November is Picture Book Month! Dianne de Las Casas is an author and storyteller who founded the international literacy initiative. She believes that as society becomes increasingly digital, we should celebrate print picture books. She expressed that “the world needs picture books. There’s nothing like the physical page turn of a beautifully crafted picture book.” On the PBM website, authors or “picture book champions” post essays—everyday in November—on the importance of picture books. Our list includes fiction and nonfiction books for zero to preschool aged-children, elementary, and older readers. For more picture books, visit our category page, Genres, Themes, and….
Please, Baby, Please
Authors – Spike & Tonya Lewis Lee
Illustrator – Kadir Nelson
Freight Train
Hush, Little Baby
Angel Baby
Welcome, Precious
Author – Nikki Grimes
Illustrator – Bryan Collier
Did I Tell You I Love You Today?
Authors – Deloris & Roslyn M. Jordan
Illustrator – Shane Evans
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin
Authors – Cheryl Willis Hudson & Bernette G. Ford
Illustrator – George Ford
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Mousetropolis
Red, Yellow, Blue (and a Dash of White, Too!)
Every Little Thing
Authors - Bob Marley & Cedella Marley
Illustrator – Vanessa Brantley-Newton
My America
Author – Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Illustrators – Jan Spivey Gilchrist & Ashley Bryan
Shortcut
The Lion & the Mouse
Baby Bear
Please, Louise
Author - Toni Morrison
Illustrator – Shadra Strickland
Keisha Cane and Her Very Sweet Tooth
Author – Ashley Foxx
Illustrator – April Foxx
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
Author - Lesa Cline Ransome
Illustrator – James E. Ransome
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Firebird
Author - Misty Copeland
Illustrator - Christopher Myers
Bronzeville Boys and Girls
Author - Gwendolyn Brooks
Illustrator – Faith Ringgold
My Rows and Piles of Coins
Author - Tololwa M. Mollel
Illustrator – E. B. Lewis
Trombone Shorty
Author - Troy Andrews
Illustrator – Bryan Collier
Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali
Author – Khephra Burn
Illustrators – Leo & Diane Dillon
The Great Migration: An American Story
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Authors - William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
Illustrator – Elizabeth Zunon
AIDA
Author – Leontyne Price
Illustrators – Leo and Diane Dillon
28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World
Author – Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrator – Shane W. Evans
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Author – Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator – Ekua Holmes
The Middle Passage: White Ships/ Black Cargo
