{"id":21464,"date":"2017-11-03T13:52:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=21464"},"modified":"2017-11-03T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:53:43","slug":"childrens-books-with-african-american-characters-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/childrens-books-with-african-american-characters-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Books with African American Characters & Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“It is time for parents to teach<\/em>\u00a0young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.<\/strong>” –\u00a0Maya Angelou<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few of my favorite books featuring African American characters and\/or heroes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Snowy Day<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Ezra Jack Keats<\/p>\n

Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Amy Novesky<\/p>\n

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Phillip Hoose<\/p>\n

Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Marcia Wells<\/p>\n

Princess Truly and the Hungry Bunny Problem<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Kelly Greenawalt<\/p>\n

President of the Whole Fifth Grade (President Series)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Sherri Winston<\/p>\n

One Crazy Summer<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Rita Williams-Garcia<\/p>\n

Meet Addy: An American Girl (The American Girls Collection)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Connie Porter<\/p>\n

Ninth Ward<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Jewell Parker Rhodes<\/p>\n

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Barack Obama<\/p>\n

I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Brad Meltzer<\/p>\n

My Rows and Piles of Coins<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Tololwa M. Mollel<\/p>\n

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Kadir Nelson<\/p>\n

This Little Light of Mine<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Public Domain<\/p>\n

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Cynthia Levinson<\/p>\n

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Virginia Hamilton<\/p>\n

The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Ann Cameron<\/p>\n

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Vashti Harrison<\/p>\n

Dancing in the Wings<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Debbie Allen<\/p>\n

The Story of Rosa Parks<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Patricia A. Pingry<\/p>\n

I am Rosa Parks (Ordinary People Change the World)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Brad Meltzer<\/p>\n

Oh Me, Oh My, Who Am I?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Dr. Taneshia Knight Shelton<\/p>\n

Princess Truly in I Am Truly<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Kelly Greenawalt<\/p>\n

Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 2: The Ladek Invasion (Volume 2)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Marti Dumas<\/p>\n

Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Deloris Jordan<\/p>\n

Bud, Not Buddy<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nby Christopher Paul Curtis<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in\u201d\u00a0 -Eliezer Yudkowsky<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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