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Black Stories & Voices February 2026 |
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We Are Here (an All Because You Matter Book)
by Tami Charles
An empowering follow-up to New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter that celebrates the rich history of Black and brown men and women throughout history with soaring language and stunning illustration.
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My Fade Is Fresh
by Shauntay Grant
With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block.
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Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children
by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
As affirming as it is touching and warm, Hold Them Close encourages young children to hold close their joy, the words of their ancestors and elders, as well as their power to change the world. A perfect book for shared story time, this book will inspire young people to march forth with pride, glow, and happiness.
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Brown Is Warm, Black Is Bright
by Sarah L. Thomson
Illustrations and text celebrate the colors brown and black, demonstrating the many positive assocations with these two colors.
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Bros
by Carole Boston Weatherford
From sunrise to sunset, a group of young Black boys joyously spend the day together as they live their best lives freely in their community. With confidence and a touch of swag, these friends do everything with one another: build a time machine, tend to the community garden, roleplay in the park, read, take a group selfie, and play basketball.
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The Year We Learned to Fly
by Jacqueline Woodson
By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world.
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Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal
by Karyn Parsons
Before Garrett Morgan became a successful inventor and saved countless lives with his creations, he was a little boy with a head full of ideas on how to make life better for everyone. At a tumultuous time filled with racism and discrimination, Garrett became a prominent business man and skilled inventor who produced the traffic signal, a gas mask, and other devices still used today.
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Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror!
by Jamia Wilson
A new board book edition of the phenomenal Young, Gifted and Black aimed at babies and preschoolers, bringing together Black icons from the past and present in a celebration of achievement.
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Hair Love ABCs
by Matthew A. Cherry
An alphabet board book inspired by the bestselling HAIR LOVE with new spot illustrations and text from the original award-winning author and illustrator duo.
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My People
by Langston Hughes
This Coretta Scott King Award-winning photography book based on Langston Hughes's classic poem is perfect for kids and moving and powerful for readers of all ages. Langston Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Charles R. Smith Jr. interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.
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You So Black
by Theresa Tha S. O. N. G. B. I. R. D.
A celebration of the meaning of Blackness.
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The ABCs of Black history
by Cortez, Rio
Culturally evocative illustrations and lyrical text by a Pushcart-nominated poet celebrate historical activists, events and locations that shaped Black history and the fight for equality, in a picture book complemented by a timeline and additional back matter.
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Saturday Morning at the 'Shop
by Keenan Jones
Spend Saturday morning at the barbershop in this upbeat celebration of the spaces and places that bring communities together.
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Little Black Lives Matter
by Khodi Dill
Little Black Lives Matter empowers all children, but Black children especially, by affirming that their lives, however little they may yet be, matter. Featuring fifteen great Black heroes of the past and the powerful words they spoke and actions they took, Little Black Lives Matter is a rhyming book that incorporates memorable quotations and a reminder to little ones that each of these great people once lived a little Black life themselves.
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The undefeated
by Alexander, Kwame
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem by the Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover and artwork from a two-time Caldecott Honoree is a love letter to black life in the United States, highlighting the unspeakable trauma of slavery; the faith and fire of the Civil Rights Movement; and the grit, passion and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
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Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade
by Yohuru Williams
James Weldon Johnson was a man of words. He wrote 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' a poem so uplifting and inspiring it became known as the Black national anthem. In July 1917, James helped lead thousands of children and adults in the Silent Protest Parade as they marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City. Today, the parade stands as an inspiring reminder of the power of protest in all forms, and the power and resilience of young people in the face of ongoing racial hatred and violence.
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Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St. E, Tacoma, Washington 98446
253-548-3300mypcls.org |
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