Early Readers by Black Americans Published in Decade: 2000s
- A Day with Daddy by Nikki Grimes
- I Can’t Take a Bath! by Irene Smalls
- Just For You!: Shop Talk by Juwanda G. Ford
- Three’s a Crowd by Gwendolyn Hooks
- What Do You Know? Snow! (Just For You!: Level 2) by Cheryl Willis Hudson
- The Mystery Of The Missing Dog by Gwendolyn Hooks
- Just For You!: Stop, Drop, And Chill by Derrick Barnes
- Singing for Dr. King by Angela Shelf Medearis
- Just For You!: Sunday Best by Juwanda G. Ford
- Just For You!: Only The Stars by Dee Boyd
- Just For You!: Hurry Up! by Bernette G. Ford
- Just For You! Don’t Hit Me by Bernette G. Ford
- I Hate To Be Sick by Aamir Bermiss
- Lights Out by Angela Shelf Medearis
- Mommy’s Bed by Sonia Black
- Just For You!: My Shoelaces Are Hard To Tie by Vanessa Holley
- Just For You! Low-down Bad-day Blues by Derrick Barnes
- Just For You: A Mom Like No Other by Christine Taylor-Butler
- Just For You!: Never Finished, Never Done! by Regina Brooks
- The Girls in the Circle by Nikki Giovanni
- Jumping The Broom by Sonia Black
- Just For You!: No Boys Allowed! by Christine Taylor-Butler
- Just For You!: The Bravest Girls In The World by Olivia George
- Just For You!: The Two Tyrones by Wade Hudson
- Messy Bessey’s Family Reunion by Patricia C. McKissack
- Miami Jackson Sees It Through by Patricia C. McKissack
- Miami Jackson Makes the Play by Patricia C. McKissack
- Ah-Choo by Christine Taylor-Butler
- Tippy Lemmey by Patricia C. McKissack
- One Million Men and Me by Kelly Starling Lyons
- Eddie’s Ordeal (NEATE, 4) by Kelly Starling Lyons
- Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Dyamonde Daniel, #1) by Nikki Grimes
- Rich (Dyamonde Daniel #2) by Nikki Grimes
- How to Lose Your Class Pet (Willimena Rules!, #1) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- How to Fish for Trouble (Willimena Rules!, #2) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- How to Lose Your Cookie Money (Willimena Rules!, #3) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- How to (Almost) Ruin Your School Play (Willimena Rules!, #4) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- 23 Ways to Mess Up Valentine’s Day (Willimena Rules!, #5) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- How to Face Up to the Class Bully (Willimena Rules!, #6) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- How to Have the Best Kwanzaa Ever (Willimena Rules!, #7) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- Donavan’s Double Trouble (Donovan, #2) by Monalisa DeGross
- Loved Best by Patricia C. McKissack
- Stepping Out with Grandma Mac by Nikki Grimes
- Addy’s Little Brother by Connie Rose Porter
- Addy’s Wedding Quilt by Connie Rose Porter
- Addy Studies Freedom by Connie Rose Porter
- Addy’s Summer Place by Connie Rose Porter
- Ready? Set. Raymond! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 2) by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Mountain Men (Reflections of a Black Cowboy #4) by Robert H. Miller
- On the Way to the Pond (Green Light Readers Level 2) by Angela Shelf Medearis
- Seeds Grow! by Angela Shelf Medearis