Discover children's books with Black characters!

4 - 8 years

  • The Heart Never Forgets

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

  • You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil TJ Book

  • What Love Looks Like

  • The Boy Who Found His Voice

  • Soul Step

  • I See Color

  • My Daddy Is a Cowboy: A Picture Book

  • Saturday Magic: A Hoodoo Story

  • Ruby René Had So Much to Say

  • Nana’s New Soul Food: Discovering Vegan Soul Food

  • Peaches: A Picture Book

  • Abuela’s Library

  • Be, Black Girl, Be

  • They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park

  • Back Home: Story Time with My Father

  • Between Two Windows

  • Natural Me

  • The Little Regent

  • 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