Black and African American Contemporary Picture Books

1.
Last Stop on Market Street
Last Stop on Market Street 4.30 avg rating — 18,201 ratings
2.
A Doll Like Me
A Doll Like Me 4.90 avg rating — 83 ratings
3.
Lola at the Library
Lola at the Library 4.13 avg rating — 2,371 ratings
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I Had a Favorite Dress: A Picture Book
I Had a Favorite Dress: A Picture Book 4.17 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville 4.13 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
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Full, Full, Full of Love
Full, Full, Full of Love 4.26 avg rating — 497 ratings
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I'm a Pretty Little Black Girl! (1) (I'm a Girl! Collection)
I'm a Pretty Little Black Girl! (1) (I'm a Girl! Collection) 4.48 avg rating — 191 ratings
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I Love My Hair!
I Love My Hair! 4.46 avg rating — 2,371 ratings
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Tea Cakes for Tosh
Tea Cakes for Tosh 4.28 avg rating — 214 ratings
10.
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me 4.45 avg rating — 2,008 ratings
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Visiting Day
Visiting Day 4.35 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
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Pecan Pie Baby
Pecan Pie Baby 4.03 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
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Big Hair, Don't Care
Big Hair, Don't Care 4.41 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
14.
Grace for President (Grace Series, 1)
Grace for President (Grace Series, 1) 4.34 avg rating — 2,895 ratings
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Peekaboo Bedtime
Peekaboo Bedtime 3.72 avg rating — 187 ratings
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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale 4.20 avg rating — 2,653 ratings
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Happy to Be Nappy
Happy to Be Nappy 4.33 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
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You Can Do It Too!: Handprint Books
You Can Do It Too!: Handprint Books 3.58 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table
Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table 3.89 avg rating — 125 ratings
20.
Dancing in the Wings
Dancing in the Wings 4.38 avg rating — 1,451 ratings
21.
Do Like Kyla
Do Like Kyla 3.90 avg rating — 269 ratings
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Those Shoes
Those Shoes 4.46 avg rating — 4,002 ratings
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My Best Friend
My Best Friend 3.95 avg rating — 242 ratings
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A Beach Tail
A Beach Tail 3.75 avg rating — 465 ratings
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Lola Plants a Garden
Lola Plants a Garden 4.05 avg rating — 839 ratings
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Shiloh and Dande the Lion: Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself!
Shiloh and Dande the Lion: Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself! 4.76 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Lola Reads to Leo (3 Lola Reads)
Lola Reads to Leo (3 Lola Reads) 3.97 avg rating — 520 ratings
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You Can Do It!
You Can Do It! 4.15 avg rating — 209 ratings
29.
Lola Loves Stories
Lola Loves Stories 4.10 avg rating — 741 ratings
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Peekaboo Morning
Peekaboo Morning 4.12 avg rating — 893 ratings
31.
Roy Makes a Car
Roy Makes a Car 3.59 avg rating — 90 ratings
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You Can Be a Friend
You Can Be a Friend 3.75 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
The Hello, Goodbye Window 3.88 avg rating — 9,627 ratings
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Kitchen Dance
Kitchen Dance 4.16 avg rating — 394 ratings
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One Million Men and Me
One Million Men and Me 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Talisha Snow White: and her little munchkins
Talisha Snow White: and her little munchkins 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Soccer Fence: A story of friendship, hope, and apartheid in South Africa
The Soccer Fence: A story of friendship, hope, and apartheid in South Africa 3.94 avg rating — 225 ratings
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I Got the Rhythm
I Got the Rhythm 3.91 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
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The Princess and the Pea
The Princess and the Pea 3.88 avg rating — 641 ratings
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Feast for 10
Feast for 10 4.04 avg rating — 907 ratings
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Juba This, Juba That
Juba This, Juba That 3.16 avg rating — 55 ratings
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My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
by: Cari Best
3.92 avg rating — 498 ratings
43.
Oscar's Half Birthday
Oscar's Half Birthday 3.60 avg rating — 192 ratings
44.
Under the Same Sun
Under the Same Sun 3.87 avg rating — 178 ratings
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One Word from Sophia (The Sophia Books)
One Word from Sophia (The Sophia Books) 3.91 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
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Charlotte and the Quiet Place
Charlotte and the Quiet Place 4.26 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Henry Wants More!
Henry Wants More! 3.89 avg rating — 333 ratings
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So Much
So Much 4.26 avg rating — 467 ratings
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The Hat That Wore Clara B.
The Hat That Wore Clara B. 3.83 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Rainbow Stew
Rainbow Stew 3.85 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Rapunzel
Rapunzel 3.83 avg rating — 516 ratings
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The Secret River
The Secret River 4.03 avg rating — 808 ratings
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Summer Jackson: Grown Up
Summer Jackson: Grown Up 3.92 avg rating — 148 ratings
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll 4.03 avg rating — 314 ratings
55.
The Very Inappropriate Word
The Very Inappropriate Word
by: Jim Tobin
4.08 avg rating — 597 ratings
56.
Flower Garden
Flower Garden 4.07 avg rating — 1,656 ratings
57.
Winter Candle
Winter Candle 3.97 avg rating — 201 ratings
58.
Music from the Sky
Music from the Sky 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
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My People (Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrator Winner Title
My People (Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrator Winner Title 4.32 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
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Apples and Butterflies: A Poem for Prince Edward Island
Apples and Butterflies: A Poem for Prince Edward Island 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
61.
I Like Myself!
I Like Myself! 4.30 avg rating — 11,578 ratings
61.
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County 4.18 avg rating — 516 ratings
61.
Monster Trouble!
Monster Trouble! 4.12 avg rating — 859 ratings
64.
The Secret Olivia Told Me
The Secret Olivia Told Me
by: N. Joy
4.07 avg rating — 407 ratings
65.
The Dragon and the Unicorn
The Dragon and the Unicorn 4.10 avg rating — 289 ratings
66.
I Can Do It Too!
I Can Do It Too! 3.92 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Lullaby (for a Black Mother): Illustrated Board Book of Langston Hughes’s Tender Celebration of Black Motherhood
Lullaby (for a Black Mother): Illustrated Board Book of Langston Hughes’s Tender Celebration of Black Motherhood 3.85 avg rating — 262 ratings
68.
Jonathan and His Mommy
Jonathan and His Mommy 4.16 avg rating — 126 ratings
69.
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace 4.37 avg rating — 14,213 ratings
70.
Kenya's Song
Kenya's Song 3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings
71.
Ten, Nine, Eight: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
Ten, Nine, Eight: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner 3.87 avg rating — 3,585 ratings
72.
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin (A Feeling Good Book)
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin (A Feeling Good Book) 4.08 avg rating — 141 ratings
72.
Yo! Yes?
Yo! Yes? 3.90 avg rating — 5,591 ratings
74.
I Won a What?
I Won a What? 3.63 avg rating — 332 ratings
74.
Shanté Keys and the New Year's Peas
Shanté Keys and the New Year's Peas 4.11 avg rating — 262 ratings
76.
Precious and the Boo Hag (Anne Schwartz Books)
Precious and the Boo Hag (Anne Schwartz Books) 4.14 avg rating — 292 ratings
77.
Jazz Baby
Jazz Baby 4.15 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
77.
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Max and the Tag-Along Moon 4.04 avg rating — 896 ratings
79.
Rain!
Rain! 3.95 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
80.
Five Birds on a Wire: Nature, Weather and My Senses
Five Birds on a Wire: Nature, Weather and My Senses 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
81.
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood 4.05 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
81.
Whose Knees Are These?
Whose Knees Are These? 4.03 avg rating — 507 ratings
83.
Good Job, Athena!
Good Job, Athena! 3.78 avg rating — 116 ratings
84.
Sulwe
Sulwe 4.66 avg rating — 11,066 ratings
85.
Feelings to Share from A to Z
Feelings to Share from A to Z
by: Todd Snow
4.02 avg rating — 40 ratings
85.
The Invention of E.J. Whitaker
The Invention of E.J. Whitaker 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
87.
Come On, Rain!
Come On, Rain! 4.24 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
88.
Jabari Jumps
Jabari Jumps 4.38 avg rating — 5,376 ratings
89.
Jamal's Busy Day (Feeling Good Series) (Feeling Good Book)
Jamal's Busy Day (Feeling Good Series) (Feeling Good Book) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
89.
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children 4.42 avg rating — 705 ratings
91.
Don't Get Lost, Odysseus!
Don't Get Lost, Odysseus! 3.60 avg rating — 89 ratings
92.
Malaika’s Costume (The Malaika Series, 1)
Malaika’s Costume (The Malaika Series, 1) 3.87 avg rating — 233 ratings
93.
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands 4.42 avg rating — 830 ratings
94.
Something Beautiful
Something Beautiful 4.46 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
94.
Firebird
Firebird 4.07 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
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Sofie and the City
Sofie and the City 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
97.
Tina's Diner
Tina's Diner 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
97.
Thunder Rose
Thunder Rose 3.96 avg rating — 701 ratings
99.
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life 3.87 avg rating — 173 ratings
100.
Ty's One-Man Band
Ty's One-Man Band 3.62 avg rating — 53 ratings
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