African American Children’s Authors

Enjoy these wonderful tales of triumph, challenges, hope and above all, love.

Stacey’s extraordinary words, by Stacey Abrams
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How to read a book, by Kwame Alexander
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I am every good thing, by Derrick D. Barnes
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The king of Kindergarten, by Derrick Barnes
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Zuri Ray tries ballet, by Tami Charles
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When we say Black Lives Matter, by Maxine Beneba Clarke
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We shall overcome, by Bryan Collier
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Parker looks up: an extraordinary moment, by Parker Curry
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Ruby‘s reunion day dinner, by Angela Dalton
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Chocolate me!, by Taye Diggs
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Not quite Snow White, by Ashley Franklin
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Thinker: my puppy poet and me, by Eloise Greenfield
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Bedtime for sweet creatures, by Nikki Grimes
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The dream keeper and other poems, by Langston Hughes
Library Catalog / Libby

Daddy calls me a man, by Angela Johnson
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Salt in his shoes: Michael Jordan in pursuit of a dream, by Deloris Jordan
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Antiracist Baby, by Ibram X. Kendi
Library Catalog / eBook / Audiobook

Let’s talk about race, by Julius Lester
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Sleepover scientist, by Kelly Starling Lyons
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Hey black child, by Useni Eugene Perkins
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Time for Kenny, by Brian Pinkney
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Bedtime bonnet, by Nancy Redd
Library Catalog / Libby

Stuntboy, in the meantime, by Jason Reynolds
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When my cousins come to town, by Angela Shanté
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Dreams for a daughter, by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre, by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Clayton Byrd goes underground, by Rita Williams-Garcia
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