Discover children's books with Black characters!

Difficult Discussions

  • Do You Know Them?: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War

  • Born Driven

  • Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

  • Danté Plays His Blues

  • Dear You, Dream Big!

  • Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom

  • I See Color

  • Dear Muslim Child: Building Self-Esteem and Resilience

  • Bright Stars of Black British History

  • The ABCs of Black History (The ABCs of History)

  • Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

  • Your Voice, Your Vote

  • What Do Brothas Do All Day?

  • Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging

  • Zora, the Story Keeper

  • We Could Fly

  • On the Line: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette

  • Abolition is Love

  • I’m From

  • Something, Someday

  • Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America

  • A Walk in the Woods

  • See You on the Other Side

  • Good Things

  • Do NOT Touch Me There!: An Important Children’s Book For Staying Safe and Learning About Their Bodies.

  • Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington

  • Hello, Mister Blue

  • Dear Star Baby

  • Daddy & Me, Side by Side

  • The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States

  • Ebony and Her Crown: An inspirational poem about positive self-image

  • Black Boy Hair Joy: A Rhyming Book that Teaches Black Boys Self Love

  • With My Permission: A Child’s Guide to Understanding Consent

  • My Summer Skin is Radiant

  • Big (Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title)

  • The Probability of Everything

  • Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King

  • Sharing Is the New Cool

  • Girls Like Me

  • Earthbred: This Light of Mine