Picture Books
Don't touch my hair!
Sharee Miller
eBOOK
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter
Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair, but must go to extremes to avoid people who touch it without permission until, finally, she speaks up. Includes author's note.
Brown baby lullaby
Tameka Fryer Brown
eBOOK
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter
An illustrated lullaby featuring a busy, independent, beloved brown baby being prepared for bedtime.
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In your hands
Carole Boston Weatherford
jE Weatherf
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter
"A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"--
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The undefeated
Kwame Alexander
eBOOK
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter, Black History
"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--
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Hair, it's a family affair!
Mylo Freeman
jE Freeman
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter
Join Macy as she describes her family and their hairstyles, from Afros to purple hair.
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This is the rope : a story from the Great Migration
Jacqueline Woodson
jE Woodson
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter, Black History
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.
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Baby says
John Steptoe
jBOARD BOOK Steptoe
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter
A baby and big brother figure out how to get along.
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Lift every voice and sing : a celebration of the African American national anthem
James Weldon Johnson
jE Johnson
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter, Black History
An illustrated version of the song written by civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson in 1899 that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.
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Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO
Tamara Pizzoli
jE Pizzoli
Picture Books
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy, a black businesswoman who runs one of the most successful tooth collecting organizations in the world, finds herself unexpectedly stumped when six-year-old Ballard Burchell leaves a note instead of his tooth under his pillow.
Added by Casey
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO
Tamara Pizzoli
jE Pizzoli
Picture Books
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy, a black businesswoman who runs one of the most successful tooth collecting organizations in the world, finds herself unexpectedly stumped when six-year-old Ballard Burchell leaves a note instead of his tooth under his pillow.
Added by Casey
Added by Casey