Black Children's Books and Authors (BCBA)

✨#BornOnThisDay: May 19, 1925: Malcolm Little (Malcolm X) 📚See these books and more here ... bookshop.org/lists/black-hi… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: May 19, 1930: Lorraine Hansberry 📖WHAT I MUST TELL THE WORLD: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice by Jay Leslie, Loveis Wise, and Zando-Hillman Grad Books (2024) 📚See this book and more here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy May 19th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy May 12th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

O Holy Night is available to preorder now! ✨ bloomsbury.com/us/o-holy-nigh…

Zuri’s dancing to @solangeknowles because she’s whimsical like that. ✨ I’ll introduce Zuri’s mom next week! ❤️ Btw, 137 days until book launch! O Holy Night comes out on September 22nd, y’all! Can’t wait to share Zuri and her family and their holiday joy in picture book form!

📢NEW May Chapter, MG, and YA Books by Black Authors - Available NOW and coming SOON! 📚bcbooksandauthors.com/may-2026-child… 📚Our mission is to promote awareness of children’s and young adult literature by #BlackAuthors 📚#ChildrensBooks 📚#OurStoriesMatter

📢NEW May PICTURE BOOKS by Black Authors - Available NOW and coming SOON!📚bcbooksandauthors.com/may-2026-child… 📚#ChildrensBooks 📚#OurStoriesMatter

💐Mother’s Day: 16 Picture Books by Black Authors bcbooksandauthors.com/mothers-day-16… 📚Explore these fantastic books, great for Mother’s Day and all year long! They are perfect for gift-giving, storytime, or adding to your home or classroom library. 📚#OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: May 6, 1931: Willie Mays 📖WILLIE MAYS by Anne Wynter, Bea Jackson, and Golden Books (2024) 📚See this book and more PB biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy May 5th #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 May 5th #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 May 5th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! #OurStoriesMatter 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: May 3, 1923: Clara Luper 📖SOMEDAY IS NOW: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-ins by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Jade Johnson, and Seagrass Press (2018) 📚See this book and more PB biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: May 3, 1898: Septima Clark 📖TEACHING FOR CHANGE by Yvonne Clark-Rhines, Abigail Albano-Payton, and Monica Clark-Robinson 📚See this book and more PB biographies here ... bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: April 29, 1899: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington 📖DUKE ELLINGTON: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, and Little, Brown BYR (1999) 📚See this book and more PB biographies here bookshop.org/lists/picture-… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy April 28th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 #PictureBooks by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! #OurStoriesMatter 📚See this book and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: April 27, 1927: Coretta Scott King 📖CORETTA: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King by Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds, and Ekua Holmes 📚See these books and more Black Women in History biographies here bookshop.org/lists/black-wo… #OurStoriesMatter

✨#BornOnThisDay: April 25, 1917: Ella Fitzgerald 📖SHE PERSISTED by Andrea Davis Pinkney 📖THE STORY OF ELLA FITZGERALD by Kathy Trusty 📖ELLA FITZGERALD by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney 📚See these books and more here bookshop.org/lists/black-wo… #OurStoriesMatter

🎉🙌🏿Happy April 21st #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉Chapter and #MG📚 by #BlackAuthors 👏🏿Congrats to all! 📚See these books and more 2026 new releases here: bookshop.org/lists/2026-new… #OurStoriesMatter