Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
10 best books like Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Nikki Grimes): Before She Was Harriet, When We Were Alone, Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen, Mommy's Khimar, Let the Children March, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, Stone Fox, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Firebird, The Absent Author
Before She Was Harriet
| Author | Lesa Cline-Ransome |
| ISBN | 0823420477 |
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad....
When We Were Alone
| Author | David Alexander Robertson |
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
| Author | Debbi Michiko Florence |
| Author | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |
| ISBN | 1534400591 |
A young Muslim girl spends a busy day wrapped up in her mother’s colorful headscarf in this sweet and fanciful picture book from debut author and illustrator Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow and...
| Author | Monica Clark-Robinson |
| ISBN | 0544704525 |
I couldn't go to their schools.
I couldn't drink from their water fountains.
There were so many things I couldn't do.
In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to...
| Author | Margot Lee Shetterly |
| ISBN | 0062742469 |
They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...
Stone Fox
| Author | John Reynolds Gardiner |
| ISBN | 0064401324 |
Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. When Grandfather falls...
| Author | Susan Hood |
| ISBN | 1481430955 |
Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
Firebird
| Author | Misty Copeland |
| ISBN | 0399166157 |
The Absent Author
| Author | Ron Roy |
| ISBN | 0590819186 |
Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects...
| Author | Marion Dane Bauer |
Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned...
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
| Author | Derrick Barnes |
| ISBN | 1572842245 |
Say Something
| Author | Peter H. Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0545865034 |
If you have a brilliant idea...say something!
If you see an injustice...say something!
In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day,...
How to Read a Book
| Author | Kwame Alexander |
Find a tree—a
black...
Remarkables
| Author | Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| ISBN | 0062838482 |
One minute they’re there: laughing and having fun at the house...
Pandora
| Author | Victoria Turnbull |
| ISBN | 0544947339 |
. . . a bird with a broken wing.
Little by little, Pandora helps the bird grow stronger. Little by little, the bird helps Pandora...
Paula Knows What to Do
| Author | Sanne Dufft |
| ISBN | 1772780685 |
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) –OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
When Paula’s dad won’t get out of bed, his misses her mom, Paula knows what to do. She paints him a story adventure that...
All Are Welcome
| Author | Alexandra Penfold |
| ISBN | 0525579656 |
Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yamulkes play side-by-side with friends...