A Chair for My Mother
By Vera B. Williams
Narrated by: Martha Plimpton
Length: 7 minutes
This classic and award-winning picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. "A tender knockout . . . it's rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book."—Kirkus Reviews
After their home is destroyed... Read more »
Coretta Scott
By Ntozake Shange
Narrated by: Phylicia Rashad
Length: 5 minutes
This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United States and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott Read more »
Same, Same but Different
By Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
Length: 6 minutes
Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and go to school. Their worlds might look different, but they were actually similar. Same, same - but different! Read more »
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
Narrated by: Billy Dee Williams
Length: 17 minutes
Told in the voice of a cool cat named Scat, this dramatic story tells how Ella got her sound on the way to a most remarkable and inspiring career. Read more »
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
By John Steptoe
Narrated by: Terry Alexander
Length: 13 minutes
Mufaro's daughters are tested unknowingly to reveal which one is worthy enough to marry the king in this award-winning production, lush with Steptoe's magnificent paintings and a rich musical score. Read more »
Chocolate Me!
By Taye Diggs
Narrated by: Taye Diggs
Length: 6 minutes
*Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Award*
This program is read by Taye Diggs.
The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is.
For years before they both achieved acclaim in... Read more »
Beautiful Blackbird
By Ashley Bryan
Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Length: 8 minutes
Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan adapted this charming tale from a story told by the Ilaspeaking people of Zambia. All the birds in the forest are jealous of Blackbird, whose black feathers glisten and shine colorfully in the sunbeams. The other birds are a single color from head to foot, and none of them have even a spot of black on... Read more »
Hey Black Child
By Useni Eugene Perkins
Narrated by: Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson
Length: 5 minutes
Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins.
Hey black child,
Do you know who you are?
Who really are?Do you know you can be
What you want to be
If you try to be
What you can be?
This lyrical, empowering poem... Read more »
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Vashti Harrison
By Vashti Harrison
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 1 hours 38 minutes
This beautifully illustrated board book edition of instant bestseller Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History showcases women who changed the world and is the perfect goodnight book to inspire big dreams.
Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little... Read more »
Hair Love
By Matthew A. Cherry
Narrated by: Blue Ivy Carter
Length: 4 minutes
Zuri’s hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it’s beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he’ll do anything to make her—and her hair—happy. Tender and empowering, Hair Love is an ode to loving your natural hair—and a... Read more »
Magnificent Homespun Brown
A Celebration
By Samara Cole Doyon
Narrated by: Chrystal Bethell
Length: 10 minutes
This exploration of the natural world and family bonds through the eyes of a young mixed-race narrator is a living, breathing, dazzlingly multi-faceted, exuberant masterpiece, firmly grounded in her sense of self-worth and belonging. If Walt Whitman were reborn as a vibrant young woman of color, this is the book he might write. America, we hear... Read more »
The Day You Begin
By Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
Length: 5 minutes
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson has created a poignant, yet heartening audiobook about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is... Read more »
I Promise
By LeBron James
Narrated by: Gloria James
Length: 4 minutes
NBA champion and cultural icon LeBron James pens a slam-dunk book inspired by his foundation’s I PROMISE program that motivates children everywhere to always #StriveForGreatness.
Just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who is dedicated to uplifting youth everywhere, LeBron James knows the key to a better future is to excel in school, do your best, and keep... Read more »
I Am Every Good Thing
By Derrick Barnes
Narrated by: Joshua David Scarlett
Length: 4 minutes
An upbeat, empowering, important audiobook from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
I am
a nonstop ball of energy.
Powerful and full of light.
I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A leader.
The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt... Read more »
Milo Imagines the World
By Matt de la Peña
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 8 minutes
The team behind the Newbery Medal winner and Caldecott Honor book Last Stop on Market Street and the award-winning New York Times bestseller Carmela Full of Wishes once again delivers a poignant and timely children's book that's sure to become an instant classic.
Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies... Read more »
Someone Builds the Dream
By Lisa Wheeler
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 6 minutes
Buildings, bridges, and books don't exist without the workers who are often invisible in the final product, as this joyous and profound adapted-for-audio picture book reveals from acclaimed author of The Christmas Boot Lisa Wheeler and New York Times bestselling illustrator of Love Loren Long
All across this great big world, jobs are getting... Read more »
The Ocean Calls
A Haenyeo Mermaid Story
By Tina Cho
Narrated by: Jeena Yi
Length: 15 minutes
A breathtaking book featuring a Korean girl and her haenyeo (free diving) grandmother about intergenerational bonds, finding courage in the face of fear, and connecting with our natural world.
Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast of Jeju Island to pluck treasures from the sea--generations of Korean women... Read more »
Mommy's Khimar
By Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Narrated by: Robin Eller
Length: 10 minutes
A khimar is a flowing scarf that my mommy wears.Before she walks out the door each day, she wraps one around her head.A young girl plays dress-up with her mother’s headscarves, feeling her mother’s love with every one she tries on. Charming and vibrant, this portrait of a young Muslim American girl’s life showcases the beauty of a diverse and... Read more »
Julián at the Wedding
Julián
By Jessica Love
Length: 7 minutes
Julián and his abuela are going to a wedding. Better yet, Julián is in the wedding. Weddings have flowers and kissing and dancing and cake. And this wedding also has a new friend named Marisol. It’s not long before Julián and Marisol set off for some magic and mischief of their own, and when things take an unexpected turn, the pair learns that... Read more »
The King of Kindergarten
By Derrick Barnes
Narrated by: Sullivan Jones
Length: 5 minutes
A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten, by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Crown.
The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are going to be the King of Kindergarten!
Starting kindergarten is a big... Read more »