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I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum -

"Shades of black; A celebration of our Children", and "Read and Rise"? by Sandra Pinkney

"Caribbean Dream" by Rachel Isadora

"I love my Hair"? by natasha Anastasia Tarpley

"He's got the Whole World in his hands" Kadir Nelson

"I told you I can Play" Brian Jordan

"A Child is Born" by Margaret Wise Brown

Our Neighborhood books by Cynthia G. Williams

"When I am old with You" by Angela Johnson and David Soman

Pretty Brown Face by Andrea and Brian Pinkney

Real nice one a spin off a true event about an AA man who 'adopted" a latino baby he found abandonded on the street. There is one word (****ed) that you would need to omit if reading to a child.
Angel City by Tony Johnston

Brown Like Me

For little kids:
The hello, goodbye window by Norton Juster ( A. Caldecot medal winner)

Please Puppy Please, and Please baby Please by Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee

Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee by Rita Williams-Garcia (about hair lol)

Is there really a Human race? by Jamie Lee Curtis

Overall story celebrating the day a baby was born:
On the night you were born, by Nancy Tillman

And for older kids and adults:
This is truly an intelligent, talented YET humble man, who defied the odds coming from a single female parent home. Great read for encouraging folks to do their best, eduation, good work ethincs, and being a good, kind person.
The Big Picture and...
Think Big by Ben Carson

Papa, do you Love Me? By Joosse and Lavallee

Ish by Peter H. Reynolds

Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

Moses; When Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Honey Baby Sugar Child by Alice Faye Duncan

Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkins

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

Woever You Are by Mem Fox

The Color of Us by Karen Katz

All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka