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Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Keith Henry Brown
Standing in the Need of Prayer by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa
Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter
Choosing Brave by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o and Vashti Harrison
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes
Thank You Omu by Oge Mora
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison
Drawn Together by Minh Lê and Dan Santat
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn
Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
I Can Write the World by Joshunda Sanders and Charly Palmer
The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan and Lorraine Rocha
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
We Are in a Book by Mo Willems
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Henry's Freedom Box by Kadir Nelson and Ellen Levine
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon
Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
KIDS
Betty Before X by Illyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
middle
GRADE
Adults
Viictory Stand! by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, & Derrick Barnes
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Tyrell by Coe Booth
Bronxwood by Coe Booth
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryant
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
March: Book 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Asking For It by Louise O'Neill
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Dig by A. S. King
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We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Hey Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown
The Truth of Right Now by Kara Lee Corthron
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
Yummy by Greg Neri
Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress
Edith Jackson by Rosa Guy