Ages 0 - 3 years

• My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
• Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn
• Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
• Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
• Girl of Mine by Jabari Asim
• Think Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison
• Be Bold, Baby! Michelle Obama by Allison Oliver
• More More More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
• Little You by Richard Van Camp
• Scaredy Kate by Jacob Grant
• *No! My First  Book of Protest by Julie Merberg
• *It’s Ok to be Different by Todd Parr
• Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'O
• Whose Knees Are These? by LeUyen Pham
• I Believe I Can by Grace Byers
• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
• All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

Ages 4 - 9 years

• Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
• Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty 
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
• Everywhere, Wonder by Matthew Swanson
• Of Thee I sing A letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
• *Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley
• *All are Welcome by Alexandria Penfold
• *The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
• *The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio 
• *Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match by Monica Brown
• Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
• Mary Had a Little Glam by Tammi Sauer
• Please Puppy, Please by Spike and Tonya Lee
• Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal
• Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment By Parker Curry and Jessical Curry
• Saturday by Oge Mora
• Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
• I Love My Hair by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
• Don’t Touch My Hair!  by  Sharee Miller
• Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
• Gordon Parks How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford
• My Hair is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrer
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
• Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs

Ages 8 and up

• Little Legends Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
• Little Leaders Bold women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
• Young, Gifted Black Heroes by Jamia Wilson
• Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton
• The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
• She Persisted:  13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton

Ages 10 and up

• Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacquline Woodson
• Zoe in Wonderland  by Brenda Woods

Ages 12 and up

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Ages 13 and up

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Dear Martin by Nic Stone
• I am Alphonso Jones by Tony Medina
• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely