Black Voices & Culture: Books for Early Childhood

Updated January 10, 2024
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I am every good thing
Barnes, Derrick
Paper Book
Selected by Oprah Magazine as one of its 'essential books for discussing racism with kids'. I am a non-stop ball of energy. Powerful and full of light. I am a go-getter. A difference-maker. A leader. Step inside the mind of the...
Time for bed, old house
Bates, Janet Costa
Paper Book
Big
Harrison, Vashti
Once there was a girl with a big laugh and a big heart and very big dreams. She grew and grew and grew. And it was good... until it wasn't. When the girl grows big, the world begins to make her feel small. She feels out of place and invisible, and soon she isn't...
Milo imagines the world
de la Pen a, Matt
Paper Book
A warm and richly satisfying story from an award-winning picture book duo about a little boy with a big imagination who learns that you can't know anyone just by looking at them. Set in a bustling city, and full of a family love that binds even in difficult circumstances.Milo is on a train journey...
Sulwe
Nyong'o, Lupita
Paper Book
From Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colourism, self-esteem and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe's skin is the colour of midnight. She's darker than everyone in her family, and everyone at school. ...

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