A Baltimore County Public Library Booklist

African American Kids' Books

"What was it like?" is a common question from kids.  These books for pre-school and primary school kids answer questions, provoke conversation, and teach the history of the African American experience.  Celebrate and observe our rich cultural diversity with these outstanding books selected by the librarians at the Baltimore County Public Library... 

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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Ashley Bryan

E 782.42 B

Back of the Bus

Aaron Reynolds

E

Before John Was a Jazz Giant

Carole Boston Weatherford

E B COLTRANE

Bippity Bop Barbershop

Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

E

Finding Lincoln

Ann Malaspina

E

Goin’ Someplace Special

Patricia McKissack

E

The Hat That Wore Clara B.

Melanie Turner-Denstaedt

E

Lift Every Voice and Sing

James Weldon Johnson

E 782.4216 J

Looking Like Me

Walter Dean Myers

E

Meet President Barack Obama

Laine Falk

E B OBAMA

The Moon Over Star

Dianna Hutts Aston

E

My People

Langston Hughes

E 811 H

One Million Men and Me

Kelly Starling Lyons

E

Pitching in for Eubie

Jerdine Nolen

E

Please, Baby, Please

Spike Lee

E

Ron’s Big Mission

Rose Blue

E

The Secret Olivia Told Me

N. Joy

E

The Steel Pan Man of Harlem

Colin Bootman

E

Testing the Ice

Sharon Robinson

E

Uh-Oh!

Rachel Isadora

E

Bad News for Outlaws

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

J B REEVES

Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

Nikki Grimes

J B OBAMA

The Blacker the Berry

Joyce Carol Thomas

J 811 T

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

J AND

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

J B COLVIN

Coretta Scott

Ntozake Shange

J B KING

Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul Curtis

J CUR

Feathers

Jacqueline Woodson

J WOO

January’s Sparrow

Patricia Polacco

J POL

Jazz on a Saturday Night

Leo and Diane Dillon

J 781.65 D

Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-up

Melissa Thompson First Chapter Book

THO

Keeping the Night Watch

Hope Anita Smith

J SMI

The Listeners

Gloria Whelen

J WHE

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Nikki Grimes First Chapter Book

GRI

Marching for Freedom

Elizabeth Partridge

J 323.1196 P

Nikki & Deja: Birthday Blues

Karen English First Chapter Book

ENG

Nikki Giovanni

J B P

Sunny Holiday

Colleen Paratore

J PAR

The Tallest Tree

Sandra Belton

J BEL

Twelve Rounds to Glory

Charles R. Smith Jr.

J B ALI

We Are the Ship

Kadir Nelson

J 796.357 N