Extracurricular Reads

Astra Publishing House

• Brown Sugar Babe by Charlotte Watson Sherman and illustrated by Akem

• Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington and illustrated by Theodore Taylor

• Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

• Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes

Candlewick Press

• Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank

• Freedom Soup by Tami Charles and illustrated by Jacqueline Alćantara

• Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Eric Velasquez

City Lights Publishers

• The Black History of the White House by Clarence Lusane

• Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and Michael G. Long

Haymarket Books

• 1919 by Eve L. Ewing

• Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Social Justice by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian

• Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Young Adult Edition) by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin

Heyday Books

• Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White and Laura Atkins, illustrated by Laura Freeman

The Innovation Press

• Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Luisa Uribe

Lee and Low

• Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles and illustrated by Justin Johnson

• Dream Builder: The Story of the Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Lyons and illustrated by Laura Freeman

• Magic Like That by Samara Cole Doyon and illustrated by Geneva Bowers

• She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russel-Brown and illustrated by Eric Velasquez

• The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist and illustrated by Darnell Johnson

• Under my Hijab by Hena Khan and illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel

• What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book by Laleña Garcia and illustrated by Caryn Davidson

• When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita

Lerner Publishing Group

• Black Lives Matter: From Hashtag to the Streets by Artika R. Tyner

• Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining by Amanda Jackson Green

• Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Little, Brown Books

• Don’t Touch My Hair! By Sharee Miller

• Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

• Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott and illustrated by Loveis Wise

• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

• The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and illustrated by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt

• We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

Shout Mouse Press

• Man Up! By Riley Campbell and London Jones, illustrated by Joy Ingram

• Our Lives Matter: The Ballou Story Project by Ballou High School Writers

• They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds by Free Minds Writers

Tilbury House

• Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter by Shani Mahiri King and illustrated by Bobby C. Martin

• Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita