Early Readers by Black Americans Published in Decade: 2000s

  1. A Day with Daddy by Nikki Grimes
  2. I Can’t Take a Bath! by Irene Smalls
  3. Just For You!: Shop Talk by Juwanda G. Ford
  4. Three’s a Crowd by Gwendolyn Hooks
  5. What Do You Know? Snow! (Just For You!: Level 2) by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  6. The Mystery Of The Missing Dog by Gwendolyn Hooks
  7. Just For You!: Stop, Drop, And Chill by Derrick Barnes
  8. Singing for Dr. King by Angela Shelf Medearis
  9. Just For You!: Sunday Best by Juwanda G. Ford
  10. Just For You!: Only The Stars by Dee Boyd
  11. Just For You!: Hurry Up! by Bernette G. Ford
  12. Just For You! Don’t Hit Me by Bernette G. Ford
  13. I Hate To Be Sick by Aamir Bermiss
  14. Lights Out by Angela Shelf Medearis
  15. Mommy’s Bed by Sonia Black
  16. Just For You!: My Shoelaces Are Hard To Tie by Vanessa Holley
  17. Just For You! Low-down Bad-day Blues by Derrick Barnes
  18. Just For You: A Mom Like No Other by Christine Taylor-Butler
  19. Just For You!: Never Finished, Never Done! by Regina Brooks
  20. The Girls in the Circle by Nikki Giovanni
  21. Jumping The Broom by Sonia Black
  22. Just For You!: No Boys Allowed! by Christine Taylor-Butler
  23. Just For You!: The Bravest Girls In The World by Olivia George
  24. Just For You!: The Two Tyrones by Wade Hudson
  25. Messy Bessey’s Family Reunion by Patricia C. McKissack
  26. Miami Jackson Sees It Through by Patricia C. McKissack
  27. Miami Jackson Makes the Play by Patricia C. McKissack
  28. Ah-Choo by Christine Taylor-Butler
  29. Tippy Lemmey by Patricia C. McKissack
  30. One Million Men and Me by Kelly Starling Lyons
  31. Eddie’s Ordeal (NEATE, 4) by Kelly Starling Lyons
  32. Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Dyamonde Daniel, #1) by Nikki Grimes
  33. Rich (Dyamonde Daniel #2) by Nikki Grimes
  34. How to Lose Your Class Pet (Willimena Rules!, #1) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  35. How to Fish for Trouble (Willimena Rules!, #2) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  36. How to Lose Your Cookie Money (Willimena Rules!, #3) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  37. How to (Almost) Ruin Your School Play (Willimena Rules!, #4) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  38. 23 Ways to Mess Up Valentine’s Day (Willimena Rules!, #5) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  39. How to Face Up to the Class Bully (Willimena Rules!, #6) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  40. How to Have the Best Kwanzaa Ever (Willimena Rules!, #7) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  41. Donavan’s Double Trouble (Donovan, #2) by Monalisa DeGross
  42. Loved Best by Patricia C. McKissack
  43. Stepping Out with Grandma Mac by Nikki Grimes
  44. Addy’s Little Brother by Connie Rose Porter
  45. Addy’s Wedding Quilt by Connie Rose Porter
  46. Addy Studies Freedom by Connie Rose Porter
  47. Addy’s Summer Place by Connie Rose Porter
  48. Ready? Set. Raymond! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 2) by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  49. Mountain Men (Reflections of a Black Cowboy #4) by Robert H. Miller
  50. On the Way to the Pond (Green Light Readers Level 2) by Angela Shelf Medearis
  51. Seeds Grow! by Angela Shelf Medearis