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Brown baby lullaby

Tameka Fryer Brown

eBOOK
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter

An illustrated lullaby featuring a busy, independent, beloved brown baby being prepared for bedtime.

Added by Casey

In your hands

Carole Boston Weatherford

jE Weatherf
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter

"A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"--

Added by Casey

The undefeated

Kwame Alexander

eBOOK
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter, Black History

"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--

Added by Casey

Hair, it's a family affair!

Mylo Freeman

jE Freeman
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter

Join Macy as she describes her family and their hairstyles, from Afros to purple hair.

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This is the rope : a story from the Great Migration

Jacqueline Woodson

jE Woodson
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter, Black History

A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

Added by Casey

Baby says

John Steptoe

jBOARD BOOK Steptoe
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter

A baby and big brother figure out how to get along.

Added by Casey

Lift every voice and sing : a celebration of the African American national anthem

James Weldon Johnson

jE Johnson
Picture Books, Black Lives Matter, Black History

An illustrated version of the song written by civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson in 1899 that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.

Added by Casey

Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO

Tamara Pizzoli

jE Pizzoli
Picture Books

Tallulah the Tooth Fairy, a black businesswoman who runs one of the most successful tooth collecting organizations in the world, finds herself unexpectedly stumped when six-year-old Ballard Burchell leaves a note instead of his tooth under his pillow.

Added by Casey