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Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 2000s

  1. Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen
  2. Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen
  3. Under the Christmas Tree by Nikki Grimes
  4. Just the Two of Us by Will Smith
  5. Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan
  6. The Bourbon Street Musicians by Kathy Z. Price
  7. Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee
  8. Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee
  9. Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights by James Haskins
  10. Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts
  11. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie A. Taylor
  12. I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford
  13. A Black Cat: An ABC Book by Bernette G. Ford
  14. A Red Train: A Colors Book by Bernette G. Ford
  15. A Big Dog: An Opposites Book by Bernette G. Ford
  16. 1 Teddy Bear: A Counting Book by Bernette G. Ford
  17. We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
  18. Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange
  19. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
  20. A Bus of Our Own by Freddi Williams Evans
  21. He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
  22. The Battle of New Orleans: The Drummer’s Story by Freddi Williams Evans
  23. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange
  24. Hush Harbor: Praying in Secret by Freddi Williams Evans
  25. Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  26. Racing Against the Odds: The Story of Wendell Scott, Stock Car Racing’s African-American Champion by Carole Boston Weatherford
  27. Let it Shine by Ashley Bryan
  28. Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack
  29. The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia C. McKissack
  30. Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt by Patricia C. McKissack
  31. Hugs and Hearts by Toni Trent Parker
  32. Painted Eggs And Chocolate Bunnies by Toni Trent Parker
  33. Snowflake Kisses and Gingerbread Smiles by Toni Trent Parker
  34. Sweets And Treats by Toni Trent Parker
  35. Precious and the Boo Hag (Anne Schwartz Books) by Patricia C. McKissack
  36. Christmas Soup by Alice Faye Duncan
  37. Sweet Potato Pie by Kathleen D. Lindsey
  38. The Way the Storm Stops by Michelle Meadows
  39. Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon by Ruth Forman
  40. Pilot Pups by Michelle Meadows
  41. Jump at the Sun: Over the River & Through the Woods – Holiday Classics by Rex Perry
  42. Kenya’s Word by Linda Trice
  43. One of the Problems of Everett Anderson by Lucille Clifton
  44. Quinnie Blue by Dinah Johnson
  45. The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights by Carole Boston Weatherford
  46. Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton
  47. Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  48. African-American Children’s Stories: A Treasury of Tradition and Pride by Publications International
  49. Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson
  50. The Old African by Julius Lester
  51. Let Freedom Sing by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  52. Hush, Little Baby by Brian Pinkney
  53. Hush Songs by Joyce Carol Thomas
  54. Shouting! by Annie Lee
  55. Cassie’s Word Quilt by Faith Ringgold
  56. A Big, Spooky House by Donna Washington
  57. Just Like Josh Gibson by Angela Johnson
  58. Lulu’s Birthday by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
  59. The Jones Family Express by Javaka Steptoe
  60. Game Day by Tiki Barber
  61. By My Brother’s Side by Tiki Barber
  62. Teammates by Tiki Barber
  63. Honey Baby Sugar Child by Alice Faye Duncan
  64. From Where I Stand by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  65. In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies by Alice McGill
  66. Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream by Crystal Hubbard
  67. Way Up and Over Everything by Alice McGill
  68. The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby: The Story of Jimmy Winkfield by Crystal Hubbard
  69. Sure as Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit and His Walkin’ Talkin’ Friends by Alice McGill
  70. The Moon Ring by Randy DuBurke
  71. Illustrated Treasury of African American Read-Aloud Stories: More than 40 of the World’s Best-Loved Stories for Parent and Child to Share by Susan Kantor
  72. Sweet Baby Coming by Eloise Greenfield
  73. Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church by Tonya Bolden
  74. Christmas Makes Me Think by Tony Medina
  75. Deshawn Days by Tony Medina
  76. Love to Langston by Tony Medina
  77. Mother Poems by Hope Anita Smith
  78. Say a Little Prayer by Dionne Warwick
  79. Quilt Counting by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  80. Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  81. Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins
  82. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
  83. Music From Our Lord’s Holy Heaven by Gloria Jean Pinkney
  84. Daniel and the Lord of Lions by Gloria Jean Pinkney
  85. You Can Do It! by Tony Dungy
  86. Wings by Christopher Myers
  87. Children of Long Ago: Poems by Lessie Jones Little
  88. Just Call Me Joe Joe (Joe Joe in the City #1) by Jean Alicia Elster
  89. I Have a Dream, Too! (Joe Joe in the City #2) by Jean Alicia Elster
  90. I’ll Fly My Own Plane (Joe Joe in the City #3) by Jean Alicia Elster
  91. I’ll Do The Right Thing (Joe Joe in the City #4) by Jean Alicia Elster
  92. Rap A Tap Tap by Leo Dillon
  93. Bippity Bop Barbershop by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
  94. Joe-Joe’s First Flight by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
  95. Destiny’s Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
  96. The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington
  97. Going North by Janice N. Harrington
  98. Dinosaur Dinosaur by Kevin Lewis
  99. Tugga-Tugga Tugboat by Kevin Lewis
  100. The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
  101. My Truck Is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis
  102. We Troubled the Waters by Ntozake Shange
  103. Beauty, Her Basket by Sandra Belton
  104. Pictures for Miss Josie by Sandra Belton
  105. Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison
  106. Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
  107. Janna and the Kings by Patricia Smith
  108. Harvey Moon, Museum Boy by Pat Cummings
  109. Angel to Angel: A Mother’s Gift of Love by Walter Dean Myers
  110. The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford
  111. Lily Brown’s Paintings by Angela Johnson
  112. Down on the Winding Road by Angela Johnson
  113. Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly by Walter Dean Myers
  114. The Blues of Flats Brown by Walter Dean Myers
  115. Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
  116. Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers
  117. Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers
  118. Amiri & Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
  119. The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas
  120. Crowning Glory by Joyce Carol Thomas
  121. Bottle Cap Boys Dancing on Royal Street by Rita Williams-Garcia
  122. This Little Light of Mine by E.B. Lewis
  123. Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry by Bebe Moore Campbell
  124. Little Cliff’s First Day of School by Clifton L. Taulbert
  125. Little Cliff and the Cold Place by Clifton L. Taulbert
  126. Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson
  127. The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
  128. Pitching in for Eubie by Jerdine Nolen
  129. Auntee Edna by Ethel Footman Smothers
  130. The Hard-Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smothers
  131. Dance Y’all by Bettye Stroud
  132. The Leaving by Bettye Stroud