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Best Picture Books with Black Main Characters
Picture Books with black main characters
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Rainbow Stew
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3.85 avg rating — 262 ratings
score: 195,
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Grace for President (Grace Series, 1)
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4.34 avg rating — 2,900 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Phoebe Sounds It Out (Phoebe, 1)
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Julie Zwillich (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 140 ratings
score: 188,
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2 people voted
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Daddy Goes to Work
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Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Walking Bathroom
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4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Blacker the Berry
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4.26 avg rating — 634 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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A Tisket, A Tasket
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3.40 avg rating — 85 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 118,649 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Mayann's Train Ride
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4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Goin' Someplace Special
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4.36 avg rating — 2,443 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
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4.14 avg rating — 286 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Peter's Chair
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4.21 avg rating — 4,273 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Up Home
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4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Welcome, Precious
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3.85 avg rating — 149 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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An Apple for Harriet Tubman
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4.27 avg rating — 104 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Amazing Grace
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4.37 avg rating — 14,213 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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City Speaks In Drums
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4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Waiting for Christmas
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3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
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4.36 avg rating — 6,005 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Boundless Grace
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4.16 avg rating — 434 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
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4.44 avg rating — 12,981 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Princess Grace
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4.10 avg rating — 340 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Starring Grace
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3.84 avg rating — 88 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of Brave Bessie Coleman
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4.17 avg rating — 150 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Happy to Be Nappy
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4.33 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
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Curtis Manley (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
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4.35 avg rating — 20,945 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth
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3.97 avg rating — 439 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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The Egyptian Cinderella
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3.93 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Mumbet's Declaration of Independence
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4.28 avg rating — 284 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
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4.20 avg rating — 469 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Today Is the Day
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3.95 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
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Cynthia Levinson (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Don't Call Me Grandma
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3.83 avg rating — 380 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
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4.45 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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A Father Like That
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3.95 avg rating — 116 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Grandfather and I
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4.06 avg rating — 83 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Grandmother and I
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3.86 avg rating — 74 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Feast for 10
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4.04 avg rating — 909 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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My Family Plays Music
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Judy Cox (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 230 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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Mama Rocks, Papa Sings (An Apple Soup Book)
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3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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The Quilt
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3.65 avg rating — 185 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Peekaboo Morning
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4.12 avg rating — 897 ratings
score: 76,
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1 person voted
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When This Box Is Full
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Patricia Lillie (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 53 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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Shanté Keys and the New Year's Peas
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Gail Piernas-Davenport (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 263 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
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4.23 avg rating — 554 ratings
score: 73,
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1 person voted
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Red, Yellow, Blue
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3.72 avg rating — 86 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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It's Great Being a Dad
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Dan Bar-el (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 197 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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Molly, by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America's First Female Firefighter
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Dianne Ochiltree (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 307 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
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Don Tate (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 840 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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Regards to the Man in the Moon
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3.79 avg rating — 393 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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The Moon Over Star
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4.11 avg rating — 764 ratings
score: 67,
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1 person voted
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Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter
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4.13 avg rating — 205 ratings
score: 66,
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1 person voted
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