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“At WNDB we believe diversity goes beyond book covers; it needs to be present in the specificity of the storytelling.
For Black History Month, here are picture, Middle Grade, and Young Adult books about Black characters by Black authors and...

At WNDB we believe diversity goes beyond book covers; it needs to be present in the specificity of the storytelling.
For Black History Month, here are picture, Middle Grade, and Young Adult books about Black characters by Black authors and illustrators — across genres. What are your faves?
PICTURE BOOKS:
GRANDMA’S RECORDS by Eric Velásquez
ALLIE AND GATOR: A STORY ABOUT A GIRL AND HER GATOR by Geneva Bowers
LITTLE LEGENDS: EXCEPTIONAL BLACK MEN IN HISTORY by Vashti Harrison
HOMEMADE LOVE by bell hooks, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
WHAT IS GIVEN FROM THE HEART by Patricia McKissack, Illustrated by April Harrison
SING A SONG: HOW LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING INSPIRED GENERATIONS by Kelly Starling Lyons, Illustrated by Keith Mallett
BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR by Angela Joy, Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
THE OLDEST STUDENT: HOW MARY WALKER LEARNED TO READ by Rita L. Hubbard, Illustrated by Oge Mora
JUST LIKE A MAMA by Alice Faye Duncan, Illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS:
CLEAN GETAWAY by Nic Stone
THE JUMBIES by Tracey Baptiste
GENESIS BEGINS AGAIN by Alicia D. Williams
JUST SOUTH OF HOME by Karen Strong
MY LIFE AS AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH by Ibi Zoboi
SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS by Renée Watson
HOW HIGH THE MOON by Karyn Parsons
ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia
THE PARKER INHERITANCE by Varian Johnson
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS:
RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi
QUEEN OF THE CONQUERED by Kacen Callender
NOT SO PURE AND SIMPLE by Lamar Giles
MONSTER by Walter Dean Myers
BLACK GIRL UNLIMITED by Echo Brown
A DREAM SO DARK by L.L. Mckinney
LET ME HEAR A RHYME by Tiffany D. Jackson
REMEMBRANCE by Rita Woods
THE REVOLUTION OF BIRDIE RANDOLPH by Brandy Colbert