A selected list of children's picture books about African American history and the African American experience. 


Book cover for The Bell Rang

The Bell Rang

Ransome, James
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Barnes, Derrick D.
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Going Down Home With Daddy

Going Down Home With Daddy

Lyons, Kelly Starling
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Grandma's Purse

Grandma's Purse

Brantley-Newton, Vanessa
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Hair Love

Hair Love

Cherry, Matthew A.
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Hands Up!

Hands Up!

McDaniel, Breanna J.
Call Number: xz
Book cover for I Am Enough

I Am Enough

Byers, Grace
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Last Stop on Market Street

Last Stop on Market Street

de la Pena, Matt
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Layla's Happiness

Layla's Happiness

Tallie, Mariahadessa Ekere
Call Number: xz folio
Book cover for Let the Children March

Let the Children March

Clark-Robinson, Monica
Call Number: xz
Book cover for M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child

M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child

Rose, Tiffany
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Mae Among the Stars

Mae Among the Stars

Ahmed, Roda
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans

Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans

Bildner, Phil
Call Number: xz
Book cover for The Quickest Kid in Clarksville

The Quickest Kid in Clarksville

Miller, Pat Zietlow
Call Number: xz

(Gr. K-2) Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.  

Book cover for Saturday

Saturday

Mora, Oge
Call Number: xz
Book cover for The Stuff of Stars

The Stuff of Stars

Bauer, Marion Dane
Call Number: xz folio
Book cover for This is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration

This is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration

Woodson, Jacqueline
Call Number: xz

Grades K -3

A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.
Book cover for Underground

Underground

Evans, Shane
Call Number: xz

(Grades K - 3) A family uses the Underground Railroad to escape slavery. Sparsely worded but powerful.

Book cover for What is Given From the Heart

What is Given From the Heart

McKissack, Pat
Call Number: xz
Book cover for Woke Baby

Woke Baby

Browne, Mahogany L.
Call Number: xz