Picture Books

I set the North Star in the heavens and I mean for you to be free... Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman hears these words from God one summer night and...

Author: Carrie Lara Illustrator: Christine Battuz Description: Follow a young girl as she works with her Abuela and her grandma to create a wonderful birthday present for her brother that...

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the...

Author: Andrea Beaty Illustrator: David Roberts Description: Ada has always been endlessly curious. Even when her fact-finding missions and elaborate scientific experiments don’t go as planned, Ada learns the value...

Author/Illustrator: Thao LamDescription: Even though it's only four simple, familiar letters long, nobody can ever pronounce Thao's name. She's been called Theo, Tail, even Towel! But the teasing names--Tofu, Tiny,...

Author: Matthew A. Cherry Illustrator: Vashti Harrison Description: Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy...

Author: Derrick Barnes Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Description: Starting kindergarten is a big milestone--and the hero of this story is ready to make his mark! He's dressed himself, eaten a pile...

This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and...

Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history....

Some kids sculpt sand castles. Some make mud pies. Some construct great block towers. But none are better at building than Iggy Peck, who once erected a life-size replica of...

A heartfelt and playful ode to the father-child relationship, by two-time Caldecott-medal-winning author Chris Raschka King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of...

Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church where...

In the newest picture book in the mega-bestselling Questioneers series, Sofia Valdez fights for change and finds her voice as a community leader!Every morning, Abuelo walks Sofia to school ....

Author: Amanda Gorman Illustrator: Loren Long Description: Anything is possible when our voices join together. As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn...

Author: Joan DiCicco Illustrator: Ebony Glenn Description: Using his ingenuity and tenacity, Garrett overcame racial barriers and forged a career as a successful businessman and inventor. But when a tunnel...

Author: Obiora NwazotaIllustrator: Lucie Van der ElstDescription: This is a classic Igbo folklore that takes place in an otherworldly time when women grew beards. It is a genesis story of...