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A Nation’s Hope

Written by: Matt de la Peña
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
Published by: Penguin Random House LLC
Narrated by: Rick Pitino
Running time: 7 minutes

Above the Rim

Written by: Jen Bryant
Illustrated by: Frank Morrison
Published by: Abrams Books
Narrated by: Greg Paulus
Running time: 11 minutes

Before There Was Mozart

Written by: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Published by: Schwartz & Wade
Narrated by: Nia Bailey
Running time: 15 minutes

Brown Sugar Babe

Written by: Charlotte Watson Sherman
Illustrated by: Akem
Published by: Boyds Mills Press
Narrated by: Ashley Williamson
Running time: 4 minutes

Cool Cuts

Written by: Mechal Renee Roe
Illustrated by: Mechal Renee Roe
Published by: Penguin Random House
Narrated by: Jordan Henderson
Running time: 3 minutes

Every Little Thing

Written by: Cedella Marley
Illustrated by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Published by: Chronicle Books
Narrated by: Baker Dunleavy
Running time: 3 minutes

Frederick Douglass

Written by: Frank Murphy
Illustrated by: Nicole Tadgell
Published by: Penguin Random House LLC
Narrated by: Daryl Banks III
Running time: 7 minutes

Get Up, Stand Up

Based on the song by Bob Marley
Adapted by: Cedella Marley
Illustrated by: John Jay Cabuay
Published by: Chronicle Books
Narrated by: Sajada Bonner
Running time: 2 minutes

Goodnight MLK

Written by: Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper
Illustrated by: Julissa Mora
Published by: Good Night Books Publishing
Narrated by: Julianna Bonilla
Running time: 3 minutes

Happy Hair

Written by: Mechal Renee Roe
Illustrated by: Mechal Renee Roe
Published by: Doubleday
Narrated by: Alexa Wallace
Running time: 3 minutes

Henry’s Freedom Box

Written by: Ellen Levine
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
Published by: Scholastic Inc.
Narrated by: Marc Mitchell
Running time: 8 minutes

I Am Enough

Written by: Grace Byers
Illustrated by: Keturah A. Bobo
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers
Narrated by: Callie Cavanaugh
Running time: 2 minutes

I Am Every Good Thing

Written by: Derrick Barnes
Illustrated by: Gordon C. James
Published by: Penguin Random House LLC
Narrated by: Melik Martin
Running time: 5 minutes

I Believe I Can

Written by: Grace Byers
Illustrated by: Keturah A. Bobo
Published by: HaperCollins Publishers
Narrated by: Taj Benning
Running time: 3 minutes

I Got Next

Written by: Daria Peoples-Riley
Illustrated by: Daria Peoples-Riley
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers
Narrated by: Kevin Baggett
Running time: 2 minutes

John Henry: An American Legend

Written by: Ezra Jack Keats
Illustrated by: Ezra Jack Keats
Published by: Dragonfly Books
Narrated by: Shavar Reynolds Jr.
Running time: 7 minutes

Obama – The Day the World Danced

Written by: Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Illustrated by: Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Published by: Stallion Books Publishers
Narrated by: Carmen Maciariello
Running time: 5 minutes

Our Children Can Soar

Written by: Michelle Cook
Illustrated by: Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, Eric Velasquez, R. Gregory Christie, James Ransome, Bryan Collier Shadra Strickland, Frank Morrison, Pat Cummings, Cozbi Cabrera, Charlotte Riley-Webb A.G. Ford, E.B. Lewis
Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
Narrated by: Jordan Jones
Running time: 6 minutes

Overground Railroad

Written by: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Published by: Holiday House
Narrated by: Samir Stewart
Running time: 8 minutes

Sing a Song

Written by: Kelly Starling Lyons
Illustrated by: Keith Mallett
Published by: Penguin Random House LLC
Narrated by: Jada Pierce
Running time: 6 minutes

The Magic Doll

Written by: Adrienne Yabouza
Illustrated by: Elodie Nouhen
Published by: Prestel Children's Books
Narrated by: Sky Castro
Running time: 6 minutes

This Is Your Time

Written by: Ruby Bridges
Illustrated by: Photos by Ruby Bridges
Published by: Penguin Random House
Narrated by: Lynn Milligan
Running time: 8 minutes

Together for Kwanzaa

Written by: Juwanda G. Ford
Illustrated by: Shelly Hehenberger
Published by: Penguin Random House LLC
Narrated by: Billi Chambers
Running time: 8 minutes

Vote For Our Future

Written by: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by: Micah Player
Published by: Penguin Random House LLC
Narrated by: Heather Vulin
Running time: 5 minutes

Why Hippos Live in Water

Written by: Elphinstone Dayrell
Illustrated by: Nafsika Tzanoulinou
Published by:
Narrated by: Nelly Junior Joseph
Running time: 3 minutes
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