CRRL Kids: Our Stories: The African American Experience for Children up to Grade 6 2023-2024Like this list

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• Glow

  Forman, Ruth

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  Each African American boy has a light all his own.

• A History of Me

  Theodore, Adrea

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  A mother encourages her daughter to embrace her African American ancestry and be inspired by the resilience of those who came before her.

• Leo, Sleep Tight

  McQuinn, Anna

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  Leo goes through a bedtime routine focused on his five senses until he is relaxed and ready for bed. Part of the Leo Can! series.

• Mama's Home

  Youngblood, Shay

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  A young girl's mama has to work, but, while Mama is away, she spends her time being loved by other Big Mamas in her community. A different one for every day of the week.

• The Me I Choose to Be

  Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia, 1971-

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  Through photography and lyrical text, children discover their potential and the importance of self-love.

• More Than Peach

  Changing the World...one Crayon at a Time!

  Woodard, Bellen

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  After being tired of peach crayons called "skin-colored," Bellen speaks up to make sure everyone feels represented by a box of crayons. Penned by the very first crayon activist.

• Our Table

  Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-

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  When Violet finds herself alone at the dinner table, she speaks up and reminds her family of the time they spent together before they got preoccupied by technology.

• Peek-a-you!

  Pinkney, Andrea Davis

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  Grown-ups and their children play peek-a-boo.

• Soul Food Sunday

  Bingham, Winsome

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  An African American family gathers every Sunday at Granny's, who shows the youngest ones how to make the family's favorite dishes.

• A Spoonful of Faith

  Holliday, Jena

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  Nervous about her first day of school, Layla's mom helps her become more confident by talking about kindness, hope, hugs, and prayers through a recipe book.

• These Hands

  Price, Hope Lynne

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  "These hands create. These hands can build. These hands can reach. Can stretch. Can teach." In lyrical words and bright pictures, young children discover what they can do with their hands.

• Yellow Dog Blues

  Duncan, Alice Faye

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  Bo Willie is on a hunt to find Yellow Dog down Highway 61 in his Aunt Jessie's pink Cadillac. Their adventures down the Mississippi Blues Trail are filled with music, especially the spirit of the blues.

• Bessie the Motorcycle Queen

  Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969-

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  Bessie Stringfield traveled the United States on her motorbike during a time when African American people were not always treated with respect and dignity.

• I Am Okay to Feel

  Brown, Karamo

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  A father and a son talk about how to manage feelings.

• More Than Just a Game

  the Black Origins of Basketball

  Moore, Madison, 1997-

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  Learn how basketball developed among African Americans.

• Seeking Freedom

  the Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America

  Castrovilla, Selene, 1966-

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  George Scott enters the Union fortress to escape the Confederates and helps prevent an enemy attack.

• Unspeakable

  the Tulsa Race Massacre

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Learn about the 1921 massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in America's history.

• Anne of West Philly

  a Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables

  Weir, Ivy Noelle

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  Anne is being fostered by siblings Marilla and Matthew and ends up competing for a spot in an elite STEM program.

• Batman and Robin and Howard. 1,

  Brown, Jeffrey, 1975-

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  Benched when he makes a mistake patrolling Gotham City as Robin, Batman's son Damian Wayne is sent to a new school where he meets Howard, an academic and athletic rival. First of a series.

• Black Boy Joy

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  After Fort breaks the jar of joy, he must go with Mr. G to collect joy from other worlds. Seventeen stories, comics, and poems from acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors celebrate the fantastic and everyday joys of being a Black boy.