Children & Young Adult

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, the last thing Adolf Hitler expected was to see a black man compete and win. But Jesse Owens didn't just win. He was dominant in the track and field events, winning four gold medals and helping to set a...

It's the first day of school and nothing will steal away this little girl's sunshine! Until her teacher assigns a project she is both unprepared and unfamiliar with. What will she do Far too often African American children have found themselves saddened...

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and...

In Eliza Davis's day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of his books reflected a prejudice that was all too common at the time: prejudice against Jewish people. Eliza was Jewish, and her heart hurt to see a Jewish...

Children's Picture Book. Poetry. African & African American Studies. Women's Studies. Dear Black girls all around the world, this one is for you--for us. DEAR BLACK GIRLS is a letter to all Black girls. Every single day poet and educator Shanice Nicole...

How can a pint-sized, smart-ass eighteen-year-old make his mark on the world from Nowheresville, Idaho--especially when he only has one year left to do it? When Ben Wolf learns his senior year of high school will be his last year, period, he is...

"You're a boy!" the kids exclaim. "You can't play with a doll." But Travis has confidence and no regard for social norms. There are so many things to like all around. No limits or range can hold him down. "I am who I am! There's no boy or girl line. In...

"You're a boy!" the kids exclaim. "You can't play with a doll." But Travis has confidence and no regard for social norms. There are so many things to like all around. No limits or range can hold him down. "I am who I am! There's no boy or girl line. In...

On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, Georgia. More than 400 slaves were sold. On the first day of the auction, the skies darkened and torrential rain began falling. The rain continued...

Day Dreams and Movie Screens is book two in the Faithgirlz series Lena in the Spotlight, written by Alena Pitts, star of The War Room and tween blogger of For Girls Like You, and cowritten with her mother, editor and author Wynter Pitts. In this fiction...

David was the youngest of all of his siblings and he kept his Dad's sheep but God had a perfect plan to make him King. God said David was a man after His own heart! From the paw of a lion, from the paw of a bear and from the hand of the giant Philistine,...

David was the youngest of all of his siblings and he kept his Dad's sheep but God had a perfect plan to make him King. God said David was a man after His own heart! From the paw of a lion, from the paw of a bear and from the hand of the giant Philistine,...

Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street CollegeA shy young African American boy makes friends in school by letting his classmates help with his drawing of a bare winter tree.One winter day David...

From the award-winning author of The Truth of Right Now comes a "lyrical" (PopSugar), grounded fantasy in the vein of Dread Nation that follows a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities. In the Jim Crow...

"A compelling story of first love and battling racism with a magical twist." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Well-told, fast-paced." --School Library Journal (starred review) From the award-winning author of The Truth of Right Now comes a stunning,...

"You so black..." repeated over and over in Mahogany Brown's mind like the chorus to a sad song, killing her soul, softly. "You so black..." is how the joke begins. When the joke ends, laughter, teasing and bullying follows. Not to mention getting dumped...