149 Collage of Books in the Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Category — View a list.

Click for more detail about Black Girls by Dominique Furukawa
Click for more detail about Harlem at Four by Michael Datcher
Click for more detail about The Artivist by Nikkolas Smith
Click for more detail about Hair Love ABCs by Matthew A. Cherry
Click for more detail about Little Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi
Click for more detail about Repeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill
Click for more detail about Happy with My Nappy by Gina Jarrell
Click for more detail about Mary Can! by Mary J. Blige
Click for more detail about You So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.
Click for more detail about Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. Warnock
Click for more detail about A Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt Davis
Click for more detail about Stacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery
Click for more detail about Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do! by Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Larry C. Fields III
Click for more detail about Little Black Girl: Oh, the Things You Can Do! by Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Click for more detail about My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant
Click for more detail about Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards
Click for more detail about Black Gold by Laura Obuobi
Click for more detail about Recognize! (paperback): An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Click for more detail about Shine Bright by Kheris Rogers
Click for more detail about A Door Made for Me by Tyler Merritt
Click for more detail about Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution by Sherri Winston
Click for more detail about Patchwork by Matt De La Peña
Click for more detail about Sam’s Super Seats by Keah Brown
Click for more detail about The Queen Of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
Click for more detail about Most Perfect You by Jazmyn Simon
Click for more detail about Show the World! by Angela Dalton
Click for more detail about Why Not You? by Ciara and Russell Wilson
Click for more detail about Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black by Dapo Adeola
Click for more detail about Boonoonoonous Hair by Olive Senior
Click for more detail about I Am Brave!: An Acorn Book (Princess Truly #5) by Kelly Greenawalt
Click for more detail about Little John Crow by Ziggy Marley and Orly Marley
Click for more detail about Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Click for more detail about The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Click for more detail about Keep Your Head Up by Aliya King Neil
Click for more detail about Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker
Click for more detail about My Voice Is a Trumpet by Jimmie Allen
Click for more detail about Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing
Click for more detail about Zuri Ray Tries Ballet by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about Concrete Cowboy: Movie Tie-In (Ghetto Cowboy) by G. Neri
Click for more detail about Glow by Ruth Forman
Click for more detail about When My Cousins Come to Town by Angela Shanté
Click for more detail about America, My Love, America, My Heart by Daria Peoples-Riley
Click for more detail about Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal
Click for more detail about Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Girls by Nzinga-Christina Reid
Click for more detail about Ari J.’s Kinky, Curly Crown by Ain Heath Drew
Click for more detail about Girls Can Be Anything by Tamecca S. Rogers and London Love
Click for more detail about The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold
Click for more detail about Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris
Click for more detail about C Is for Country by Lil Nas X
Click for more detail about Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises
Click for more detail about Joy! Joy! Joy! The Anthem for Black Boys by Nzinga-Christina Reid
Click for more detail about These Hands by Hope Lynne Price
Click for more detail about Sophie Washington Class Retreat by Tonya Duncan Ellis
Click for more detail about Lubaya’s Quiet Roar by Marilyn Nelson
Click for more detail about Respect: A Children’s Picture Book by Otis Redding
Click for more detail about All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about When God Made You (Board Book) by Matthew Paul Turner
Click for more detail about I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
Click for more detail about I Promise by Lebron James
Click for more detail about Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Click for more detail about My Hair by Danielle Murrell Cox
Click for more detail about Lulu the One and Only by Lynnette Mawhinney
Click for more detail about Tiara’s Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons
Click for more detail about I Believe I Can by Grace Byers
Click for more detail about Brown Sugar Babe by Charlotte Watson Sherman
Click for more detail about Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration by Samara Cole Doyon
Click for more detail about CJ’s Big Dream by C.J. Watson
Click for more detail about I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown
Click for more detail about Project Middle School (Alyssa Milano’s Hope #1), 1 by Alyssa Milano and Debbie Rigaud
Click for more detail about Princess Hair by Sharee Miller
Click for more detail about Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
Click for more detail about Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Click for more detail about I Got Next by Daria Peoples-Riley
Click for more detail about I Can Write the World by Joshunda Sanders
Click for more detail about The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
Click for more detail about Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
Click for more detail about Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
Click for more detail about You Are Loved by TiJuana A. Gholson
Click for more detail about The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
Click for more detail about Being You by Alexs D. Pate
Click for more detail about Daphne Definitely Doesn’t Do Sports by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about Daphne Definitely Doesn’t Do Fashion by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about Daphne Definitely Doesn’t Do Dances by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about Daphne Definitely Doesn’t Do Drama by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Click for more detail about My Hair Is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Click for more detail about Like Vanessa by Tami Charles
Click for more detail about I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Click for more detail about Astronaut Annie by Suzanne Slade
Click for more detail about I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t by Leo & Diane Dillon
Click for more detail about Homemade Love [board Book] by bell hooks
Click for more detail about Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins
Click for more detail about Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Click for more detail about Skin Again by bell hooks
Click for more detail about All The Pretty Roses: A Tale of Bittersweet Love and Betrayal by Sarah J. Heidelberg
Click for more detail about Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner
Click for more detail about When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner
Click for more detail about Sydney Sunshine and the Not-So-Magic Mirror (Volume 1) by Sydney McGee
Click for more detail about Bunnybear by Andrea J. Loney
Click for more detail about The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Winston
Click for more detail about Happy to Be Nappy by bell hooks
Click for more detail about Be Boy Buzz by bell hooks
Click for more detail about Skin Like Mine by Latashia M. Perry
Click for more detail about As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Click for more detail about Bottle Cap Boys Dancing On Royal Street by Rita Williams-Garcia
Click for more detail about Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
Click for more detail about Mixed Me! by Taye Diggs
Click for more detail about Beautiful Browns by Shontavius Ahmad
Click for more detail about Hair Like Mine by Latashia M. Perry
Click for more detail about Jala and the Wolves by Marti Dumas
Click for more detail about The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods
Click for more detail about Firebird by Misty Copeland
Click for more detail about I Am Living in 2 Homes: I Am Book #002 by Garcelle Beauvais
Click for more detail about Naturally Me by Crystal Swain-Bates
Click for more detail about Sweet Pea’s Tough Choices (The Sweet Pea) by Silk White
Click for more detail about The Offenders: Saving the World, While Serving Detention! by Jerry Craft
Click for more detail about Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me by Daniel Beaty
Click for more detail about Penny and the Magic Puffballs: The adventures of Penny and the Magic Puffballs. (Volume 1) by Alonda Williams
Click for more detail about I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl! by Betty K. Bynum
Click for more detail about Big Hair, Don’t Care by Crystal Swain-Bates
Click for more detail about Ghetto Cowboy (the Inspiration for Concrete Cowboy) by G. Neri
Click for more detail about Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan
Click for more detail about As Fast As Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck
Click for more detail about Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolen
Click for more detail about Halfway To Perfect: A Dyamonde Daniel Book by Nikki Grimes
Click for more detail about Chocolate Me! (Hardcover) by Taye Diggs
Click for more detail about Worst Impressions: a Romantic Comedy by K. L. Brady
Click for more detail about Plus by Veronica Chambers
Click for more detail about Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers
Click for more detail about Winning Words: Sports Stories and Photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Click for more detail about I Get So Hungry by Bebe Moore Campbell
Click for more detail about Celebremos Juneteenth (Spanish Edition) by Carole Boston Weatherford
Click for more detail about Queen of the Scene Book and CD by Queen Latifah
Click for more detail about M.C. Higgins, The Great by Virginia Hamilton
Click for more detail about I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Click for more detail about Shining by Sterling Brown, Arthur P. Davis, Ulysses Lee, and Julius Lester
Click for more detail about Float Like a Butterfly by Ntozake Shange
Click for more detail about Those Building Men by Angela Johnson
Click for more detail about Wings by Christopher Myers
Click for more detail about Dancing In The Wings by Debbie Allen
Click for more detail about Patrick’s Pals #7 Large And In Charge by Robb Armstrong and Bruce Smith
Click for more detail about The Genie in the Jar by Nikki Giovanni
Click for more detail about Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron
Click for more detail about Jojo’s Flying Side Kick (Reprint) by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Click for more detail about Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Click for more detail about The Shimmershine Queens by Camille Yarbrough
Click for more detail about Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Click for more detail about Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
Click for more detail about Tar Beach (Hardcover) by Faith Ringgold