Black, White, Just Right!  by Marguerite W. Davol

5. Just Like Mike by Gail Herman

6. Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis

7. Wings by Christopher Myers

8. Satchmo's Blues by Alan Schroeder

9. At Break of Day by Nikki Grimes

10. Singing With Momma Lou by Linda Jacobs Altman

11. Say Hey!: A Song of Willie Mays by Peter Mandel

12. Summer Sun Risin' by W. Nikola-Lisa

13. Furaha Means Happy by Ken Wilson-Max

14. Sister Anne's Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki

15. Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles

16. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad In The Sky by Faith Ringgold

17. Pink And Say by Patricia Polacco

18. A Rainbow All Around Me by Sandra L. Pinkney

19. The Big Box by Toni Morrison  

20. Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack

21. My Mom Is My Show-and-Tell by Delores Johnson

22. Saturday At The New You by Barbara E. Barber

23. Bintou's Braids by Sylviane A. Diout

24. Down The Winding Road by Angela Johnson

25. Quinnie Blue by Dinah Johnson

 

Kids ages 9 - 12

1. Handbook for Boys: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers

2. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

3. Bluish: A Novel by Virginia Hamilton

4. Jazmin's Notebook by Nikki Grimes

5. Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story by Andrea Pinkney

6. The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake

7. Looking For Red by Angela Johnson

8. Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson

9. The Land by Mildred Taylor 

10. Money Hungry by Sharon Flake    

12. Crossing Jordan by Adrian Fogelin

13. The Longest Ride by Denise Lewis Patrick

14. One True Friend by Joyce Hansen

15. A Piece of Heaven by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

16. Here We Go Round by Alice McGill

17. The Color Midnight Made by Andrew Winer

18. Suitcase by Mildred Pitts Walter

19. The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill

20. In Your Face! by Robb Armstrong

21. Double Dutch by Veronica Chambers

22. A Drawing In The Sand: A Story of African-American Art by Jerry Butler

23. Dance, Kayla! by Darwin McBeth Walton

24. Talking with Tebé by Clementine Hunter

25. Crowing Glory by Joyce Carol Thomas

          

Teens

1. Stretch Your Wings: Famous Black Quotations for Teens by Janet Bell

2. When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune by Lori Williams

3. Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

4. Songs Of Faith by Angela Johnson

5. Shayla's Double: Brown Baby Blues by Lori Williams

6. Monster by Walter Dean Myers & Chris Myers

7.  Spellbound by Janet McDonald

8. Tears Of A Tiger by Sharon Draper

9. Staying Pure by Stephanie Perry Moore

10. Little Sisters On The Homefront by Rita Williams Garcia

11. The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks

12. ZACK by William Bell

13. Born In Sin by Evelyn Coleman

14. If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

15. Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People by Nikki Giovanni

16. Got It Goin' On - II: Power Tool for Girls by Janice Ferebee

17. My Name is Not Angelica by Scott O'Dell

18. Rite of Passage by Richard Wright

19. The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman

20. Life In The Ghetto by Anika D. Thomas

21. Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi

22. Education Of Mary by Ann Rinaldi

23. Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi

24. Fresh Girl by Jaira Placide

25. Looking For Red by Angela Johnson

 

Young Adults

1. America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories edited by Ann Mazer

2. Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon Draper 

3. Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes

4. Hellified by Tracy Grant

5. Flame by Stephanie Perry Moore          

6. My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid   

7. The Blueprint for My Girls by Yasmin Shiraz 

8. The Contender by Robert Lipsyte

9. Wolf by The Ears by Ann Rinaldi

10. Disappearance by Rosa Guy

11. The Hearts Call Home by Joyce Hansen

12. Motown and Didi: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers

13. Fast Talk on a Slow Track by Rita Williams-Garcia

14. Imani All Mine by Connie Rose Porter

15. No Disrespect by Sister Souljah

16. All The Trouble You Need by Jervey Tervalon 

17. Chill Wind by Janet MacDonald

 

 

 

 

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