Picture Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2010s

1.
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood 3.86 avg rating — 307 ratings
2.
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas 4.29 avg rating — 406 ratings
3.
Freedom in Congo Square
Freedom in Congo Square 4.27 avg rating — 2,815 ratings
4.
How to Find a Fox
How to Find a Fox 4.03 avg rating — 676 ratings
5.
Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
6.
Baby Blessings: A Prayer for the Day You Are Born (Paula Wiseman Books)
Baby Blessings: A Prayer for the Day You Are Born (Paula Wiseman Books) 3.90 avg rating — 51 ratings
6.
How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book 3.84 avg rating — 3,276 ratings
8.
Kenya's Art
Kenya's Art 3.41 avg rating — 63 ratings
8.
A Voice as Soft as a Honey Bee's Flutter: Inspired by Psalm 46 (Be Still and Know Stories)
A Voice as Soft as a Honey Bee's Flutter: Inspired by Psalm 46 (Be Still and Know Stories) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
8.
The Undefeated
The Undefeated 4.63 avg rating — 7,180 ratings
11.
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets 4.35 avg rating — 1,850 ratings
12.
Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures
Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures 4.17 avg rating — 533 ratings
13.
Indigo Blume and the Garden City
Indigo Blume and the Garden City 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
14.
Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)
Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Book)
by: Oge Mora
4.44 avg rating — 4,543 ratings
15.
Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong
Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong 3.69 avg rating — 186 ratings
16.
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis 4.08 avg rating — 915 ratings
17.
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan 4.33 avg rating — 2,165 ratings
18.
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day 4.29 avg rating — 1,976 ratings
19.
Don't Call Me Grandma
Don't Call Me Grandma 3.83 avg rating — 378 ratings
20.
Traffic Pups
Traffic Pups 3.55 avg rating — 100 ratings
21.
Itsy-Bitsy Baby Mouse
Itsy-Bitsy Baby Mouse 3.43 avg rating — 150 ratings
22.
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom 4.09 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
23.
Kenya's Song
Kenya's Song 3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings
24.
The Day You Begin
The Day You Begin 4.43 avg rating — 12,084 ratings
25.
Grandma's Purse
Grandma's Purse 4.12 avg rating — 958 ratings
26.
I Got the Christmas Spirit
I Got the Christmas Spirit 3.77 avg rating — 456 ratings
27.
I’m A Big Sister Now
I’m A Big Sister Now 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
28.
I'm A Big Brother Now
I'm A Big Brother Now 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
29.
Gator, Gator, Gator!
Gator, Gator, Gator! 3.50 avg rating — 343 ratings
30.
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just 4.15 avg rating — 736 ratings
31.
What Is Given from the Heart
What Is Given from the Heart 4.46 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
32.
Hands Up!
Hands Up! 3.94 avg rating — 806 ratings
33.
Another
Another 3.89 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
34.
Hair Love
Hair Love 4.58 avg rating — 9,621 ratings
35.
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills 4.28 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
36.
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America 4.16 avg rating — 945 ratings
37.
The King of Kindergarten
The King of Kindergarten 4.20 avg rating — 1,571 ratings
38.
How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book 3.84 avg rating — 3,276 ratings
39.
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner 4.16 avg rating — 267 ratings
40.
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band 3.90 avg rating — 620 ratings
41.
Lottie Paris Lives Here
Lottie Paris Lives Here 3.38 avg rating — 189 ratings
42.
Lottie Paris and the Best Place
Lottie Paris and the Best Place 3.75 avg rating — 253 ratings
43.
My Brother Charlie
My Brother Charlie 4.30 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
44.
Don't Touch My Hair!
Don't Touch My Hair! 4.41 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
45.
My Friend Maya Loves to Dance
My Friend Maya Loves to Dance 3.89 avg rating — 122 ratings
46.
Hope's Gift
Hope's Gift 4.09 avg rating — 196 ratings
47.
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by: Don Tate
4.36 avg rating — 839 ratings
48.
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture 4.08 avg rating — 173 ratings
49.
Early Sunday Morning (Denene Millner Books)
Early Sunday Morning (Denene Millner Books) 3.97 avg rating — 184 ratings
50.
Being You
Being You 3.81 avg rating — 127 ratings
51.
Little Man
Little Man 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings
52.
The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in Paris! A Children's Travel Book About Paris
The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in Paris! A Children's Travel Book About Paris
by: Asha Gore
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
53.
The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in London! A Children's Travel Book About London.
The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in London! A Children's Travel Book About London. 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
54.
The Ring Bearer
The Ring Bearer 3.92 avg rating — 398 ratings
55.
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History 4.33 avg rating — 371 ratings
56.
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut 4.38 avg rating — 4,833 ratings
57.
My Daddy Rules the World: Poems about Dads
My Daddy Rules the World: Poems about Dads 4.16 avg rating — 153 ratings
58.
There's a Dragon in My Closet (Denene Millner Books)
There's a Dragon in My Closet (Denene Millner Books) 3.56 avg rating — 59 ratings
59.
New Red Bike!
New Red Bike! 3.03 avg rating — 142 ratings
60.
Freedom's School
Freedom's School 4.18 avg rating — 205 ratings
61.
Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret
Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret 4.26 avg rating — 359 ratings
62.
I, Too, Am America
I, Too, Am America 4.19 avg rating — 1,729 ratings
63.
Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty 4.29 avg rating — 4,908 ratings
64.
The 5 O'Clock Band
The 5 O'Clock Band 4.24 avg rating — 338 ratings
65.
What Is Light? (Denene Millner Books)
What Is Light? (Denene Millner Books) 3.80 avg rating — 87 ratings
66.
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination 3.81 avg rating — 554 ratings
67.
Ticktock Banneker's Clock
Ticktock Banneker's Clock 3.96 avg rating — 138 ratings
68.
I've Got My Hair Out
I've Got My Hair Out 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
69.
Hibernation Station
Hibernation Station 3.65 avg rating — 699 ratings
70.
Piggies in Pajamas
Piggies in Pajamas 3.76 avg rating — 276 ratings
71.
Piggies in the Kitchen
Piggies in the Kitchen 3.76 avg rating — 206 ratings
72.
Super Bugs
Super Bugs 3.42 avg rating — 193 ratings
73.
Busy-Busy Little Chick
Busy-Busy Little Chick 3.33 avg rating — 132 ratings
74.
Never Forgotten
Never Forgotten 4.25 avg rating — 578 ratings
75.
Love Twelve Miles Long
Love Twelve Miles Long 4.40 avg rating — 120 ratings
76.
Ira's Shakespeare Dream
Ira's Shakespeare Dream 4.12 avg rating — 109 ratings
77.
Freedom's a-Callin Me
Freedom's a-Callin Me 3.70 avg rating — 87 ratings
78.
When Grandmama Sings
When Grandmama Sings 3.95 avg rating — 131 ratings
79.
Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table
Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table 3.89 avg rating — 125 ratings
80.
Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion 4.07 avg rating — 366 ratings
81.
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace 3.59 avg rating — 252 ratings
82.
Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood
Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood 4.12 avg rating — 307 ratings
83.
The Day Ray Got Away
The Day Ray Got Away 3.13 avg rating — 86 ratings
84.
When I Fly with Papa
When I Fly with Papa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
85.
If You Plant a Seed
If You Plant a Seed 4.25 avg rating — 3,164 ratings
86.
Baby Bear
Baby Bear 3.76 avg rating — 901 ratings
87.
Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick 4.10 avg rating — 432 ratings
88.
Ruth and the Green Book
Ruth and the Green Book 4.32 avg rating — 2,485 ratings
89.
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom 4.18 avg rating — 952 ratings
90.
Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story
Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story 4.24 avg rating — 331 ratings
91.
Little Cloud and Lady Wind
Little Cloud and Lady Wind 3.78 avg rating — 193 ratings
92.
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X 4.17 avg rating — 435 ratings
93.
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors 4.21 avg rating — 419 ratings
94.
My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.19 avg rating — 300 ratings
95.
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You 4.17 avg rating — 443 ratings
96.
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore 4.36 avg rating — 2,066 ratings
97.
White Water
White Water 4.14 avg rating — 437 ratings
98.
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box 4.33 avg rating — 428 ratings
99.
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen 4.16 avg rating — 202 ratings
100.
Surf's Up
Surf's Up 3.81 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
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