Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968

10 best books like Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 (Alice Faye Duncan): We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, The Undefeated, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Let the Children March, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Thank You, Omu!, What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, The Stuff of Stars, The Rough Patch

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

Author	Traci Sorell
ISBN	1632896338

A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation

The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations...

The Undefeated

Author	Kwame Alexander
ISBN	1328780961

The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Author	Anika Aldamuy Denise
ISBN	0062748688

Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.

When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories...

Let the Children March

Author	Monica Clark-Robinson
ISBN	0544704525

I couldn't play on the same playground as the white kids. 
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...

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

Author	Grace Lin
ISBN	0316404489

A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin

Pat, pat, pat...

Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.

Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...

Thank You, Omu!

Author	Oge Mora
ISBN	0316431249

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's perfect for the Thanksgiving season, perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street.

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses...

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan

Author	Chris Barton
ISBN	1481465619

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan had a big, bold, confident voice—and she knew how to use it! Learn all about her career in this picture book biography of the lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights leader.

Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan...

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Author	Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN	0062742469

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

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...

The Stuff of Stars

Author

Marion Dane Bauer

In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child.

Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned...

The Rough Patch

Author	Brian Lies
ISBN	0062671278

Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their award-winning garden, which grows big and beautiful. One day the unthinkable happens: Evan’s dog dies. Heartbroken, Evan destroys the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes overgrown with prickles and thorns,...

All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah

Author

Emily Jenkins

The beloved characters from Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family return in this heartwarming picture book from a critically adored team--perfect for Hanukkah gift-giving!

Acclaimed author Emily Jenkins (A Greyhound, a Groundhog) and Caldecott Award-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky...