Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1980s

  1. AFRO-BETS ABC Book by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  2. Afro-Bets 1,2,3 by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  3. Daddy Is a Monster…Sometimes by John Steptoe
  4. Grandpa’s Face by Eloise Greenfield
  5. Grandmama’s Joy by Eloise Greenfield
  6. Daydreamers by Tom Feelings
  7. Under the Sunday Tree by Eloise Greenfield
  8. The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
  9. Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes
  10. The Twins Strike Back by Valerie Flournoy
  11. The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
  12. Ty’s One-Man Band by Mildred Pitts Walter
  13. My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter
  14. C.L.O.U.D.S. by Pat Cummings
  15. Jimmy Lee Did It by Pat Cummings
  16. Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield
  17. Bunny’s Walk by Denise Lewis Patrick
  18. Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes
  19. Everett Anderson’s Nine Month Long by Lucille Clifton
  20. Everett Anderson’s Goodbye (Everett Anderson, 4) by Lucille Clifton
  21. Just Us Women (Reading Rainbow Books) by Jeannette Franklin Caines
  22. I Need a Lunch Box by Jeannette Franklin Caines
  23. Window wishing by Jeannette Franklin Caines
  24. The Train To Lulu’s by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
  25. Truck by Donald Crews
  26. School Bus by Donald Crews
  27. Bicycle Race by Donald Crews
  28. Carousel by Donald Crews
  29. Flying by Donald Crews
  30. Harbor by Donald Crews
  31. Light by Donald Crews
  32. Parade by Donald Crews
  33. First Book Of Jazz by Langston Hughes