As educators, we lean on literature to support learning in our classrooms. Therefore, we would like to take an opportunity to highlight black authors.
Children
- Dream Big, Little One – Vashti Harrison
- You Matter – Christian Robinson
- Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas – Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated by Colin Bootman
- More Than a Princess – Delanda and Terrence Coleman, illustrated by Beatriz Mello
- Saturday by Oge Mora
- The Season of Styx Malone – Kekla Magoon
Middle Grades
- A Good Kind of Trouble – Lisa Moore Ramée
- Ghost Boys – Jewell Parker Rhodes
- The Stars Beneath Our Feet – David Barclay Moore
- As Brave As You – Jason Reynolds
- This Side of Home – Renée Watson
- New Kid – Jerry Craft
Young Adult
- Copper Sun – Sharon M. Draper
- Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
- The Opposite of Always – Justin A. Reynolds
- If You Come Softly – Jacqueline Woodson
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them – Junauda Petrus
- When You Were Everything – Ashley Woodfolk