Vital Culture Books

Picture Books

Picture books by Black Authors and illustrators that celebrate joy, family and big dreams, for the littlest readers and up. Board books for babies, award-winning read-alouds and timeless folktales to share at bedtime and beyond.

74 books

Littlest Readers (board books) 9 books

Please, Baby, PleaseSpike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee$8.99
Freight TrainDonald Crews$9.99
Dream Big, Little OneVashti Harrison$8.99
Every Little ThingCedella Marley, Bob Marley$8.99
Baby Goes to MarketAtinuke$8.99
Antiracist Baby Board BookIbram X. Kendi$8.99
Whose Knees Are These?Jabari Asim$7.99
Whose Toes Are Those?Jabari Asim$8.99
Chocolate Me!Taye Diggs$8.99

Joy & Confidence 17 books

CrownDerrick Barnes$18.95
I Am EnoughGrace Byers$19.99
I Believe I CanGrace Byers$19.99
You MatterChristian Robinson$17.99
The Queen of KindergartenDerrick Barnes$18.99
Nigel and the MoonAntwan Eady$19.99
Not Quite Snow WhiteAshley Franklin$9.99
The Proudest BlueIbtihaj Muhammad$17.99
All Because You Matter (an All Because You Matter Book)Tami Charles$17.99
Together, United (an All Because You Matter Book)Tami Charles$18.99
Stronger ThanNikki Grimes, Stacy Wells$19.99
A Hug Like Michelle's, a Voice Like Beyoncé'sCarole Boston Weatherford$18.99
Let It Shine!Carole Boston Weatherford$18.99
Nani and the LionAlicia D. Williams$19.99
Carla and the Tin Can Cake PartyCarla Hall$19.99
Parker Grows a GardenParker Curry, Jessica Curry$4.99
A is for AlfieRandy Duburke$18.99

Family & Community 14 books

Thank You, Omu! (Caldecott Honor Award Winner)Oge Mora$18.99
SaturdayOge Mora$18.99
The Day You BeginJacqueline Woodson$19.99
Each KindnessJacqueline Woodson$18.99
I PromiseLebron James$19.99
Change SingsAmanda Gorman$18.99
A Walk in the WoodsNikki Grimes$18.99
Night FlightDavid Barclay Moore$18.99
Daisy Helps with the DressOlugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich$19.99
Makeda Makes a Home for SubwayOlugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich$5.99
Family Feast!Carole Boston Weatherford$19.99
When Alexander Graced the TableAlexander Smalls, Denene Millner$19.99
We're in This TogetherRaphael G. Warnock$19.99
Big Family Beach DayNina Crews$19.99

Big Dreams 13 books

Mae Among the StarsRoda Ahmed$19.99
FirebirdMisty Copeland$19.99
BunheadsMisty Copeland$18.99
Stacey's Extraordinary WordsStacey Abrams$19.99
Ambitious GirlMeena Harris$18.99
Remember Her Name!Tami Charles$17.99
That Beautiful MindTami Charles, Chris Charles$19.99
A Crown of StoriesCarole Boston Weatherford$19.99
André André Leon Talley--A Fabulously Fashionable Fairy TaleCarole Boston Weatherford, Rob Sanders$19.99
Fourteen Ways of Looking at JellyfishCarole Boston Weatherford$19.99
Of Thee I SingBarack Obama$19.99
I Am the Dream Come TrueMarley Dias, Janice Johnson Dias, Scott Dias$19.99
Liftoff!Nina Crews$19.99

Folktales & Classics 6 books

Mufaro's Beautiful DaughtersJohn Steptoe$19.99
The Lion & the Mouse (Caldecott Medal Winner)Jerry Pinkney$19.99
Flossie and the FoxPatricia McKissack$18.99
Tar BeachFaith Ringgold$8.99
If You Plant a SeedKadir Nelson$19.99
Lullaby for the KingNikki Grimes$19.99

Heritage & History 15 books

The UndefeatedKwame Alexander$19.99
The ABCs of Black HistoryRio Cortez$17.99
The 1619 ProjectNikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson$18.99
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be FreeAlice Faye Duncan$18.99
All Different NowAngela Johnson$17.99
Small Shoes, Great StridesVaunda Micheaux Nelson$19.99
The Book ItchVaunda Micheaux Nelson$19.99
Because of You, John LewisAndrea Davis Pinkney$18.99
Bill PickettAndrea Davis Pinkney$9.99
Black HandsCarole Boston Weatherford$19.99
How Do You Spell Unfair?Carole Boston Weatherford$18.99
The Doll TestCarole Boston Weatherford$18.99
Troubled WatersCarole Boston Weatherford$20.99
UnspeakableCarole Boston Weatherford$17.99
Freedom CelebrationAngela Dalton$5.99