Black History Books for Elementary Readers

Picture Books:

• The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, ill. Kadir Nelson, print | ebook
• Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews & Bill Taylor, ill. Bryan Collier, print | book/cd | ebook | eaudio
• Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan, ill. R. Gregory Christie, print | eaudio
• Hammering for Freedom by Rita L. Hubbard, ill. John Holyfield, print
• Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, ill. Kadir Nelson, print
• Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, ill. R. Gregory Christie, print | ebook | eaudio
• There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, ill. Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey, print
• Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange, ill. Kadir Nelson, print | eaudio
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, adapt. Winifred Conkling, ill. Laura Freeman, print
• Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace, ill. Bryan Collier, print
• Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Floyd Cooper, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio

Chapter Books:

• Zora and Me: The Summoner by Victoria Bond, print
• Like Vanessa by Tami Charles, print | audio cd | eaudio
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, print | ebook | eaudio
• Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
• The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson, print | ebook | eaudio
• Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson, print | ebook | eaudio
• Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Renee Watson, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
• Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio