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New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books Troy Johnson Article We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a gre...
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child Amos N. Wilson 9780686241836 Nonfiction Africana Research Publications Africana Research Publications Are Black and White Children the same? Are ...
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Bertelsmann 4 Color Books Ace Books Addison-Wesley Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Anchor Anchor Books Anchor Press Anne Schwartz Books Avery Ballantine Bo...
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More Troy Johnson Article Great Children’s Books Coming Soon I’m always on lookout terrific for children’s books, even before they are a...
Is Marriage For White People?: How The African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
Is Marriage For White People?: How The African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone Ralph Richard Banks 9780525952015 Nonfiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House During the past half century, A...
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson MULTIPLE Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson, parents based in Northern NJ, founded Just Us Books in 1988 to address a lack of quality Black-interest children's ...
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker 9780471375265 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with b...
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King 9780190097608 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Children’s rights law is a relatively young...
Naomi V. Dunsen-White
Naomi V. Dunsen-White NONE Naomi V. Dunsen-White is a children’s book author and editor focused on promoting diversity and representation in children's literature. She utilizes her background as a fo...
Have You Ever...?
Have You Ever...? Fifi Cureton 9780981775630 Fiction A New Quality Publishing A New Quality Publishing Have you ever met a man you thought had so much potential you stuck by him, hoping he would be th...
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger Vicki L. Hubbard 9780595135424 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Kinder Spirits is a childrens book catered for children of al...
Pat Cummings
Pat Cummings 0000000067231736 Pat Cummings is an award-winning author and illustrator, known for creating over 30 children's books. She's worked on TV shows like Gullah Gullah Island and Cover to Cov...
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide Chuck Sambuchino 9781607747031 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House "Now in a updated and expanded 28th edition, the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Ma...
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events Troy Johnson Article Top 100+ Recommended Children’s Books Children book authors, industry professionals, and avid readers contributed their favorite chi...
Wade Hudson
Wade Hudson 0000000067647969 Why I Publish Children’s Books Wade Hudson, born in 1946, is an author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Known for his children's books promoting positive Afri...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
For Gaza’s Children: Progressive Black, Brown, and Jewish Writers and Poets Speak Out
For Gaza’s Children: Progressive Black, Brown, and Jewish Writers and Poets Speak Out Haki Madhubuti, Marc Lamont Hill, and Keith Gilyard 9780883784378 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press W...
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition)
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition) Marjorie R. Hancock 9780131109025 Nonfiction Prentice Hall Press Prentice Hall Press Reinforced...
Have I Ever Told You?
Have I Ever Told You? Shani M. King 9780884487197 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers “Have I ever told you that, for me, there is no one more special than you? That for me, you ...
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Andrea Davis Pinkney 0000000083413599 Andrea Davis Pinkney is a bestselling author of children and young adult books, awarded multiple honors such as Coretta Scott King Awards and NAACP Image Award n...
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience)
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience) Nikki Giovanni 9781402210488 Nonfiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2018: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published Cris Freese 9781440352683 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Most Trusted Guide to ...
Dinah Johnson
Dinah Johnson NONE Dinah Johnson is a renowned author in children's literature, particularly in African American storytelling. Her books, which include titles like Hair Dance! and Sitting Pretty, cel...
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More Troy Johnson Article Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published ove...
Singing Black: Alternative Nursery Rhymes for Children
Singing Black: Alternative Nursery Rhymes for Children Mari Evans 9780940975804 Poetry Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Features 32 rhymes for children from a renowned black poet Nursery rhymes, with...
The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families
The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer 9781797216829 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books Inspired by the groundbreaking work of W. E. B. Du Bo...
Amber Alert
Amber Alert Kiki Swinson 9781496746870 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. An explosive portrait of Dirty South revenge, triple-dealing, and crimes of passion as a suburban mom’s high-end crimi...
Prince’s Homecoming: A Novel
Prince’s Homecoming: A Novel Sharai Robbin 9781593096595 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The sequel to the highly charged "Candace Reign "depicts a realistic view of inner-city life as a ...
Dirtier Than Ever: A Novel
Dirtier Than Ever: A Novel Vickie M. Stringer 9781439166123 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Following the phenomenal success of Essence bestsellers Dirty Red and Still Dirty, Vickie M. Stri...
Dirtier Than Ever (hardcover): A Novel
Dirtier Than Ever (hardcover): A Novel Vickie M. Stringer 9781439166116 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Following the phenomenal success of Essence bestsellers Dirty Red and Still Dirty, Vi...
Brittney Brackett
Brittney Brackett NONE Brittney Brackett is a multifaceted professional with over 17 years of experience in acting, voice talent, and authoring children's books. She is the Operations Manager at b dy...
Blended
Blended Sharon M. Draper 9781442495005 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about d...
Marcus Dewan Williams
Marcus Dewan Williams NONE Marcus Dewan Williams, more than just the owner of Nubian Books bookstore, is an active advocate for African and African-American culture and education. As a publisher and ...
Seeing Ourselves in Nature: Stories from Educators and Children of Indigenous, Black, and Other People of the Global Majority
Seeing Ourselves in Nature: Stories from Educators and Children of Indigenous, Black, and Other People of the Global Majority Jessica Fong 9781605548296 Nonfiction Redleaf Press Redleaf Press Discover...
Black No More
Black No More George S. Schuyler 9780241505724 Fiction Penguin Group USA Penguin Random House A biting 1931 science fiction satire of American racism, and one of the first works of Afrofuturism. It...
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Aladdin Aladdin Paperbacks Atheneum Atheneum Books for Young Readers Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Atria / 37 Ink Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Atria / One S...
Homeschooling Black Children in the U.S.: Theory, Practice, and Popular Culture
Homeschooling Black Children in the U.S.: Theory, Practice, and Popular Culture Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman 9781648027826 Nonfiction Information Age Publishing Information Age Publishing In 2021, the Unit...
The Evidence of Things Not Seen
The Evidence of Things Not Seen James Baldwin 9781250844897 Nonfiction Holt McDougal Macmillan Publishers Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in...
Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children
Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children Noliwe Rooks 9780553387391 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation...
Embracing Ever After
Embracing Ever After Sheryl Lister 9781733867054 Fiction Sheryl Lister Sheryl Lister Raven Montomery, known for her tough exterior, faces unexpected fear with the latest Best Friends Challenge. Confid...
Michelle Meadows
Michelle Meadows NONE Michelle Meadows is a celebrated children's author of 10 books, best known for her debut, 'The Way The Storm Stops'. Her heartwarming stories, often read aloud, help children na...
Tell All The Children Our Story: Memories And Mementos Of Being Young And Black In America
Tell All The Children Our Story: Memories And Mementos Of Being Young And Black In America Tonya Bolden 9780810944961 Nonfiction Abrams Books Abrams The first book to trace growing up black in America...
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé Morgan Parker 9781941040539 Poetry Tin House Books Tin House Books A TIME Magazine Best Paperback of 2017 One of Oprah Magazine’s "Ten Best Books o...
Just Us Books, Inc.
Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books Marimba Books Sankofa Books http://www.justusbooks.com Wade and Cheryl Hudson were parents on a desperate search for children’s books th...
Getting It Wrong: How Black Public Intellectuals Are Failing Black America
Getting It Wrong: How Black Public Intellectuals Are Failing Black America Algernon Austin 9780595385942 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Black public intellectuals, from liberal to conservative,...
Breaking the Code of Silence
Breaking the Code of Silence Kam Williams Book Review ’I felt even more secure with this man than I had ever felt in an previous relationship. Even though h...
Shuri and t’Challa: Into the Heartlands (an Original Black Panther Graphic Novel)
Shuri and t’Challa: Into the Heartlands (an Original Black Panther Graphic Novel) Roseanne A. Brown 9781338648065 Fiction Graphix Scholastic Inc. Shuri and T’Challa set out to remove a curse from Waka...
Squirrels Scamper
Squirrels Scamper Mélina Mangal 9798885544566 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials Awaken young children to the purposeful movement of squirrels and their own sense of work and pla...
Birds Sing Their Words
Birds Sing Their Words Mélina Mangal 9798885544542 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials Awaken young children to the sounds birds make, and to their own unique voices. In Birds ...
Trees Stand Tall
Trees Stand Tall Mélina Mangal 9798885544559 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials People are like trees—strong, flexible, and rooted. In Trees Stand Tall, two young children adm...
The Cartel series is back...and more deadly than ever.
The Cartel series is back...and more deadly than ever. Troy Johnson Article Ashley & JaQuavis are New York Times bestselling authors of over 30 novels. They are the youngest Black writers to ...
Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture
Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture Amber O’Neal Johnston 9780593716823 Nonfiction TarcherPerigee Penguin Random House A must-have addition to ...
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap Mehrsa Baradaran 9780674970953 Nonfiction Belknap Press Harvard University Press "Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautif...
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature Troy Johnson Article Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature by Wade Hudson This Diversity Books Pledge was developed after a...
Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare
Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare Dorothy Roberts 9780465070596 Nonfiction Civitas Book Publisher Hachette Book Group The story of foster care in the United States is the story of the failur...
Mad MaXXX: Children of The Catacombs
Mad MaXXX: Children of The Catacombs T. Styles 9780989084505 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications What do you get when you put a group of vagrants, alcoholics, drug addicts, murderers and t...
Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood
Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood James Baldwin 9781478000044 Fiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books “a child’s story for adults” Illustrated by Yoran Cazac. Edi...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of t...
Joe Cepeda
Joe Cepeda NONE Joe Cepeda, an award-winning illustrator, is known for adding a sparkle to his illustrations that resonates with children. With a BFA in illustration, he began his career in New York,...
Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter
Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com’s Best Selling Books — July/August 2015 We just published our ten best selling fiction, nonfiction, and ...
Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America
Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America Eryka Parker Book Review As a Black woman born and raised in the United States, I have always been aware of how blessed I am to ...
Akashic Books
Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series Black Goat Black Sheep Edge of Sports Enemy Books Infamous Books Open Lens Peekash Press The Armory Uglytown Productio...
Nonku Kunene Adumetey
Nonku Kunene Adumetey NONE Nonkululeko “Nonku” Kunene Adumetey is a devoted wife, mother, and children's author. Born in eSwatini, educated in Canada and the US, she's passionate about inspiring chil...
Just Us Books
Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books, Inc. http://www.justusbooks.com Wade and Cheryl Hudson were parents on a desperate search for children’s books that reflected the diversity o...
Sylvia L. Walker
Sylvia L. Walker NONE Sylvia L. Walker, a Pasadena-born artist, is renowned for her children's fashion illustrations and book illustrations. She has worked with major clients like Simplicity, McCalls...
L. E. Rainey
L. E. Rainey NONE L.E. Rainey, a first-time children's book author and experienced grandmother, penned 'Sad Sam, Glad Sam' using her knack for storytelling developed from years of reading bedtime sto...
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal Bettina L. Love 9781250280381 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers "I am an eighties baby who grew to hate s...
Wanda Thomas
Wanda Thomas 0000000074200639 Wanda L. Thomas, a New York-born author and CEO of a Medical Transcribing business, holds a BA in Biology and Pre-Medical Studies. She founded JCW Enterprises, a childre...
Wind Whirls
Wind Whirls Mélina Mangal 9798885544573 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials Introduce children to the sounds and sensations of the wind, and to the importance of togetherness. ...
Bernette Ford
Bernette Ford 0000000038486553 Bernette Ford, founder of COLOR-BRIDGE BOOKS, was a renowned children's book packager and consultant, and an advocate for diversity in children's literature. She held s...
The Coldest Thug Ever: A Thug’s Rise - The Prequel
The Coldest Thug Ever: A Thug’s Rise - The Prequel Quan Millz 9798815280250 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published What does it take to become the coldest thug ever? In the ’...
Shani M. King
Shani M. King NONE Shani Mahiri King, law professor and director of the Center on Children and Families at the University of Florida. Also an Associate Director of the Center on Race and Race Relatio...
Eloise Greenfield
Eloise Greenfield 000000006319793X Eloise Greenfield, renowned for her rhythmic style, positively portrayed the black experience in her award-winning children's literature. With works like The Friend...
The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires
The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires Kam Williams Book Review “In spite of Black America’s advances… with more successful, educated and accomplished entrepren...
2 Ways Google is Killing Online Booksellers & How You Can Help
2 Ways Google is Killing Online Booksellers & How You Can Help Troy Johnson Article (1) Google Uses its Dominance in Search to Hijack Traffic from Websites Google does this by placing content, it ha...
The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years
The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years Linda Villarosa 9780767901963 Nonfiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House The parents of America’s 3.6 million black childr...
Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist Between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families
Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist Between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families Christina J. Cross 9780674278493 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University P...
O’s Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life With Oprah & Friends
O’s Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life With Oprah & Friends The Oprah Magazine Editors Of O 9780848734855 Nonfiction Oxmoor House Oxmoor House Drawing from ten years of O, The Oprah Magazine, the ...
Happy Women Live Better
Happy Women Live Better Valorie Burton 9780736956758 Nonfiction Harvest House Publishers Harvest House Publishers Women have more education, more money, and more choices than ever before. Yet, researc...
What Every Black Parent Needs to Know about Saving Our Sons: Institutionalized Racism, Society, and Raising Black Children
What Every Black Parent Needs to Know about Saving Our Sons: Institutionalized Racism, Society, and Raising Black Children Marita Golden 9781684814145 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing Empower Your So...
Raising Confident and Empowered Black Kids: A Comprehensive Guide for Badass Black Parenting
Raising Confident and Empowered Black Kids: A Comprehensive Guide for Badass Black Parenting M.J. Fievre 9781642505580 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing How to Raise Black Kids in a Racist WorldRaisin...
Black Girls Learn Love Hard
Black Girls Learn Love Hard Ras Baraka 9780965830850 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press Ras Baraka’s "Black Girls Learn Love Hard" (Moore Black Press 2006) is more than a brother mourning the ...
Black & Ugly As Ever
Black & Ugly As Ever T. Styles 9780979493164 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications The gang you fell in love with returns from the street classic Black & Ugly! Parade Knight finally gets wha...
Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 9780062820259 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transge...
Black Fairy Tales: A Coloring and Activity Book
Black Fairy Tales: A Coloring and Activity Book Crystal Swain-Bates 9781939509154 Fiction Goldest Karat Publishing Goldest Karat Publishing Tired of the lack of diversity in children’s coloring books?...
Reflections on Black Book Reviews
Reflections on Black Book Reviews Troy Johnson Article For more than a decade I, through AALBC.com, have published hundred's of reviews of books written by or about Black people. Over the years thi...
Where the Children Take Us
Where the Children Take Us Zain Asher 9780063048836 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother’s strength and determinati...
Affirmations for Black Women: A Journal: 100+ Positive Messages and Prompts to Affirm Your Self-Worth, Empower Your Spirit, & Attract Success
Affirmations for Black Women: A Journal: 100+ Positive Messages and Prompts to Affirm Your Self-Worth, Empower Your Spirit, & Attract Success Oludara Adeeyo 9781507220191 Nonfiction Adams Media Corpor...
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Michael Eric Dyson 9780465017201 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Michael Eric Dyson took America by storm with this prov...
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Michael Eric Dyson 9780465017195 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Nothing exposed the class and generational divide in bl...
Judy Allen Dodson
Judy Allen Dodson NONE Judy Allen Dodson is an award-winning librarian, archivist, and children's author dedicated to teaching Black History through stories of unsung heroes. She serves as a regional...
Maya Cameron-Gordon
Maya Cameron-Gordon NONE Maya Cameron-Gordon is an author, mother, and former teacher with an MFA in filmmaking. She aims to diversify children's fantasy through her books and films, promoting repres...
Invisible Life: Special edition
Invisible Life: Special edition E. Lynn Harris 9780385494632 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Available at last, E. Lynn Harris’s beloved first novel in a hardcover edition.Just a few years ago,...
Pitbulls In A Skirt 2 (The Cartel Publications Presents)
Pitbulls In A Skirt 2 (The Cartel Publications Presents) Mikal Malone 9780979493195 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications The four gangstresses you love return to Emerald City more glamorous...
Subi Bosa
Subi Bosa NONE Subi Bosa is a South African children's book illustrator. With over 15 independently published books to his credit, he is passionate about creating impactful and positive content for c...
Valerie Bolling and Kailei Pew
Valerie Bolling and Kailei Pew MULTIPLE Valerie Bolling, an award-winning author and educator, is committed to creating diverse literature for children. Kailei Pew, author of children's books like Ki...
The Tail of Max the Mindless Dog: A Children’s Book on Mindfulness
The Tail of Max the Mindless Dog: A Children’s Book on Mindfulness Florenza Denise Lee 9781941328071 Nonfiction Words to Ponder Publishing Company Words to Ponder Publishing Company The Tail of Max th...
Karen Lynn Williams
Karen Lynn Williams 0000000063701972 Karen Lynn Williams, born in 1952, is a renowned author of over a dozen children's books, including the acclaimed 'GALIMOTO'. She's also a former Peace Corps volu...
A Lover’s Vow (The Grangers)
A Lover’s Vow (The Grangers) Brenda Jackson 9780778318002 Fiction Mira Books Harlequin Enterprises Limited www.BrendaJackson.netShe’s all he’s ever wanted. He’s everything she’ll ever need. Business m...