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2020 Picture Books By Black Americans

  1. Shiloh and Dande the Lion: Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself! by Ciara L. Hill
  2. Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  3. Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
  4. Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes
  5. A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson
  6. A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley
  7. Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom
  8. Praline Lady by Kirstie Myvett
  9. By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music by Carole Boston Weatherford
  10. Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  11. Fresh Princess: Style Rules! by Denene Millner
  12. Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
  13. Tiara’s Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons
  14. Ty’s Travels: All Aboard! by Kelly Starling Lyons
  15. Ty’s Travels: Zip, Zoom! by Kelly Starling Lyons
  16. Brown: The Many Shades of Love by Nancy Johnson James
  17. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
  18. Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe
  19. A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell-Brown
  20. Who Will You Be? by Andrea Pippins
  21. My Rainy Day Rocket Ship by Markette Sheppard
  22. Brown Sugar Babe by Charlotte Watson Sherman
  23. I Love Me! by Laronda Gardner Middlemiss
  24. Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues by Leah Henderson
  25. I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
  26. The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey
  27. Hey, Baby!: A Baby’s Day in Doodles by Andrea Pippins
  28. I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
  29. Welcome to the Party by Gabrielle Union
  30. You Matter by Christian Robinson
  31. The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  32. Bedtime Bonnet by Nancy Redd
  33. I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! by Alissa Holder
  34. The Little Mermaid by Jerry Pinkney
  35. Let’s Dance! by Valerie Bolling
  36. Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume by Kwame Alexander
  37. My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World by Malcolm Mitchell
  38. Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes
  39. My Baby Loves Valentine’s Day by Jabari Asim
  40. My Baby Loves Halloween by Jabari Asim
  41. Bubble Kisses by Vanessa Williams
  42. I Love Being Me! by Mechal Renee Roe
  43. The Amazing Adventures of Aya and Pete in New York! by Serena Minott
  44. Bee Love by Alan Page
  45. How Old Is Grandma? by Antoinette Simmonds
  46. The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shanté
  47. Isn’t It Scary? by Vernon Hamilton
  48. Merry Bay- Engine Failure by Nikki Payne
  49. Going to Ghana by Christine Platt
  50. The Perfect Pet by Christine Platt
  51. The Magic Violin by Christine Platt
  52. Brown Baby Lullaby by Tameka Fryer Brown
  53. Cocoa, Tea & Honey by Kimberly Davis-Peters
  54. Earthbred: This Light of Mine by C.S. Drummond
  55. Gladiola Garden by Effie Lee Newsome
  56. Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story by Shana Keller
  57. William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Don Tate
  58. For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World by Michael W. Waters