Diverse Book Recommendations
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