African American Children's Books
5. 
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by:
Chris Barton
4.24 avg rating — 2,233 ratings 
14. 
Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations: December Holidays
by:
Terance Shipman
4.29 avg rating — 66 ratings 14. 
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, #1)
by:
Octavia Spencer
3.86 avg rating — 886 ratings 14. 
20. 
I'm a Pretty Little Black Girl! (1) (I'm a Girl! Collection)
by:
Betty K. Bynum
4.48 avg rating — 191 ratings 
27. 
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl 3.88 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
30. 
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 4.03 avg rating — 5,282 ratings
33. 
Penny and the Magic Puffballs: The adventures of Penny and the Magic Puffballs.
by:
Alonda Williams
4.62 avg rating — 124 ratings 33. 
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 3.97 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
33. 
Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School
by:
Terance Shipman
4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings 
37. 
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
by:
Joyce Hansen
3.94 avg rating — 5,281 ratings 
45. 
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by:
Miranda Paul
4.35 avg rating — 2,046 ratings 
48. 
51. 
Jessi's Secret Language (The Babysitters Club, #16)
by:
Ann M. Martin
3.84 avg rating — 4,594 ratings 
55. 
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
by:
Nikki Grimes
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 630 ratings 
61. 
69. 
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by:
Donna Jo Napoli
4.21 avg rating — 1,036 ratings 
72. 
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
by:
Jeanette Winter
4.33 avg rating — 1,315 ratings 
76. 
Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa
by:
Niki Daly
3.77 avg rating — 459 ratings 
81. 
Princess Cupcake Jones and the Queen's Closet (Princess Cupcake Jones Series)
by:
Ylleya Fields
3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings 82. 
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by:
Kathleen Krull
4.31 avg rating — 2,227 ratings 83. 
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
by:
Renée Watson
4.28 avg rating — 1,052 ratings 
95. 
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
by:
Suzanne Slade
4.39 avg rating — 794 ratings 96. 
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists, 3) 4.41 avg rating — 735 ratings
97. 
The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath (Amazing Scientists, 2) 4.20 avg rating — 490 ratings
