Books for ages 4 - 8.

Africa Brothers and Sisters by Virginia Kroll

African-American Biographies: A Collection of Mini-Books

African Princess by Lyra Edmonds

Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber

Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Angel Baby by Pat Cummings

Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold

Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney

Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson

Be Boy Buzz by Bell Hooks

Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

Because You’re Lucky by Irene Smalls-Hector

Being Me: Keepsake Scrapbook for African American Girls, A by Toni Parker

Bessie Smith and the Night Raiders by Susan Stauffacher

The Big Storm by Robin Reid

Black All Around! by Patricia Hubbell

Book of Mean People by Toni Morrison

Colors Come From God Just Like Me by Carolyn A. Forche

Colors of Us by Karen Katz

Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson

Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough

Creativity by John Steptoe

Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes

Danitra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes

Don’t Say It Ain’t by Irene Smalls

Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange

Family by Isabelle Monk

Fishing Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Flip-Flops by Nancy Cote

Fly, Bessie, Fly by Lynn Joseph

For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me Eloise Greenfield

Full, Full, Full of Love by Rish Cooke

Frederick Douglass (First Biographies) by Lola M. Schaefer

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles

From Miss Ida’s Porch by Sandra Belton

God Smiles When by Wade Hudson

Going North by Janice Harrington

Gospel Cinderella by Joyce Carol Thomas

Grandmama’s Pride by Becky Birtha

Grandpa Is Everything Black Bad? by Sandy Lynne Holman

Great Black Heroes: Five Bold Freedom Fighters by Wade Hudson

Hard Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smoothers

Here We Go Round by Alice McGill

Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolan

Holy Bible Illustrated Especially for Children of Color

Homemade Love by Bell Hooks

Hope by Isabelle Monk

How Many Stars Are In the Sky? by Lenny Hort

I’ll Do The Right Thing by Jean Alicia Elster

If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold

In the Land of Words by Eloise Greenfield

Jacob Lawrence (Life and Work Of’, the) by A. R. Schaefer

Jewels by Belinda Rochelle

Joe-Joe’s First Flight by Earl Lewis

Joe Lewis America’s Fighter by David Adler

Jonathan and His Mommy by Irene Smalls-Hector

Jones Family Express by Javaka Steptoe

Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Courtni C. Wright

Jump! From the Life of Michael Jordan by Floyd Cooper

Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford

Just Right Stew by Karen English

Kevin and His Dad by Irene Smalls-Hector

Langston’s Train Ride by Robert Burleigh

Let’s Get Ready for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Welcome Books: Celebrations) by Lloyd G. Douglas

Maniac Monkeys by Angela Johnson

Martin Luther King Jr. (Rookie Biographies) by Wil Mara

Mary McLeod Bethune (Crowell Biographies) by Eloise Greenfield

Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Life and Art of Romare Bearden by Claire Hartfield

Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes

My Best Friend by Mary Ann Rodman

My Man Blue by Nikki Grimes

My Mom is My Show and Tell by Dolores Johnson

My New School by Pamela Anderson

Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron

Nobody Owns The Sky: The Story of by Reeve Lindbergh

Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family by Dolores Johnson

Oh Lord I Wish I Was a Buzzard by Polly Greenberg

Patchwork Path by Bettye Shroud

Pickin’ Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald

Pictures for Miss Josie by Sandra Betton

The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton

Red Dancing Shoes by Denise Lewis Patrick

Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan

Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Shaking Bag by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert

Shanna’s Ballerina Show by Jean Marzollo

Shanna’s Teacher Show by Jean Marzollo

Snug in Momma’s Arms by Angela Shelf Medearis

Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry by Bebe Moore Campbell

Sojourner Truth by Gywnne Swain

Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Maya Angelou

Suitcase by Mildred Pitts Walter

Sunday Morning at Momma’s House by Robin Miller Ingram

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

Take it to the Hoop, Magic Johnson by Quincy Troupe

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

This is the Dream by Dianne Shore

Two Mrs. Gibson by Toyomi Ignus

Under the Christmas Tree by Nikki Grimes

Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson

Uptown by Bryan Collier

Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele

What’s In Aunt Mary’s Room? by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Willimena and Mrs. Sweetly’s Guinea Pig by Valerie Wilson Wesley