Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1970s

  1. Train Ride by John Steptoe
  2. Uptown by John Steptoe
  3. My Special Best Words by John Steptoe
  4. Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood by James Baldwin
  5. Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel L. Feelings
  6. Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel L. Feelings
  7. Jim Flying High by Mari Evans
  8. Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis
  9. The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
  10. I Can Do It by Myself by Lessie Jones Little
  11. The Best Time of Day by Valerie Flournoy
  12. Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough
  13. Paul Robeson by Eloise Greenfield
  14. The Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring by Lucille Clifton
  15. Some of the Days of Everett Anderson by Lucille Clifton
  16. Everett Anderson’s Christmas coming by Lucille Clifton
  17. Everett Anderson’s Year by Lucille Clifton
  18. Everett Anderson’s Friend by Lucille Clifton
  19. Everett Anderson’s 1-2-3 by Lucille Clifton
  20. Don’t You Remember? by Lucille Clifton
  21. She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl by Eloise Greenfield
  22. Mary Jo’s Grandmother. by Janice May Udry
  23. Song of the Boat by Lorenz B. Graham
  24. Abby by Jeannette Franklin Caines
  25. Daddy by Jeannette Franklin Caines
  26. Three Wishes by Lucille Clifton
  27. Freight Train by Donald Crews