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2019 Picture Books By Black Americans

  1. What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack
  2. Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel
  3. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
  4. Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me by Eloise Greenfield
  5. Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
  6. Another by Christian Robinson
  7. The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome
  8. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
  9. Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan
  10. Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield’s First Ride by Joel Christian Gill
  11. Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
  12. The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
  13. The Night Is Yours by Abdul-Razak Zachariah
  14. Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
  15. Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson story by Susan Robeson
  16. Sing a Song: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons
  17. Fresh Princess by Denene Millner
  18. I Can Write the World by Joshunda Sanders
  19. Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney
  20. How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
  21. Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry
  22. The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives by Eloise Greenfield
  23. Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington
  24. Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  25. Puppy Truck by Brian Pinkney
  26. The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin
  27. My Baby Loves Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids by Jabari Asim
  28. M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child by Tiffany Rose
  29. My Hair by Hannah Lee
  30. One Big Heart: A Celebration of Being More Alike than Different by Linsey Davis
  31. The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in London by Serena Minott
  32. Layla’s Happiness by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
  33. Mother of Many by Pamela M. Tuck
  34. A Day at the Museum by Christine Platt
  35. Summer in Savannah by Christine Platt
  36. Over in Motown by Debbie Taylor
  37. We Chose You: A Book About Adoption, Family, and Forever Love by Tony Dungy
  38. Let ‘Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  39. Bitty Brown Babe by Deborah LeFalle
  40. I’ll Be Right There by Jonathan Marshall
  41. My Natural Hair Dictionary by Aundia Gray
  42. A Voice as Soft as a Honey Bee’s Flutter: Inspired by Psalm 46 (Be Still and Know Stories) by Jan Spivey Gilchrist