Board Books
- Asim, Jabari - Girl of Mine
- Asim, Jabari - Whose Knees Are These?
- Brantz, Loryn - Feminist Baby! He’s Feminist Too!
Picture Books
- Alexander, Kwame - How to Read a Book
- Atinuke - Baby Goes to Market
- Atinuke - B Is for Baby
- Atkinson, Cale - Explorers of the Wild
- Bang, Molly - Ten, Nine, Eight
- Barnes, Derrick - Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
- Barnett, Mac - Oh No!: Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World
- Bean, Jonathan - Big Snow
- Beaty, Andrea - Ada Twist, Scientist
- Bennett, Kelly - Not Norman: A Goldfish Story
- Brantley-Newton, Vanessa - Grandma’s Purse
- Brantley-Newton, Vanessa - Mary Had a Little Glam
- Brown-Wood, Janay - Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story
- Chapin, Tom - The Library Book
- Cherry, Matthews - Hair Love
- Chung, Arree - Out!
- Cockcroft, Jason - How to Care for Your Dinosaur
- Cornwall, Gaia - Jabari Jumps
- Crimi, Carolyn - There Might Be Lobsters
- Danticat, Edwidge - My Mommy Medicine
- Dawnay, Gabby - If I Had a Dinosaur
- Deenihan, Jamie L.B. - When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree
- DiPucio, Kelly - Grace for President
- Fogliano, Julie - When’s My Birthday?
- Garton Scanlon, Liz - All the World
- Graham, Bob - Oscar’s Half Birthday
- Heder, Thura - Alfie
- Juster, Norton - The Hello, Goodbye Window
- Kraegel, Kenneth - Green Pants
- Kuhlman, Evan - Hank’s Big Day
- Laditan, Bunmi - The Big Bed
- Lazar, Tara - Little Red Gliding Hood
- Lee, Spike - Please, Baby Please
- Levis, Caron - Stop That Yawn!
- Love, Jessica - Julián is a Mermaid
- Lukoff, Kyle - When Aidan Became a Brother
- Magruder, Nilah - How to Find a Fox
- McDaniel, Breanna J. - Hands Up!
- McPike, Elizabeth - Little Bitty Friends
- McQuinn, Anna - All the Lola and Leo books
- Miller, Sharee - Princess Hair
- Mora, Oge - Thank you, Omu!
- Mora, Oge - Saturday
- Murray, Diana - City Shapes
- North, Ryan - How to Be a T-Rex
- Nyong’o, Lupita - Sulwe *
- O’Connor, George - If I Had a Raptor
- Pinkney, Brian - Puppy Truck
- Rocco, John - Blackout
- Robinson, Christian - Another
- Robinson, Michelle - A Beginner’s Guide to Bear Spotting
- Rylant, Cynthia - We Love You, Rosie!
- Schofield-Morrison, Connie - I Got the Rhythm
- Schwartz, Vivianne - How to Find Gold
- Shaskan, Steve - Max Speed
- Staniszewski, Anna - Dogosaurus Rex
- Underwood, Deborah - Reading Beauty
- VanSickle, Vikki - If I Had a Gryphon
- Vega, Denise - If Your Monster Won’t Go to Bed
- Wilson-Max, Ken - Astro Girl
- Wilson-Max, Ken - I Can Do It Too!
- Woodson, Jacqueline - Pecan Pie Baby
- Zwillich, Julie - Phoebe Sounds It Out
Early Readers
- Adler, David A. - The Mo Jackson series (Get a Mit, Mo, etc.)
- Atinuke Anna - Hibiscus
- Butler, Dori H. - King and Kayla series
- Cox, Katherine - Katie Fry, Private Eye series
- Davis, Eleanor - Flop to the Top (graphic novel)
- Dungy, Tony - Go, Jade, Go!
- Dungy, Tony - The Missing Cupcake Mystery
- Meister, Cari - Buzz Beaker series
- Nolen, Jerdine - Bradford Street Buddies series
- Platt, Christine - Ana & Andrew series
- Ransom, Candice - Apple Picking Day!
- Ransom, Candice - Garden Day!
- Ransom, Candice - Pumpkin Day!
- Ransom, Candice - Snow Day!
- Yoo, Paula - Lily’s New Home
Beginner Chapter Books
- Barnes, Derrick - Ruby and the Booker Boys series
- Beaty, Andrea - The Questioneers series
- Citro, Asia - Zoey and Sassafras series
- Draper, Sharon - Clubhouse Mysteries series
- Dumas, Marti - Jaden Toussaint series
- English, Karen - The Carver Chronicles series
- Elliott, Zetta - Dragons in a Bag
- Elliott, Zetta - The Dragon Thief
- Freeman, Karen - Nikki and Deja series
- Griffin, Sammy - Mighty Meg series
- Grimes, Nikki - Dyamonde Daniel series
- Kupers, Alice - Polly Diamond series
- Lyons, Kelly Starling - Jada Jones series
- McKay, Hilary - Lulu series
- Mills, Claudia - Izzy Barr, Running Star
- Nuurali, Siman - Sadiq series
- Smith, Nikki Shannon - The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane
- Thomson, Melissa - Keena Ford series
- Warner, Sally - Absolutely Alfie (series)
- Warner, Sally - Ellray Jakes (series)
- West, Kara - Mia Mayhem series
Middle Grade
- Alexander, Kwame - Crossover series
- Armstrong, Kelley - A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying
- Baptist, Kelly J. - Isaiah Dunn is My Hero (August 2020 release)
- Baptiste, Tracey - The Jumbies (series)
- Barron, Rena - Maya and the Rising Dark
- Brooks, Molly - Sanity and Tallulah
- Chase, Paula - So Done
- Chase, Paula - Dough Boys (companion to So Done)
- Draper, Sharon M. - Blended
- Giles, Lamar - The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
- Hernandez, Carlos - Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
- Johnson, Varian - The Parker Inheritance
- Magoon, Kekla - The Season of Styx Malone
- Maldonado, Torrey - Tight
- Mbalia, Kwame - Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
- Older, Daniel - Jose Dactyl Hill Squad
- Ortega, Maribel - Ghost Squad
- Ostertag, Molly - Witch Boy
- Rhodes, Jewell Parker - Bayou Magic
- Perez, Celia C. - The First Rule of Punk
- Reynolds, Jason - Track series
- Reynolds, Jason - As Brave As You
- Reynolds, Jason - Look Both Ways
- Rhodes, Jewell Parker - Black Brother, Black Brother
- Wells, Marcia - Eddie Red Undercover (series)
- Watson, Renee - Some Places More Than Others
- Watson, Renee - Ways to Make Sunshine
- Winston, Sherri - President of the Whole Fifth Grade
- Youngblood, Leslie C. - Love Like Sky
- Zoboi, Ibi - My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich
Young Adult
- Acevedo, Elizabeth - The Poet X
- Acevedo, Elizabeth - With the Fire on High
- Adeyemi, Tomi - Children of Blood and Bone
- Anderson, Lily - Not Now, Not Ever
- Barron, Rena - Kingdom of Souls
- Barrow, Rebecca - You Don’t Know Me, But I Know You
- Bayron, Kalynn - Cinderella is Dead (July 2020)
- Brown, Echo - Black Girl Unlimited
- Brown, Roseanne A. - A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
- Caldwell, Patrice & others - A Phoenix First Must Burn (anthology)
- Callender, Kacen - This is Kind of an Epic Love Story
- Clayton, Dhonielle - The Belles series
- Colbert, Brandy - The Voting Booth
- Davis, Charlotte Nicole - The Good Luck Girls
- Davis, Dana L. - Tiffany Sly Lives Here
- Davis, Dana L. - The Voice in My Head
- Davis, Ronni - When The Stars Lead To You
- Diaz, Natasha - Color Me In
- Deonn, Tracy - Legendborn (September 2020)
- Douglass, Ryan - Jake in the Box
- Dow, Alecia - The Sound of Stars
- Ellis, Grace - Moonstruck (series)
- Everett, Sarah - Some Other Now (Feb. 2021)
- Forest, Kristina - I Wanna Be Where You Are
- Garrett, Camryn - Full Disclosure
- Giles, Lamar - Spin
- Gradison, Whitney D. - A Love Hate Thing
- Hibbert, Talia - Get a Life, Chloe Brown
- Johnson, Leah - You Should See Me in a Crown
- Kann, Clara - If It Makes You Happy
- Kann, Clara - Let’s Talk About Love
- Ireland, Justina - Dread Nation
- Jackson, Tiffany D. - Allegedly
- Jackson, Tiffany D. - Monday’s Not Coming
- Larson, Hope - Goldie Vance (series)
- McKinney, L.L. - A Blade So Black
- Montgomery, Candice - By Any Means Necessary
- Morris, Brittney - Slay
- Morrow, Bethany C. - A Song Below Water
- Moulite, Maika & Maritza Moulite - Dear Haiti, Love Alaina
- Older, Daniel - Jose Shadowshaper
- Okarafor, Nnedi - Akata Witch
- Parker, Morgan - Who Put This Song On?
- Petrus, Juauda - The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
- Phillippe, Ben - Field Guide to the North American Teenager
- Phillippe, Ben - Charming as a Verb (Sept. 2020)
- Reynolds, Jason - Miles Morales: Spider Man
- Reynolds, Justin A. - Opposite of Always
- Richardson, Rhiannon - The Meet-Cute Project (Jan. 2021)
- Rigaud, Debbie - Truly Madly Royally
- Stone, Nic - Jackpot
- Tamani, Liara - All the Things We Never Knew
- Tercerio, Rey - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
- Thomas, Angie - On the Come Up
- Tynion IV, James - The Backstagers (series)
- Usdan, Carly - The Avant-Guards (series)
- Watson, Renee - Piecing Me Together
- Watson, Renee - This Side of Home
- Winters, Julian - Running with Lions
- Winters, Julian - How to Be Remy Cameron
- Woodfolk, Ashley - When You Were Everything
- Woodfolk, Ashley - The Beauty That Remains
- Yoon, Nicola - The Sun is Also a Star
- Zoboi, Ibi - Pride
- Zoboi, Ibi & others - Black Enough (anthology)
For additional reading, please see the Social Justice and Black Voices list from the Minuteman Library Network.