Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1990s

  1. Rain, Rain, Go Away (Gullah Gullah Island #1) by Teresa Reed
  2. Happy Birthday, Daddy (Gullah Gullah Island #2) by Teresa Reed
  3. Shaina’s Garden (Gullah Gullah Island #3) by Denise Lewis Patrick
  4. Case Of The Missing Cookies (Gullah Gullah Island #4) by Denise Lewis Patrick
  5. Red Dancing Shoes by Denise Lewis Patrick
  6. Poppa’s New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis
  7. Tailypo by Angela Shelf Medearis
  8. Haunts by Angela Shelf Medearis
  9. The Ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam by Angela Shelf Medearis
  10. Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton L. Taulbert
  11. The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick
  12. Robo’s Favorite Places by Wade Hudson
  13. I Love My Family by Wade Hudson
  14. Away We Go! (Playskool Board Books) by Denise Lewis Patrick
  15. Come Sunday by Nikki Grimes
  16. Opposites by Denise Lewis Patrick
  17. Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen
  18. My Aunt Came Back by Pat Cummings
  19. Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolen
  20. The Little Tree Growin’ in the Shade by Camille Yarbrough
  21. God Inside of Me by Della Reese
  22. Carousel by Pat Cummings
  23. Jonathan and His Mommy by Irene Smalls
  24. Baby Jesus Like My Brother by Margery W. Brown
  25. In My Momma’s Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen
  26. Moaning Bones: African-American Ghost Stories by James Haskins
  27. A Strawbeater’s Thanksgiving by Irene Smalls
  28. Cassie’s Colorful Day: A Tar Beach Board Book by Faith Ringgold
  29. Because You’re Lucky by Irene Smalls
  30. Counting to Tar Beach: A Tar Beach Board Book by Faith Ringgold
  31. Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade: The Johnkankus by Irene Smalls
  32. C Is for City by Nikki Grimes
  33. Beginning School by Irene Smalls
  34. My Man Blue (Picture Puffin Books) by Nikki Grimes
  35. Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel by Irene Smalls
  36. Ebony Sea by Irene Smalls
  37. Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  38. Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  39. Max Found Two Sticks (Reading Rainbow Book) by Brian Pinkney
  40. My Hair Is Beautiful: Because Its Mine (Black Butterfly Board Books) by Paula Dejoie
  41. JoJo’s Flying Sidekick by Brian Pinkney
  42. My Skin Is Brown by Paula Dejoie
  43. The Adventures Of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney
  44. William and the Good Old Days by Eloise Greenfield
  45. Jump Back, Honey: The Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar
  46. Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! by Pat Cummings
  47. Treemonisha by Angela Shelf Medearis
  48. Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  49. Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry by Ashley Bryan
  50. All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African-American Spirituals by Ashley Bryan
  51. Grandma and Me by Carole Boston Weatherford
  52. ‘Twas the Night B’Fore Christmas: An African-American Version by Melodye Benson Rosales
  53. Freedom’s Gifts: A Juneteenth Story by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  54. Sunday Week by Dinah Johnson
  55. The Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin Curtis
  56. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton
  57. Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield
  58. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton
  59. Somebody’s New Pajamas by Isaac Jackson
  60. When Birds Could Talk And Bats Could Sing by Virginia Hamilton
  61. Dawn and the Round To-it by Irene Smalls
  62. Leola and the Honeybears by Melodye Benson Rosales
  63. Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber
  64. Black Cowboy, Wild Horses by Julius Lester
  65. Saturday at the New You by Barbara E. Barber
  66. John Henry by Julius Lester
  67. Flowers for Mommy by Susan Anderson
  68. Cumbayah by Floyd Cooper
  69. To Hell with Dying by Alice Walker
  70. These Hands by Hope Lynne Price
  71. Mac and Marie and the Train Toss Surprise by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
  72. No Mirrors in My Nana’s House: Musical CD and Book by Ysaye M. Barnwell
  73. The Glass Bottle Tree by Evelyn Coleman
  74. Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas
  75. White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman
  76. Cherish Me by Joyce Carol Thomas
  77. To Be a Drum by Evelyn Coleman
  78. Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold
  79. Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
  80. Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House by Faith Ringgold
  81. If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold
  82. Joshua’s Night Whispers by Angela Johnson
  83. Joshua By The Sea by Angela Johnson
  84. Mama Bird, Baby Birds by Angela Johnson
  85. Rain Feet by Angela Johnson
  86. The Girl Who Wore Snakes by James Ransome
  87. Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson
  88. When I Am Old With You by Angela Johnson
  89. One Of Three by Angela Johnson
  90. Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen
  91. In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers by Folami Abiade
  92. Kids Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African American Tradition by Cheryl & Wade Hudson
  93. Jamal’s Busy Day (Feeling Good Series) (Feeling Good Book) by Wade Hudson
  94. Angels : An African-American Treasury by Eloise Greenfield
  95. Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Maya Angelou
  96. How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children by Wade Hudson
  97. Miss Viola And Uncle Ed Lee by Alice Faye Duncan
  98. Singing Black: Alternative Nursery Rhymes for Children by Mari Evans
  99. One-Hundred-and-One African-American Read-Aloud Stories by Susan Kantor
  100. Aaron and Gayala’s Counting Book Writers and Readers by Eloise Greenfield
  101. Aaron and Gayla’s Alphabet Book by Eloise Greenfield
  102. Wonders by Effie Lee Newsome
  103. Kevin and His Dad by Irene Smalls
  104. Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
  105. Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney
  106. The Sunday Outing by Gloria Jean Pinkney
  107. Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo by Julius Lester
  108. Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams
  109. Black Cat by Christopher Myers
  110. Red Dog, Blue Fly: Football Poems by Sharon Bell Mathis
  111. On the Day I Was Born by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
  112. Animal Sounds For Baby (What-A-Baby Series) by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  113. Good Night, Baby by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  114. Good Morning, Baby (What-a-Baby Series) by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  115. Let’s Count, Baby (What-a-Baby Series) by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  116. The Baby by Monica Greenfield
  117. Calvin’s Christmas Wish by Calvin Miles
  118. The Freedom Riddle by Angela Shelf Medearis
  119. How Many Animals (My First Golden Board Book) by Denise Lewis Patrick
  120. I Can Count by Denise Lewis Patrick
  121. No Diapers for Baby! by Denise Lewis Patrick
  122. See What I Can Do by Denise Lewis Patrick
  123. Baby’s Colors by Naomi McMillan
  124. Baby’s Bedtime by Nikki Grimes
  125. Peekaboo Baby by Denise Lewis Patrick
  126. The Piano Man by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
  127. I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
  128. Happy to Be Nappy by bell hooks
  129. Celie and the Harvest Fiddler by Valerie Flournoy
  130. Afro-Bets: Book of Shapes by Margery W. Brown
  131. Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo by Kevin Lewis
  132. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester
  133. From Miss Ida’s Porch by Belton
  134. Grandaddy’s Street Songs by Monalisa De Gross
  135. Granddaddy’s Gift by Margaree King Mitchell