Kids: Books and Reading

African American

Great books that feature African American characters.

Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers

Courage has no color : the… by Stone, Tanya Lee.

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When the beat was born : DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop

When the beat was born : DJ… by Hill, Laban Carrick.

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Bird in a box by Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

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Knock knock : my dad's… by Beaty, Daniel.

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Jump into the sky by Pearsall, Shelley.

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Light in the darkness : a story about how slaves learned in secret

Light in the darkness : a… by Cline-Ransome, Lesa.

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Lullaby (for a Black mother) by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

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Malcolm Little : the boy who grew up to become Malcolm X

Malcolm Little : the boy… by Shabazz, Ilyasah.

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P.S. Be eleven by Williams-Garcia, Rita.

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The girl from the tar paper school : Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

The girl from the tar paper… by Kanefield, Teri, 1960-

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Words with wings by Grimes, Nikki.

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Courage has no color : the… by Stone, Tanya Lee.

When the beat was born : DJ… by Hill, Laban Carrick.

Bird in a box by Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

Knock knock : my dad's… by Beaty, Daniel.

Jump into the sky by Pearsall, Shelley.

Light in the darkness : a… by Cline-Ransome, Lesa.

Lullaby (for a Black mother) by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Malcolm Little : the boy… by Shabazz, Ilyasah.

P.S. Be eleven by Williams-Garcia, Rita.

The girl from the tar paper… by Kanefield, Teri, 1960-

Words with wings by Grimes, Nikki.

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