Children's Book Suggestions | Black History Month Picture Books

Fiction and nonfiction picture books by pioneering Black authors and illustrators featured in this month's scavenger hunt.

Updated December 16, 2023
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Just like me
Brantley-Newton, Vanessa
Paper Book
An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to readers of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them. I am a canvas ...
Me & Mama
Cabrera, Cozbi A.
Paper Book
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Cooper, Floyd
Paper Book
Experience the wonder of the moon following you home with a Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator! Great for Father's Day and Grandparent's Day! Max loves his grandpa.When they must say good-bye after a visit, Grandpa promises Max that the moon at Grandpa's house is the...
Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird
Copeland, Misty
Paper Book
Change sings : a children's anthem
Gorman, Amanda
Paper Book
A lyrical picture book debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long   "I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song....
Last stop on Market Street
de la Peña, Matt
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Winner of the Newbery Medal A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Century
Saturday
Mora, Oge
Paper Book
In this warm and tender story by the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Thank You, Omu!, join a mother and daughter on an up-and-down journey that reminds them of what's best about Saturdays: precious time together. Today would be special. Today would be splendid. It...
Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Steptoe, Javaka
Paper Book
Somewhere in Brooklyn, a little boy dreams of being a famous artist, not knowing that one day he would make himself a king. Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had...

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