Discover children's books with Black characters!

4-8 years

  • Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer

  • I’m Beautiful Because I Am: Valuing Myself & Others With Empathy and Care

  • Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince

  • Wash Day with Mama

  • Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • Saturday Morning at the ‘Shop

  • Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas

  • Brown Girl, Brown Girl

  • The Band in Our Basement: A Picture Book

  • All the Greatness in You

  • Cicely Tyson

  • When Black Girls Dream Big

  • What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice

  • Black Artists Shaping the World: Picture Book Edition

  • Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • Missing Momma: A Picture Book

  • Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom

  • Plátanos Are Love

  • Sister Friend: A Picture Book

  • The River Is My Ocean

  • Stella and Roger Can’t Wait to Grow Up

  • Stacey Speaks Up

  • A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story

  • Great Idea Malia!

  • The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community

  • The Idea in You

  • My Hair Is a Book

  • Nell Plants a Tree

  • Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

  • She Remembered It All

  • Your House Is Not Just a House

  • The Joys of Being a Little Black Boy

  • When I See You

  • Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis