10 Affirming Books for Black Children

February 6, 2017

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Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield, Illustrated by Carole Byard
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen, Pictures by Kadir Nelson
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
My Man Blue by Nikki Grimes, Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
The Dancing Twelve Princesses by Rachel Isadora
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow
Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney, Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney

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