Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1970s
- Train Ride by John Steptoe
- Uptown by John Steptoe
- My Special Best Words by John Steptoe
- Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood by James Baldwin
- Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel L. Feelings
- Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel L. Feelings
- Jim Flying High by Mari Evans
- Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis
- The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
- I Can Do It by Myself by Lessie Jones Little
- The Best Time of Day by Valerie Flournoy
- Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough
- Paul Robeson by Eloise Greenfield
- The Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring by Lucille Clifton
- Some of the Days of Everett Anderson by Lucille Clifton
- Everett Anderson’s Christmas coming by Lucille Clifton
- Everett Anderson’s Year by Lucille Clifton
- Everett Anderson’s Friend by Lucille Clifton
- Everett Anderson’s 1-2-3 by Lucille Clifton
- Don’t You Remember? by Lucille Clifton
- She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl by Eloise Greenfield
- Mary Jo’s Grandmother. by Janice May Udry
- Song of the Boat by Lorenz B. Graham
- Abby by Jeannette Franklin Caines
- Daddy by Jeannette Franklin Caines
- Three Wishes by Lucille Clifton
- Freight Train by Donald Crews