African American children’s literature – Page 5

February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American children's literature, African American Middle Grades Literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Day 10: Sandra Headen, author of The Warrior on the Mound

I read this book and enjoyed it. Very realistic, well developed characters; strong themes and messages. More about this author can be found here:

February 9, 2026 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later: Day 9 Yesenia Moses, author of Stella’s Stellar Hair

Read more about this author’s journey into publishing here:

February 8, 2026 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American children's literature, African American Graphic Novels, African American Illustrators, African American Middle Grades Literature, African American Young Adult Literature

365 Black Books: 2025 Miself in Books Sunday

Miself in Books is an inclusive list of books curated by Michigan school librarians. You can access and download the pdf document here:

Book 1 PreK-Grade 1: Oshun and Me: A Story of Love and Braids by Adiba Nelson; illustrated by Alleanna Harris

Book 2 Lower Elementary: At Night, They Danced by Victoria Scott-Miller; illustrated by Toni D. Chambers

Book 3 Black Lives Great Minds of Science by Tonya Bolden; illustrated by David Wilkerson

Book 4 High School: Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks

February 8, 2026 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Day 8: Van G. Garrett, author of Kicks

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February 7, 2026 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American children's literature, African American Middle Grades Literature, African American Young Adult Literature

365 Black Books 2024 BCALA Best of the Best Black Books (BOTB) Saturday

Sharing three more children’s and young adults books from our 2024 BOTB list.

PreK-4: Outspoken by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Grades 5-8: A Place to Shine by Marie Arnold

Grades 9-12: Where Was Goodbye? by Janice Lynn Mather

February 7, 2026 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Day 7: Marti Dumas

Day 7 is Marti Dumas, author of Secret Society of Rebel Girls. More information about this author can be found here:

February 6, 2026 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later: Day 6 Robert Liu-Trujillo

Robert Liu-Trujillo, author of Fresh Juice, is the Day 6 featured author. More about Robert Liu-Trujillo can be found here.

February 5, 2026 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf Day 5: Anne Wynter

February 3, 2026 KRLemmons African American children's literature, African American Illustrators

365 Black Books Bryan Collier Tuesday

Bryan Collier, award winning illustrator celebrated his birthday Jan. 31 He has illustrated several books. I bought his first illustrated book Uptown years ago at an ALA conference. The publisher rep told me he was an up and coming illustrator. She was right. My students loved the book and I have bought many of his books since then!

Information about him can be found at these two sites: Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House

February 2, 2026 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American children's literature, African American Young Adult Literature

365 Black Books Julius Lester Monday

Julius Lester, children’s and adult author, was born January 27. He passed away in 2018. More information about Julius Lester can be found here:

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