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African and African-American Picture Books for Children
- Banks, Sara H. A Net to Catch Time
- Bunting, Eve Your Move
- Carter, Dorothy Bye Mis' Lela
- Chambers, Veronica Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom
- Chocolate, Debbi The Piano Man
- Coleman, Evelyn To Be a Drum
- Curtis, Gavin The Bat Boy and His Violin
- Diakite, Baba Wague The Hunterman and the Crocodile
- Edwards, Pamela Duncan Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad
- England, Linda The Old Cotton Blues
- English, Karen Just Right Stew
- Gershator, Phillis Greetings, Sun
- Greenfield, Eloise Easter Parade and For the Love of the Game
- Hathorn, Libby Sky Sash So, Blue
- Johnson, Angela Daddy Calls Me Man and The Rolling Store
- Johnson, Delores Grandma's Hands
- Johnson, Tony The Wagon
- Lester, Julius Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story
- Miller, William Richard Wright and the Library Card
- Mitchell, Magaree Grandaddy's Gift
- Nolen, Jerdine Raising Dragons
- Pinkney, Brian The Adventures of Sparrow Bay
- Rahaman, Vashanti Read for Me, Mama
- Sadu, Itah Christopher Changes His Name
- Schrien, Jeffery On the Wings of Eagles: An Ethiopian Boy's Story
- Shaik, Fatima The Jazz of Our Street
- Shange, Ntozake Whitewash
- Sisulu, Elinor The Day Gogo Went to Vote: South Africa, 1994
- Stanley, Sanna Monkey Sunday: A Story from a Congolese Village
- Stewart, Diane Gift of the Sun: A Tale from South Africa
- Tarpley, Natasha I Love My Hair
- Tchana, Katrina Oh, No, Toto!
- Thomas, Jane Resh Celebration
- Thomas, Joyce Carol I Have Heard of a Land
- Wesley, Valarie Freedom's Gifts: A Juneteenth Story
- Woodson, Jacqueline We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
Last update: March 14, 2007
