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Clever Communities in Action has created a system that catalogs our suggested reading list into the categories which we receive the most requests. Use this guide to customize your child’s reading experience according to her or his interests.
I Am Every Good Thing
Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.
Affirming, Boy Main Character, Juvenile Fiction Derrick Barnes
I Got Bank!
Offers insight and advice to help children increase their financial awareness, including information about making, saving, and spending money, to...
Juvenile Fiction Teri Williams
I Keep Getting Mad
A First Grader's struggle with understanding and dealing with anger.
Isaiah W. Thompson
I Know I Can!
While giving a speech at her high school graduation, Faith, the class valedictorian, shares her childhood dreams, and the lessons...
Ability Veronica N. Chapman
I Promise
NBA champion and cultural icon LeBron James pens a slam-dunk picture book inspired by his foundation's I PROMISE program that...
Inspiration, Juvenile Fiction, Neutral Lebron James
I’m a Brilliant Little Black Boy!
Launching THE BBOY COLLECTION / THE I'M A BOY COLLECTION, we introduce "I'M A BRILLIANT LITTLE BLACK BOY!" Finally a...
African American boys Joshua B. Drummond
I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl!
Mia considers the qualities that make her and her other African American friends--who all have different skin tones--pretty.
Juvenile Fiction Betty K. Bynum
I’m a Pretty Princess
Meet Makayla, a pretty black princess who lives in a castle far, far away. Although she has cute dresses, a...
Juvenile Fiction Crystal Swain-Bates
Imagination Like Mine
From the creators of Hair Like Mine and Skin Like Mine... Imagination Like Mine will take children on an exciting...
Latashia M. Perry
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 1
Giant Afro. Even Bigger Brain. Jaden Toussaint is a five year-old who knows it all. I mean, really knows it...
African American boys Marti Dumas
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 2
Jaden Toussaint, 5 year-old scientist and all around cool dude, must save his school from a (possible) alien invasion. His...
Juvenile Fiction Marti Dumas
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 3
Jaden Toussaint, 5 year-old scientist and all around cool dude, must face his greatest fear: another 5 year-old who is...
Marti Dumas
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 5
Hoping to become a famous animal explorer on television, Jaden, age five, plans to achieve fame through a school play...
African American boys Marti Dumas
Jala and the Wolves
"Have you ever dreamed of being a wolf? Jala has. And she thinks her magical mother has found a way...
Juvenile Fiction Marti Dumas
Jazz Baby
Millions of children have put their hands together and recited the rhyme Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake. But what if the baker's man...
Children's stories Carole Boston Weatherford
Journey Through Hawaii with Jace
A young boy named Jace wants to take you on a journey through the exotic destination of Hawaii with him....
Jace Fennell
June Peters, You Will Change the World in One Day
June Peters, You Will Change the World One Day aims to encourage young children by teaching them the value of...
African American children Alika Turner
Juneteenth
Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865.
Juvenile Nonfiction Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Juneteenth for Mazie
Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story...
Juvenile Fiction Floyd Cooper