African American Literature Book Club

Celebrating Our Literary Legacy Since 1998 — Black Literature is for Everyone

33 Books Published by Candlewick Press an Imprint of Walker Books

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Click for more detail about Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Click for more detail about Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford
Click for more detail about Jordan by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Jordan
by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about 12 Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about Chameleon by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Chameleon
by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about Dance with Me: Super Sturdy Picture Book by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about Winning Words: Sports Stories and Photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about Hoop Queens by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Hoop Queens
by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about Let’s Play Baseball!: Super Sturdy Picture Books by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about Let’s Play Basketball!: Super Sturdy Picture Books by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about How the Leopard Got His Claws by Chinua Achebe
Click for more detail about 42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero by Doreen Rappaport
Click for more detail about Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes
Click for more detail about Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama by Hester Bass
Click for more detail about The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass
Click for more detail about X: A Novel by Ilyasah Al-Shabazz
X: A Novel
by Ilyasah Al-Shabazz
Click for more detail about The World Beneath: A Novel by Janice Warman
Click for more detail about In The Words Of Nelson Mandela by Jennifer Crwys-Williams
In The Words Of Nelson Mandela
by Jennifer Crwys-Williams
Click for more detail about What Color Is My World?: The Lost History Of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Click for more detail about Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander
Click for more detail about Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family by Kwame Alexander
Click for more detail about Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court
by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer
The Stuff of Stars
by Marion Dane Bauer
Click for more detail about Ladder To The Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng
Ladder To The Moon
by Maya Soetoro-Ng
Click for more detail about Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Click for more detail about White Water by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
White Water
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Click for more detail about On My Journey Now: Looking At African-American History Through The Spirituals by Nikki Giovanni
Click for more detail about Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Older Readers) by Tanya Lee Stone
Click for more detail about Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin
Willow
by Tonya Cherie Hegamin
Click for more detail about Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
Click for more detail about So Much! by Trish Cooke
So Much!
by Trish Cooke
Click for more detail about Zora and Me by Victoria Bond
Zora and Me
by Victoria Bond
Click for more detail about The Substance Of Hope: Barack Obama And The Paradox Of Progress by William Jelani Cobb