Discover children's books with Black characters!

Friendship, Social Skills and School Life

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

  • Dancing with Butterflies: Discovering Mindfulness Through Breathing

  • Grandma’s ABC’s of Growing Up: African American grandma shares her wisdom with children about life lessons and experiences through alphabets and poetry.

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

  • Different

  • In Cahoots with My Boots

  • My First Best Cousin Friend

  • My Summer Skin is Radiant

  • Black Girls Are…

  • Awesome, Spectacular Daughter – That’s ME

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

  • I Am Amazing!

  • Little Troublemaker Makes a Mess

  • Hurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late!

  • Mermaid and Pirate

  • You Come from Greatness: A Celebration of Black History: A Picture Book

  • Nigel y la luna: Nigel and the Moon (Spanish Edition)

  • The Last Chance for Logan County (A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure)

  • Benny and the Race

  • Shady Baby

  • The Me I Choose To Be

  • Stacey’s Extraordinary Words (The Stacey Stories)

  • Remember to Dream, Ebere

  • Stuntboy, in the Meantime (1)

  • Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History

  • Dream Street

  • Room for Everyone

  • What’s My Superpower : A Book About Discovering Your Unique Talents

  • Hair Day

  • I’m Going to Be a Big Sister!: A Heartwarming Book to Help Prepare a Soon-To-Be Older Sibling for a New Baby | Black & African American Children’s Books

  • Sharing Is the New Cool

  • I’m A Little King: Positive Affirmations for Black and Brown Boys

  • Always with You, Always with Me

  • Girls Like Me

  • Earthbred: This Light of Mine

  • Smart Sisters (Happy Hair)

  • Girls Can Be Engineers

  • Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Tutu Many Problems (previously published as Terrible Terrel) (Sugar Plum Ballerinas, 4)

  • Little Black Girl: Oh, the Things You Can Do!

  • Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do!