Wednesdays with The Subversive Children's Book Club: #BlackLivesMatter

Today's focus in the Subversive Children's Book Club is #BlackLivesMatter - wherein we feature children's literature full of  strong African American characters, who are far too often under-represented in children's literature. I like these books:  

For Young Readers/Listeners:

• Sister Anne’s Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki
• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
• A Pocket For Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
• More More More, Said The Baby by Vera Williams
• Just Us Women by Jeannette Cains

For Middle Grade Readers: 

• Junebug by Alice Mead  
• One Crazy Summer and P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams Garcia
• The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
• Double Dutch by Sharon Draper 
• Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

For More Mature Teen Readers:

• Al la Carte  by Tanita Davis
• Tyrell by Coe Booth
•  Like Sisters on The Homefront by Rita Williams Garcia
• This Side of Home by Renee Watson
• After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Hoopster, Hip Hop High School and Homeboyz (a series) by  Alan Lawrence Sitomer
• Fast Talk On A Slow Track by Rita Williams Garcia.