Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1980s
- AFRO-BETS ABC Book by Cheryl Willis Hudson
- Afro-Bets 1,2,3 by Cheryl Willis Hudson
- Daddy Is a Monster…Sometimes by John Steptoe
- Grandpa’s Face by Eloise Greenfield
- Grandmama’s Joy by Eloise Greenfield
- Daydreamers by Tom Feelings
- Under the Sunday Tree by Eloise Greenfield
- The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
- Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes
- The Twins Strike Back by Valerie Flournoy
- The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
- Ty’s One-Man Band by Mildred Pitts Walter
- My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter
- C.L.O.U.D.S. by Pat Cummings
- Jimmy Lee Did It by Pat Cummings
- Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield
- Bunny’s Walk by Denise Lewis Patrick
- Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes
- Everett Anderson’s Nine Month Long by Lucille Clifton
- Everett Anderson’s Goodbye (Everett Anderson, 4) by Lucille Clifton
- Just Us Women (Reading Rainbow Books) by Jeannette Franklin Caines
- I Need a Lunch Box by Jeannette Franklin Caines
- Window wishing by Jeannette Franklin Caines
- The Train To Lulu’s by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
- Truck by Donald Crews
- School Bus by Donald Crews
- Bicycle Race by Donald Crews
- Carousel by Donald Crews
- Flying by Donald Crews
- Harbor by Donald Crews
- Light by Donald Crews
- Parade by Donald Crews
- First Book Of Jazz by Langston Hughes