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African Diaspora Authors

These children’s books are written by authors of the African diaspora.

  • Weekend and Zay | Juvenile, Social Themes and Friendship Children’s Fiction Book | Reading Age 7-12 | Grade Level 1-4 | Reycraft Books

  • Welcome Home, Anna Hibiscus!

  • Merry Christmas, Anna Hibiscus!

  • Abolition is Love

  • Salsa Magic

  • Snowy Mittens: A Winter Adventure (A Let’s Play Outside! Book): A Picture Book

  • I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams

  • Legends of Hip-Hop: 2Pac: A 1-2-3 Biography

  • Legends of Hip-Hop: Queen Latifah: An A-B-C Biography

  • Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

  • Harlem at Four

  • I’m From

  • Something, Someday

  • Kicks in the Sky

  • Wangari Speaks Out (Speak Out, 3)

  • Mama’s Sleeping Scarf

  • Old to Joy

  • Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • Jayylen’s Christmas Wish (Little Golden Book)

  • Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America

  • The Walk (A Stroll to the Poll): A Picture Book (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

  • A Walk in the Woods

  • See You on the Other Side

  • The Artivist

  • Locs, Not Dreads

  • Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?)

  • Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam! (A Fun in the City Book)

  • Window Fishing

  • A Place of Our Own (Ava Murray Writes the World, 2)

  • The Little Mermaid (Disney The Little Mermaid) (Little Golden Book)

  • Brown Sugar Baby Christmas Joy Board Book – Beautiful Holiday Story for Mothers and Newborns, Ages 0-3

  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

  • Julie and the Mango Tree

  • The Stars of Din / Las estrellas de Din (English and Spanish Edition)

  • Together We Swim

  • A Song So Black, So Proud!

  • Blue: The Many Ways I Feel (The Colors of My Life)

  • Good Things

  • Jayden’s Secret Ingredient