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90 Picture Books for 90 Years of Black History Celebration

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  • 83 Videos
  • 40 Book Readings
  • 159 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 842 resources

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Last Stop on Market Street
Last Stop on Market Street
  • by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
    • Multimedia Resources: 41
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    Other Side, The
    The Other Side
  • by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
    • Multimedia Resources: 26
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    Tar Beach
    Tar Beach
  • by Faith Ringgold
    • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    Hello, Goodbye Window, The
    The Hello, Goodbye Window
  • by Norton Juster and Chris Raschka
    • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
    Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
  • by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
    • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    Pecan Pie Baby
    Pecan Pie Baby
  • by Jacqueline Woodson and Sophie Blackall
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Grace for President
    Grace for President
  • by Kelly DiPucchio and LeUyen Pham
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
    Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
  • by Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
    All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
  • by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Amazing Grace
    Amazing Grace
  • by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
    Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
  • by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Yo! Yes?
    Yo! Yes?
  • by Chris Raschka
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Henry's Freedom Box
    Henry's Freedom Box
  • by Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Wind Flyers
    Wind Flyers
  • by Angela Johnson and Loren Long
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Story of Ruby Bridges, The
    The Story of Ruby Bridges
  • by Robert Coles and George Ford
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    I, Too, Am America
    I, Too, Am America
  • by Langston Hughes and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Rain!
    Rain!
  • by Linda Ashman and Christian Robinson
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Paperboy, The
    The Paperboy
  • by Dav Pilkey
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
    We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
  • by Debbie Levy and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
    Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
  • by Deborah Hopkinson and James Ransome
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Violet's Music
    Violet's Music
  • by Angela Johnson and Laura Huliska-Beith
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Firebird
    Firebird
  • by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Beautiful Blackbird
    Beautiful Blackbird
  • by Ashley Bryan
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Thunder Rose
    Thunder Rose
  • by Jerdine Nolen and Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
    28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
  • by Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Freedom Summer
    Freedom Summer
  • by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Not Norman: A Goldfish Story
    Not Norman: A Goldfish Story
  • by Kelly Bennett and Noah Z. Jones
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Back of the Bus, The
    The Back of the Bus
  • by Aaron Reynolds and Floyd Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Lift Every Voice and Sing
    Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • by James Weldon Johnson and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, A
    A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman
  • by David A. Adler and Samuel Byrd
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Hot City
    Hot City
  • by Barbara Joosse and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Underground
    Underground
  • by Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Daddy Calls Me Man
    Daddy Calls Me Man
  • by Angela Johnson and Rhonda Mitchell
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Fishing Day
    Fishing Day
  • by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Something Beautiful
    Something Beautiful
  • by Sharon Dennis Wyeth and Chris K. Soentpiet
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    These Hands
    These Hands
  • by Hope Lynne Price and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Two Old Potatoes and Me
    Two Old Potatoes and Me
  • by John Coy and Carolyn Fisher
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Yesterday I Had the Blues
    Yesterday I Had the Blues
  • by Jeron Ashford Frame and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Honey, I Love
    Honey, I Love
  • by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    I Got the Rhythm
    I Got the Rhythm
  • by Connie Schofield-Morrison and Frank Morrison
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Mixed Me!
    Mixed Me!
  • by Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Dad, Jackie, and Me
    Dad, Jackie, and Me
  • by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
    He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
  • by Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Those Shoes
    Those Shoes
  • by Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
    Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
  • by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jerome Lagarrigue
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Child of the Civil Rights Movement
    Child of the Civil Rights Movement
  • by Paula Young Shelton and Raúl Colón
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    I Love My Hair!
    I Love My Hair!
  • by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and E.B. Lewis
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Happy to Be Nappy
    Happy to Be Nappy
  • by bell hooks and Chris Raschka
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    I Am Rosa Parks
    I Am Rosa Parks
  • by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    If I Ran for President
    If I Ran for President
  • by Catherine Stier and Lynne Avril Cravath
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Vroomaloom Zoom
    Vroomaloom Zoom
  • by John Coy, Joe Cepeda, and Carolyn Fisher
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Game Day
    Game Day
  • by Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, and Barry Root
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Keep Climbing, Girls
    Keep Climbing, Girls
  • by Beah E. Richards and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
    Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
  • by Jerdine Nolen and Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
    Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
  • by Gerald McDermott
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    David's Drawings
    David's Drawings
  • by Cathryn Falwell
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    My Family Plays Music
    My Family Plays Music
  • by Judy Cox and Elbrite Brown
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    I Like Myself!
    I Like Myself!
  • by Karen Beaumont and David Catrow
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Goodnight Football
    Goodnight Football
  • by Michael Dahl and Christina E. Forshay
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Homemade Love
    Homemade Love
  • by bell hooks and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Every Little Thing: Based on the Song 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley
    Every Little Thing: Based on the Song 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley
  • by Cedella Marley, Bob Marley, and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Just Us Women
    Just Us Women
  • by Jeannette Caines and Pat Cummings
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Salt in His Shoes
    Salt in His Shoes
  • by Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan, and Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Pet Show!
    Pet Show!
  • by Ezra Jack Keats
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Lola at the Library
    Lola at the Library
  • by Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    I Had a Favorite Dress
    I Had a Favorite Dress
  • by Boni Ashburn and Julia Denos
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Singing for Dr. King
    Singing for Dr. King
  • by Angela Shelf Medearis, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Teammates
    Teammates
  • by Peter Golenbock and Paul Bacon
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    You Can Do It!
    You Can Do It!
  • by Tony Dungy and Amy June Bates
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story
    Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story
  • by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, and John Holyfield
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Summer Jackson: Grown Up
    Summer Jackson: Grown Up
  • by Teresa E. Harris and A.G. Ford
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    For You Are a Kenyan Child
    For You Are a Kenyan Child
  • by Kelly Cunnane and Ana Juan
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Full, Full, Full of Love
    Full, Full, Full of Love
  • by Trish Cooke and Paul Howard
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Chocolate Me!
    Chocolate Me!
  • by Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Bear Hug
    Bear Hug
  • by Laurence Pringle and Kate Salley Palmer
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Please, Puppy, Please
    Please, Puppy, Please
  • by Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis-Lee, and Kadir Nelson
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Did I Tell You I Love You Today?
    Did I Tell You I Love You Today?
  • by Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan, and Shane W. Evans
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Shortcut
    Shortcut
  • by Donald Crews
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Princess and the Pea, The
    The Princess and the Pea
  • by Rachel Isadora
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Hard-Times Jar, The
    The Hard-Times Jar
  • by Ethel Footman Smothers and John Holyfield
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Hair Dance!
    Hair Dance!
  • by Dinah Johnson and Kelly Johnson
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    We're Going on a Lion Hunt
    We're Going on a Lion Hunt
  • by David Axtell
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Peekaboo Morning
    Peekaboo Morning
  • by Rachel Isadora
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story
    Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story
  • by Cari Meister and Robert Squier
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Superhero
    Superhero
  • by Marc Tauss
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Big Hair, Don't Care
    Big Hair, Don't Care
  • by Crystal Swain-Bates and Megan Bair
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Marvelous Me: Inside and Out
    Marvelous Me: Inside and Out
  • by Lisa Bullard and Brandon Reibeling
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Grandpa, is Everything Black Bad?
    Grandpa, is Everything Black Bad?
  • by Sandy Lynne Holman and Lela Kometiani
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Africa
    Africa
  • by Alexis Roumanis
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Barack Obama: 44th U.S. President
    Barack Obama: 44th U.S. President
  • by Darlene R. Stille
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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