| Picture Books |
| Author |
Title |
| Aardema |
Bringing
The Rain To Kapiti Plain |
| Adoff |
Flamboyan
|
| Bang |
Ten,
Nine, Eight |
| Battle-Lavert |
The
Music in Derrick's Heart |
| Bradby |
Momma,
Where Are You From? |
| Buckley |
Grandfather
and I |
| Crews |
Bigmama's
|
| Cummings |
Angel
Baby |
| |
Clean
Your Room, Harvey Moon! |
| Curtis |
The
Bat Boy & His Violin |
| DeGross |
Granddaddy's
Street Songs |
| Denslow |
Bus
Riders |
| Flournoy |
The
Patchwork Quilt |
| Hayes |
Eat
Up, Gemma |
| Hoffman |
Amazing
Grace |
| Howard |
Virgie
Goes to School With Us Boys |
| Keats |
The
Snowy Day |
| Kurtz |
Faraway
Home |
| McKissack |
The
Honest-to-Goodness Truth |
| |
Ma
Dear's Aprons |
| |
Mirandy
and Brother Wind |
| Mendez |
The
Black Snowman |
| Miller |
Night
Golf |
| Mitchell |
Uncle
Jed's Barbershop |
| Pilkey |
The
Paperboy |
| Pinkney, A. |
Shake,
Shake, Shake |
| |
Watch
Me Dance |
| Pinkney, J. |
The
Adventures of Sparrow Boy |
| |
Max
Found Two Sticks |
| |
Cosmo
and the Robot |
| Polacco |
Chicken
Sunday |
| Ringgold |
The
Invisible Princess |
| |
Tar
Beach |
| Smalls-Hector |
Kevin
and His Dad |
| Steptoe |
Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters : An African Tale |
| Thomas |
Cherish
Me |
| Wyeth |
Something
Beautiful |
| Easy Readers |
| Author |
Title |
Reading Level |
| McKissack |
Bugs!
|
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey |
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey and the Birthday Overnight |
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey's Closet |
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey's Garden |
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey's Family Reunion |
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey's Holidays |
gr. 1 |
| |
Messy
Bessey's School Desk |
gr. 1 |
| |
Who
Is Who? |
gr. 1 |
| Youth Fiction |
| Author |
Title |
Reading Level |
| Armstrong |
Sounder
|
gr. 6-8 |
| Belton |
Ernestine
& Amanda, Mysteries on Monroe Street |
gr. 4-6 |
| Boyd |
Fall
Secrets |
gr. 5-7 |
| Chambers |
Amistad
Rising: A Story of Freedom |
gr. 2-4 |
| Curtis |
Bud,
Not Buddy |
gr. 4-6 |
| |
The
Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963 |
gr. 4-6 |
| Duey |
Evie
Peach |
gr. 5-8 |
| Greenwood |
The
Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad |
gr. 3-5 |
| Grimes |
Jazmin's
Notebook |
gr. 6-8 |
| Hamilton |
Bluish
|
gr. 4-6 |
Hansen |
I
Thought My Soul Would Rise And Fly |
gr. 5-8 |
| Johnson |
Heaven
|
gr. 6 |
| |
Maniac
Monkeys on Magnolia Street |
gr. 3-5 |
| McGill |
Molly
Bannaky |
gr. 2-4 |
| Mathis |
The
Hundred Penny Box |
gr. 2-4 |
| Mead |
Junebug
|
gr. 4-6 |
| |
Junebug
and the Reverend |
gr. 4-6 |
| Nixon |
Caeser's
Story, 1759 |
gr. 4-6 |
| Pinkney |
Silent
Thunder: A Civil War Story |
gr. 4-6 |
| Polacco |
Pink
and Say |
gr. 2-4 |
| Myers |
The
Blues of Flats Brown |
gr. 1-3 |
| Robinet |
Forty
Acres and Maybe a Mule |
gr. 5-7 |
| Taylor |
The
Friendship |
gr. 3-5 |
| |
Roll
Of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
gr. 5-8 |
| Youth Series |
| Author |
Title |
Reading Level |
| Hansen |
I
Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl
|
gr. 5-7 |
| McKissack |
Color
Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
|
gr. 5-7 |
| |
A
Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl |
gr. 4-6 |
| Myers |
The
Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy |
gr. 4-6 |
| Non-fiction |
| Author |
Title |
Call Number/Reading Level |
| Aardema |
Why
Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears |
J398.2A
gr. 2-5 |
| Adler |
A
Picture Book of George Washington Carver |
JBIO CARVER
gr. 1-3 |
| Belafonte |
Island
in the Sun |
J782.421 BELAFONT
gr. 1-3 |
| |
Bridges
Through My Eyes: The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges |
JBIO BRIDGES
gr. 1-3 |
| Bryan |
Ashley
Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry |
J811.54A
gr. 1-3 |
| |
The
Story Of Lightning And Thunder |
J398.2B
gr. 2-4 |
| Clinton |
I
Too Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry |
J811.008I
gr. 1-3 |
| Cox |
Come
All You Brave Soldiers: Blacks in the Revolutionary War |
J973.308C
gr.1-3 |
| Dingle |
First
in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson |
JBIO ROBI
gr. 1-3 |
| Dunbar |
Jump
Back Honey: The Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar |
J811.4 DUNBAR
gr. 1-3 |
| Ferrris |
With
Open Hands: A Story About Biddy Mason |
JBIO MASO
gr. 4-6 |
| Fradin |
Ida
B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement |
JBIO WELLS
gr. 6-8 |
| George |
Civil
Rights Marches |
J973.049 GEORGE
gr. 4-6 |
| Greenfield |
Nathaniel
Talking |
J811.54G
gr. 2-4 |
| Grimes |
Hopscotch
Love: A Family Treasury of Love Poems |
J811.54 GRIMES
gr. 4-6 |
| |
My
Man Blue: Poems |
J811.54 GRIMES.
gr. 3-5 |
| Hamilton |
The
People Could Fly |
J398.2H
gr. 4-6 |
| Hansen |
Bury
Me Not in a Land of Slaves: African Americans in the Time of Reconstruction
|
J973.049 HANSEN
gr. 6-8 |
| |
Women
of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference |
J920.72H
gr. 4-6 |
| Haskins |
African
American Military Heroes |
J355.008H
gr. 6-8 |
| |
Bound
for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World
|
J382.44H
gr. 5-7 |
| |
Outward
Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions |
J602.22H
gr. 4-6 |
| Hughes |
Carol
of the Brown King: Nativity Poems |
J811.52H
gr. 1-5 |
| Johnson |
The
Other Side: Shorter Poems |
J811.54J
gr. 4-6 |
| King, C. |
Oh,
Freedom! : Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement With the People
Who Made It Happen |
J973.048K
gr. 4-6 |
| King, M. |
I
Have a Dream |
J305.896K
gr. 1-3 |
| |
|
|
| Lester |
From
Slave Ship to Freedom Road |
J759.13L
gr. 5-10 |
| |
John
Henry |
J398.2L
gr. 2-4 |
| Lyons |
Catching
the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith |
JBIO SIMM
gr. 3-5 |
| McKissack |
African-American
Inventors |
J609.227M
gr.4-6 |
| |
African-American
Scientists |
J509.27M
gr. 4-6 |
| |
Sojourner
Truth: Ain't I a Woman? |
JBIO TRUT
gr. 4-6 |
| McLoone-Basta |
Harriet
Tubman: A Photo-Illustrated Biography |
JBIO TUBM
gr. 1-3 |
| |
Mary
McLeod Bethune: A Photo Illustrated Biography |
JBIO BETH
gr. 1-3 |
| McNair |
Barbara
Jordan African American Politician |
JBIO JORDAN
gr. 3-6 |
| |
Leontyne
Price |
JBIO PRICE
gr. 3-6 |
| Medearis |
Dare
To Dream |
JBIO King
gr. 3-6 |
| Murray |
Dreams:
the Story of Martin Luther King, Jr |
JBIO KING
gr. 3-5 |
| |
|
|
| |
Harlem
: A Poem |
J811.54M
gr. 2-5 |
| |
Malcolm
X: A Fire Burning Brightly |
JBIO X
gr. 4-8 |
| |
|
|
| Parks |
I
am Rosa Parks |
JBIO PARKS
gr. 2-4 |
| Pinkney |
Bill
Pickett, Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy |
JBIO PICK
gr. 2-4 |
| |
Dear
Benjamin Banneker |
JBIO BANN
gr. 1-3 |
| |
Duke
Ellingon: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra |
JBIO ELL
gr. 1-3 |
| |
Let
it shine : Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters |
J323.092 PINKNEY
gr. 5-6 |
| |
Seven
Candles for Kwanza |
J397.268P
gr. 1-3 |
| |
|
|
| Rockwell |
Only
Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth |
JBIO TRUT
gr. 3-6 |
| Steptoe |
In
Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
|
J811.008I
gr. 4-6 |
| Troy |
Booker
T. Washington |
JBIO WASHINGT
gr. 4-6 |
| Yount |
Black
Scientists |
J500.899Y
gr. 4-6 |
| Reference (in library use) |
| Author |
Title |
Call Number |
| Altman |
The
Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage |
J973.049 ALTMAN |
| Kranz |
The
Biographical Dictionary of African Americans |
J920.009 KRANZ |
| Mabunda |
The
African American Almanac |
J970.004 African |
| Potter |
African
Americans Who Were First |
J920.009P |
| Rand |
Black
Books Galore! : Guide to Great African American Children's Books
|
J016.973 RAND |
| |
Black
Books Galore! : Guide to Great African American Children's Books About
Boys |
J016.973 RAND |
| |
Black
Books Galore! : Guide to Great African American Children's Books About
Girls |
J028.162 RAND |
| Smith |
The
Coretta Scott King Awards Book, 1970-1999 |
J011.62 CORETTA |
