Kids - Black Authors

From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to the hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed mi...

A library card unlocks a new life for a young girl in this picture book about the power of imagination, from Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morris...

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life's burning questions about time and memor...

This award-winning poetry collection includes sixteen poems that tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life seen through the eyes of a child...

A little boy's joyous encounter with his hero, boxing champion and poet Muhammad Ali, is everything he's dreamed of--and more! Like most of the kid...

From Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Nikki Grimes and highly-acclaimed illustrator Wendell Minor comes a stunning picture book about the ...

Everett Anderson's Goodbye is a touching portrait of a little boy who is trying to come to grips with his father's death. Lucille Clifton capture...

On the eve of singing at a community festival, a bout of stage fright threatens a little girl's confidence. As Indigo Blume drifts off to sleep, ...

Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni’s poems to illustrate with his inimitab...

A veces, cuando por fin damos el paso, suceden cosas increíbles. Habrá veces en que entres a un lugar y no veas a nadie como tú. Hay muchas razon...

“Lends the ‘attitude of gratitude’ relevance beyond Thanksgiving Day.” —Booklist “Offers a variety of reasons for giving thanks and feeling appr...

A new edition for a new world of one of literary legend Toni Morrison’s first picture books with her son, Slade Morrison. With an afterword by th...

WINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR AND THE JANE ADDAMS PEACE AWARD! Each kindness makes the world a little better This unforgettable book is wr...

Gia is tired of hearing about the new baby. It hasn't even been born yet, but everyone, even her friends, seem fixated on it. Gia thinks things a...

Jacqueline Woodson—New York Times Bestselling, National Book Award and Newbery Honor winning author—writes a rich story of a family adapting to c...

A sweet addition to the family is coming! Written by National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Caldecott Award-winnin...

The story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one ...

Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant young adult novel of deception, self-discovery, and knowing what to do w...

Notes From Black ReadsA masterfully woven tale about the experiences of 10 different groups of kids on their way home from the same school. A gr...

Kirkus Award Finalist Schneider Family Book Award Winner Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book In this “pitch-perfect contemporary novel” (Kirk...

Notes From Black ReadsThis gorgeous companion to the bestselling The Day You Begin is full of family, heart, creativity and even artfully touche...

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!National Book Award w...

Notes From Black ReadsThis sweet and funny illustrated novel follows Portico Reeves, a young boy with a super-secret superhero identity who prot...

Notes From Black ReadsA masterfully woven tale about the experiences of 10 different groups of kids on their way home from the same school. A gr...