Celebrating Blackness in Children's Books

Tameika is excited to audition for the school's Snow White musical, but when she overhears her classmates say she is too tall, chubby, and brown to play Snow White, she questions whether she is right for the part.

In this illustrated version of Bob Marley's song, a young girl enlists her friends, family, and community to transform their neighborhood for the better.

"This book is based on the viral photograph of African American toddler Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, who she thought was a queen. One rainy afternoon, Parker's mother (co-author Jessica Curry) makes the suggestion that they visit the museum, little sister Ava in tow. At the museum, they see Parker's friend Gia and her mother. The three girls dance...

Princess Cupcake Jones loves exploring her mom's closet and trying on shoes. In the closet, she finds herself in a transforming make-believe world of fun.

Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.

When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.

When she goes looking for "something beautiful" in her city neighborhood, a young girl finds beauty in many different forms.

A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.

Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.