17 Bestselling Children’s Books

Period: January/February - 2016

AALBC Bestseller Seal

Celebrating books written by or about Black people, the African American Literature Book Club’s Bestsellers List has been published continuously since 1998. In 2026, we began publishing our list quarterly, focusing on The BLK Bestsellers.

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One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Chocolate Me!

Chocolate Me!

by Taye Diggs
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You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace

You Are Wonderfully Made

by Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
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Dirt

Dirt

by Teffanie Thompson
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I Am Mixed

I Am Mixed

by Garcelle Beauvais
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Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

Maritcha

by Tonya Bolden
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Max Paints the House

Max Paints the House

by Ken Wilson-Max
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P.S. Be Eleven

P.S. Be Eleven

by Rita Williams-Garcia
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We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball

We Are The Ship

by Kadir Nelson
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A is for Activist

A is for Activist

by Innosanto Nagara
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Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer

Beautiful Moon

by Tonya Bolden
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Black Mother Goose Book

Black Mother Goose Book

by Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
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Kevin And His Dad

Kevin And His Dad

by Irene Smalls
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