Black Books Every Child Should Have in 2026!

Classics

1. Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (1991)
2. Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee (2002)
3. Hands Up by Breanna J. McDaniel (2019)

Honorable Mention

(Books we love, that aren’t by Black authors/illustrators)

1. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema (1981)
2. Stanley’s Secret by John Sullivan (2023)