Nikki Grimes | Elizabeth Zunon | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Ford | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Nancy Redd | Random House BYR, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĪlice Faye Duncan | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Denene Millner/S&S BYR, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Patricia Elam Walker | April Harrison | Schwartz & Wade, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĪngela Dalton | Jestenia Southerland | HarperCollins, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĬhad And Dad Richardson | Ashleigh Corrin | Barefoot Books, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĪngela Shanté | Keisha Morris | West Margin Press, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Cabrera | Denene Millner Books/S&S BYR, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Nathan Bryon | Dapo Adeola | Random House BYR, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĬozbi A. Portia Perkins | Shereen Said Clarendon Publishing, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Tami Charles | Sara Palacios | Candlewick, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĭavid Miller | C J Love | Dare To Be King Project, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound JaNay Brown-Wood | Elissambura | Charlesbridge, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Esperanza | Abrams BYR, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĪshley Franklin | Ebony Glenn | HarperCollins, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Tricia Elam Walker | Ekua Holmes | Anne Schwartz Books, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundĬhristine Taylor Butler | Lonnie Ollivierre | Reycraft Books, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Thurman | Anna Cunha | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Lewis | Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundīakari Sellers | Reggie Brown | Quill Tree Books, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBoundīrittany J. See Black History Month: Part 1: 10 Black Lives Matter Books for more book selections. These are much-needed picture book stories that show wide-ranging views, reflections, and experiences of Black life to the world. Esperanza won a 2022 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award for Soul Food Sunday, written by Winsome Bingham! Booklist’s starred review states, “Esperanza’s vibrant illustrations are awash in saturated colors, photo-realistic facial expressions, and pronounced outlines, and they positively radiate this family’s joy and love for one another.” What a wonderful review of a book that features a Black family’s traditions, smiles, laughter, intergenerational sharing and caring, and good food. For Black History Month, Part 2, more of that is on the menu as this book list features stories about families, food, and friendship. “You must give your own story to the world.”-Carter G.

Family Reunion by Chad Richardson