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Great Kids Books by Black Authors

Celebrating some of the best of Canadian children's literature with these books by Black authors.

by Kerry Clare · Tagged black writers, anti-racist

City Speaks In Drums

by (author) Shauntay Grant
illustrated by Susan Tooke

Malaika’s Costume

by (author) Nadia L. Hohn
illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

Greetings, Leroy

by (author) Itah Sadu
illustrated by Alix Delinois

The Stone Thrower

by (author) Jael Ealey Richardson
illustrated by Matt James

Boonoonoonous Hair

by (author) Olive Senior
illustrated by Laura James

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

by (author) Jody Nyasha Warner
illustrated by Richard Rudnicki

Annaka

by (author) Andre Fenton

Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)

by (author) Christopher Paul Curtis

Black Women Who Dared

by (author) Naomi M. Moyer

Mayann's Train Ride

by (author) Mayann Francis
illustrated by Tamara Thiebaux-Heikalo

I Came As a Stranger

The Underground Railroad

by (author) Bryan Prince

Dear Baobab

by (author) Cheryl Foggo
illustrated by Qin Leng

Dragons in a Bag

by (author) Zetta Elliott
illustrated by Geneva B

Lasso the Wind

Aurelia's Verses and other Poems

by (author) George Elliott Clarke
illustrated by Susan Tooke

This Book Betrays My Brother

by (author) Kagiso Lesego Molope

A Song Below Water

A Novel

by (author) Bethany C. Morrow

The Big Bed

by (author) Bunmi Laditan
illustrated by Tom Knight