Discover children's books with Black characters!

4 - 8 years

  • Cute Toot

  • Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal (A Sweet Blackberry Book)

  • Yaya and the Sea

  • Dear Muslim Child: Building Self-Esteem and Resilience

  • Sydney’s Big Speech

  • Bros

  • Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

  • The Spark in You

  • Homegrown

  • We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King

  • Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

  • My Block Looks Like

  • I’m Going to Be a Princess

  • When I Wrap My Hair

  • 7 Is My Favorite Number!: A Kwanzaa Celebration (Dr. Tolefree’s Black Children’s Book Collection)

  • Your Voice, Your Vote

  • Love Bubble

  • Keep Dreaming, Black Child

  • Keyana Loves Her Friend (Keyana, 2)

  • Etta Extraordinaire

  • Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging

  • Zora, the Story Keeper

  • Santa’s Gotta Go!

  • Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration

  • Tokyo Night Parade

  • The Day of Dreams (Super Sema)

  • The Bronx Is My Home

  • Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson

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

  • Lullaby for the King

  • There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

  • Nesting Dolls

  • I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams

  • Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

  • Harlem at Four

  • I’m From

  • Something, Someday

  • Kicks in the Sky

  • Old to Joy

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