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Children's Books

  • Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim

  • Black Joy: Love Yourself, Love Your Culture

  • Jerk Chicken Magic

  • Lily’s Dream: A Fairy Friendship (Fairies Welcome)

  • Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins―The First Lady of Children’s Music

  • When I Hear Spirituals

  • On Our Way! What a Day!

  • When Alexander Graced the Table

  • And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories

  • Jollof Day

  • Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Change (Difference Makers)

  • The Story of Fannie Lou Hamer: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies)

  • Love from Anna Hibiscus

  • Radiant

  • Stories of the Spirit of Justice

  • Operation Sisterhood: Stealing the Show!

  • Kojo Goes to the Library (Leaders Are Readers)

  • Carl Walker: The Sound of Justice (Difference Makers)

  • Patty Dreams

  • Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince

  • Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Six Guiding Beliefs (as told by his niece)

  • Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist

  • Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark

  • Wash Day with Mama

  • Soulful Struttin’

  • Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • Saturday Morning at the ‘Shop

  • Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas

  • Kwame Votes

  • Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence