Discover children's books with Black characters!

4 - 8 years

  • 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)

  • A Walk in the Woods

  • Black Girls: A celebration of you!

  • The Artivist

  • Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?)

  • Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • Window Fishing

  • Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

  • Blue: The Many Ways I Feel (The Colors of My Life)

  • Good Things

  • Broken Crayons Still Color

  • Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever

  • Granny’s Vintage Camera (The Wealth Playground)

  • What My Daddy Loves

  • The Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story

  • Juneteenth: A Picture Book for Kids Celebrating Black Joy

  • Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush

  • Boy Dad

  • Joy Takes Root

  • Ketanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court

  • Hello, Mister Blue

  • I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots