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Picture Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 2010s

  1. My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown
  2. Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
  3. Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford
  4. How to Find a Fox by Nilah Magruder
  5. Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables by Lashon Daley
  6. Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander
  7. Surf’s Up by Kwame Alexander
  8. Baby Blessings: A Prayer for the Day You Are Born by Deloris Jordan
  9. How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
  10. Kenya’s Art by Linda Trice
  11. A Voice as Soft as a Honey Bee’s Flutter: Inspired by Psalm 46 (Be Still and Know Stories) by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
  12. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
  13. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander
  14. Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures by Kwame Alexander
  15. Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  16. Indigo Blume and the Garden City by Kwame Alexander
  17. Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
  18. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan
  19. A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  20. Don’t Call Me Grandma by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  21. Traffic Pups by Michelle Meadows
  22. Itsy-Bitsy Baby Mouse by Michelle Meadows
  23. Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans
  24. Kenya’s Song by Linda Trice
  25. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
  26. Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  27. I Got the Christmas Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
  28. I’m A Big Sister Now by Katura J. Hudson
  29. I’m A Big Brother Now by Katura J. Hudson
  30. Gator, Gator, Gator! by Daniel Bernstrom
  31. The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just by Mélina Mangal
  32. What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack
  33. Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel
  34. Another by Christian Robinson
  35. Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
  36. Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renée Watson
  37. Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford
  38. The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
  39. How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
  40. Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington
  41. Lottie Paris Lives Here by Angela Johnson
  42. Lottie Paris and the Best Place by Angela Johnson
  43. My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
  44. Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
  45. My Friend Maya Loves to Dance by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  46. Hope’s Gift by Kelly Starling Lyons
  47. Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate
  48. How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture by Tonya Bolden
  49. Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner
  50. Being You by Alexs Pate
  51. Little Man by Dionne Warwick
  52. The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in Paris! by Serena Minott
  53. The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in London by Serena Minott
  54. The Ring Bearer by Floyd Cooper
  55. Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History by Walter Dean Myers
  56. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
  57. My Daddy Rules the World: Poems about Dads by Hope Anita Smith
  58. There’s a Dragon in My Closet by Dorothea Taylor
  59. New Red Bike! by James E. Ransome
  60. Freedom’s School by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  61. Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  62. I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes
  63. Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews Trombone Shorty
  64. The 5 O’Clock Band by Troy Andrews Trombone Shorty
  65. What Is Light? by Markette Sheppard
  66. H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination by Christopher Myers
  67. Ticktock Banneker’s Clock by Shana Keller
  68. I’ve Got My Hair Out by Nathaniel Phillips
  69. Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
  70. Piggies in Pajamas by Michelle Meadows
  71. Piggies in the Kitchen by Michelle Meadows
  72. Super Bugs by Michelle Meadows
  73. Busy-Busy Little Chick by Janice N. Harrington
  74. Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack
  75. Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand
  76. Ira’s Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand
  77. Freedom’s a-Callin Me by Ntozake Shange
  78. When Grandmama Sings by Margaree King Mitchell
  79. Don’t Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
  80. Let ‘Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  81. How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford
  82. Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood by Carole Boston Weatherford
  83. The Day Ray Got Away by Angela Johnson
  84. When I Fly with Papa by Claudia May
  85. If You Plant a Seed: An Easter and Springtime Book for Kids by Kadir Nelson
  86. Baby Bear by Kadir Nelson
  87. Brick by Brick by Charles R. Smith Jr.
  88. Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
  89. All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
  90. Belle, The Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
  91. Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni Morrison
  92. Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
  93. What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  94. My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King III
  95. Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford
  96. The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
  97. White Water by Michael S. Bandy
  98. Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S. Bandy
  99. A Place Where Hurricanes Happen by Renée Watson
  100. I’ll Be Right There by Jonathan Marshall
  101. It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw by Don Tate
  102. Brown Boy Joy by Thomishia Booker
  103. King for a Day by Thomishia Booker
  104. My Brown Skin by Thomishia Booker
  105. Nana’s Favorite Things by Dorothy H. Price
  106. Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
  107. One More Dino on the Floor by Kelly Starling Lyons