Black Children's Books and Authors (BCBA)

✨#BornOnThisDay: March 20, 1915:🎸Sister Rosetta Tharpe 📖LITTLE ROSETTA AND THE TALKING GUITAR by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow and Doubleday BYR (2023) 📖ROCK, ROSETTA, ROCK! ROLL, ROSETTA, ROLL! by Tonya Bolden, R. Gregory Christie, and HarperCollins (2023) #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: March 17, 1933: Myrlie Evers-Williams 📖A VOICE OF HOPE: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story by Nadia Salomon, London Ladd, and Philomel Books 📚See this book and more picture book biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy March 17th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉Chapter and #MG📚by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy March 17th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

@BCBooksAuthors Happy Book Birthday! 📚✨ It’s so vital to see these diverse stories hitting the shelves. Ramadan Rain looks absolutely stunning can’t wait to check out the full 2026 list!

🎉🙌🏿Happy March 10th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: March 7, 1917: Janet Collins 📖BRAVE BALLERINA: The Story of Janet Collins by Michelle Meadows, Ebony Glenn, and Henry Holt and Co. (2019) 📚See this book and more picture book biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #WomensHistoryMonth #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: March 5, 1911: Bessie Stringfield 📖BESSIE THE MOTORCYCLE QUEEN by Charles R. Smith Jr. and Charlot Kristensen 📖FAST ENOUGH by Joel Christian Gill 📖BESSIE STRINGFIELD by Joel Christian Gill 📚See these books here bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: March 5, 1892: Elijah Pierce 📖YOU GOTTA MEET MR. PIERCE! by Chiquita Mullins Lee, Carmella Van Vleet, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, and Kokila (2023) 📚See this book and more picture book biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: March 4, 1877: Garrett Morgan 📖SAVING THE DAY: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal by Karyn Parsons, R. Gregory Christie, and Little, Brown (2021) 📚See this book and more PB bios here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy March 3rd #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉Young Adult Novels by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy March 3rd #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉Chapter and #MG by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy March 3rd #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

📚 Today is the day! Join us at the #OurStoriesMatter African American Read-In📚 We are reading books and poetry by Black authors for #BlackHistoryMonth

✨#BornOnThisDay: February 27, 1897: Marian Anderson 📖MARIAN ANDERSON SINGS FOR A NATION by Myra Faye Turner and Katura Gaines 📖SHE PERSISTED by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Gillian Flint 📖A GREAT SINGER by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack #BlackHistory #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy February 24th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 Chapter and #MG by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more February books here: bcbooksandauthors.com/february-2026-… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy February 24th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more February books here: bcbooksandauthors.com/february-2026-… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: February 23, 1868: William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois 📖UP CLOSE: W. E. B. Du Bois: A Twentieth-Century Life by Tonya Bolden and Viking BYR (2008) Read more here … amzn.to/4qOf9nq or bookshop.org/a/8348/9781440… #BlackHistory #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: February 21, 1940: John Lewis 📚See these books by and about John Lewis and more here ... bookshop.org/lists/black-hi… #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: February 21, 1933: Nina Simone 📖NINA: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd, Christian Robinson, and G.P. Putnam's Sons BYR (2021) Read more here … amzn.to/3yQMHXT or bookshop.org/a/8348/9781524… #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #OurStoriesMatter