June 18, 2021

Some of Read Ahead’s favorite books featuring Black characters and stories

  • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Ages 2-5)
  • The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (Ages 3-5)
  • Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renee Watson (Ages 3-7)
  • Pop Pop and Me and a Recipe by Irene Smalls (Ages 4-7)
  • All Because You Matter by Tami Charles (Ages 4-8)
  • Hair Love by Matthew Cherry (Ages 4-8)
  • I am Enough by Grace Byers (Ages 4-8)
  • Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall (Ages 4-8)
  • Let Freedom Sing by Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Ages 4+)
  • Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed (Ages 4-8)
  • Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Ages 4-8)
  • Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez (Ages 4-8)
  • Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker & Jessica Curry (Ages 4-8)
  • Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o (Ages 4-8)
  • Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora (Ages 4-8)
  • The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad (Ages 4-8)
  • Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (Ages 4-8)
  • Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews (Ages 4-8)
  • The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard (Ages 4-8)
  • Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty (Ages 5-7)
  • Brown Boy Joy by Dr. Thomishia Booker (Ages 5-8)
  • Firebird by Misty Copeland (Ages 5-8)
  • Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration by Samara Cole Doyon (Ages 6-8)
  • Astronaut Annie by Suzanne Slade (Ages 6-8)
  • When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball by Mark Weakland (Ages 6-8)
  • Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Ages 6-9)
  • The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander (Ages 6-9)
  • The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Ages 7-10)
  • Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford (Ages 9-12)
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