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Our collection of picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC) is available to the public. *Inclusion of a title in the collection DOES NOT EQUAL a recommendation.* Click here for more on book evaluation.

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Martin & Mahalia

2013

by Andrea Davis Pinkney and J. Brian Pinkney

Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes

Juneteenth for Mazie

2015

by Floyd Cooper

Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom

Hansel and Gretel

2009

by Rachel Isadora

When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch. A retelling of the Grimm fairy tale set in Africa

Chloe and her two red shoes

2013

by Shanequa Davis and Barbara Mason Rast

Chloe discovers a trunk in her mama's closet filled with hand-me-down clothes. On her fifth birthday she receives her very first pair of new, shiny, red shoes that she loves and never wants to take off. With a dash of fun and a splash of laughter Chloe begins a journey that will leave her deeply appreciative of the handed down treasures stored in her mama's trunk

New shoes

2016

by Susan Meyer and Eric Velasquez

"In this historical fiction picture book, Ella Mae and her cousin Charlotte, both African American, start their own shoe store when they learn that they cannot try on shoes at the shoe store"--|cProvided by publisher

Destiny’s gift

2004

by Natasha. Tarpley and Adjoa J. Burrowes

Destiny's favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade's bookstore, so when she finds out it may close she stirs the community to help out, then works on a special gift of her own to encourage Mrs. Wade

Seed magic

2011

by Jane Buchanan

Rose takes a gift from the crazy old Birdman and discovers that even in the bleak, gray city there are ways to make a beautiful garden

My friend Maya loves to dance

2010

by Cheryl Willis. Hudson and Eric Velasquez

Maya loves to dance, leap, pirouette, and bow in tutus and leotards or kente cloth and cowrie shells

My brother Charlie

2010

by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Peete

A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism

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