African Americans
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Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
$9.99 Add to cartArmani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday. She’s having a party, her mama is making a big cake, and she has a good feeling about a certain wrapped box. Turning ten years old is … [more below]
- Author: Lamana, Julie T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 1452128804
- Language: English
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Pulpo Guisado
$8.99 Read moreWhat do you do when an octopus captures Grandma? Put on your superhero cape and rescue her! Award-winning Afro-Latino artist Eric Velasquez’s delightfully meta story is now in Spanish.
A Bank Street B- Author: Velasquez, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 823452514
- Language: Spanish
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Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics): The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
$8.99 Add to cartWhether he is besting Brer Fox or sneaking into Mr. Man’s garden, Brer Rabbit is always teaching a valuable lesson. These classic tales are full of wit, humor, and creativity, and Julius Lester brings… [more below]
- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Lester, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 28 2006
- ISBN10: 0142407208
- Language: English
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Jackie & Me
$9.99 Add to cartWith more than 2 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures bring the greatest players in history to life!
Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoshack has to write a report on an African Ame
- Series: Baseball Card Adventures
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 02 2000
- ISBN10: 0380800845
- Language: English
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Jamaica’s Find
$9.99 Add to cartIn this richly illustrated picture book, when first grader Jamaica finds a stuffed animal in the park, she comes up against a moral dilemma and the concepts of right and wrong.
Jamaica really likes t- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Havill, Juanita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 21 1987
- ISBN10: 0395453577
- Language: English
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Aunt Flossie’s Hats and Crab Cakes Later
$8.99 Read moreA lyrical celebration of Black families and family history based on the author’s own memories of her great-aunt, with lush illustrations by James E. Ransome.
Sunday afternoons are Sarah and Susan’s f- Author: Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 31
- Publish Date: February 01 1995
- ISBN10: 039572077X
- Language: English
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Destiny’s Gift
$11.95 Read moreDestiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade’s bookstore, where words abound.
Destiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade’s bookstore, where words abo
- Author: Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 160060644X
- Language: English
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Cool Cuts
$16.99 Read moreMechal Renee Roe, illustrator of Vice President Kamala Harris’s Super Heroes Are Everywhere, creates a joyful, positive, read-together book celebrating boys with natural black hair that will have kids… [more below]
- Series: Happy Hair
- Author: Roe, Mechal Renee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1984895575
- Language: English
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
$9.99 Read moreThroughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker atta
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0152018921
- Language: English
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As Brave as You
$19.99 Read moreKirkus Award Finalist
Schneider Family Book Award Winner Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book In this “pitch-perfect contemporary novel” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Coretta Scott King – John- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1481415905
- Language: English
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MIA Mayhem Steals the Show!
$6.99 Add to cartMia plays a superhero in a school play in this eighth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series
Mia finds out that her regular school will be putting on a play about superheroes As soon as the- Series: MIA Mayhem #8
- Author: West, Kara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1534467238
- Language: English
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A Good Kind of Trouble
$19.99 Read moreFrom debut author Lisa Moore Ram? comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Gi
- Author: Ramée, Lisa Moore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0062836684
- Language: English
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Lost in the Tunnel of Time
$6.99 Add to cartIn this second book of the classic chapter book series by award-winning author Sharon M. Draper, four boys who call themselves the Black Dinosaurs explore an old tunnel that once was part of the Under… [more below]
- Series: Clubhouse Mysteries #2
- Author: Draper, Sharon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 12 2011
- ISBN10: 1442427043
- Language: English
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Laverne Cox
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Laverne Cox, the actress and trans pioneer.
As a kid, Laverne felt d- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #86
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0711270910
- Language: English
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Show Way
$18.99 Read moreWinner of a Newbery Honor
Soonie’s great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced… [more below]- Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0399237496
- Language: English
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Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
$18.99 Add to cart“Lyons delivers the history of a song that has inspired generations of African-Americans to persist and resist in the face of racism and systemic oppression. . . . A heartfelt history of a historic an… [more below]
- Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0525516093
- Language: English
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EllRay Jakes Is Magic
$7.99 Read moreSmall kid. Big Stage.
Does EllRay have a talent to put on show for the entire school? When EllRay and his friends hear about the school talent show, they’re not impressed. They’re too old for that stu- Series: EllRay Jakes #06
- Author: Warner, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0142423602
- Language: English
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Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History
$19.99 Add to cartYour Legacy is a proud, empowering picture book introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors from author Schele Williams and illustrator Tonya Engel.
Your sto- Author: Williams, Schele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1419748750
- Language: English
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Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit
$18.99 Add to cartJERRY PINKNEY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD
When Josey wonders why people are so different, Dad helps her understand that our differences aren’t a mistake. In fact, we have many differences because God is crea
- Author: McCaulley, Esau
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1514003570
- Language: English
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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball
$19.99 Read moreWinner of the 2021 Orbis Pictus Award, Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball is a picture book biography of the basketball legend from award-winning creators Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison… [more below]
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 141974108X
- Language: English
