by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Winner of the 2020 Caldecott MedalA 2020 Newbery Honor BookWinner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator AwardThe Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tr...
by Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by Rafael López
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureA #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award ...
by Carolel Boston Weatherford; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
An Arnold Adoff Poetry Award for Early Readers Honor BookTake a walk through Harlem’s Sugar Hill and meet all the amazing people who made this neighborhood legendary. With upbeat rhyming and...
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; paintings by Kadir Nelson
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 of hi...
by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Jamey Christoph
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary WorkGordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he ...
by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney
Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narrative...
by Vashti Harrison
Based on her popular Instagram posts, debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison shares the stories of 40 bold African American women who shaped historyAmong these women, you’ll find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraord...