The Most Critically Acclaimed Picture Book Books

The children’s books below have won awards, made our bestseller’s list, or were selected for inclusion on prominent book club reading lists. Books are sorted by the number of honors received. This list is continuously updated, prioritizing the newest books while older titles roll off. Read a description of our Target Age Groups. Enjoy ♥

20 Fiction Books (top)

Hello There, Sunshine

You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil Tj Book

My Daddy Is a Cowboy: A Picture Book

Big

Stacey’s Remarkable Books

On My Papa’s Shoulders

Akie & Ebuka Got into Trouble

The Year We Learned to Fly

Stacey’s Extraordinary Words

Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem

All Because You Matter

I Am Every Good Thing

Me & Mama

I Promise

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

Your Name Is a Song

Nana Akua Goes to School

Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea

Welcome to the Party

A Story About Afiya

20 Nonfiction Books (top)

Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

An American Story

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

Born on the Water: The 1619 Project

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball

Red Shoes

Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

The Undefeated

So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom

Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

1 Poetry Books (top)

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

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