My Mommy Marches by Samantha Hawkins is a story about a daughter who “watches her mommy proudly take to the streets to march for what she believes in.” Read the author’s “Debut You” profile and find out what inspired her to write the story. This Mother’s Day—and throughout the year—enjoy the books listed below that feature stories of mothers, grandmothers, and even one about a girl and her foster mom, Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan. Happy Mother’s Day!
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1. Mommy Time
Monique James-Duncan | Ebony Glenn | Candlewick | March 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
2. My Mommy Marches
Samantha Hawkins | Cory Reid | Lantana Publishing | March 7, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
3. Mama’s Home
Shay Youngblood | Lo Harris | Make Me a World | October 18, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
4. Granny’s Kitchen
Sadé Smith | Ken Daley | Feiwel and Friends | July 12, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Mama’s Portraits and Me
Ekuwah Mends Moses | Edumatch | May 8, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
6. Me and My Mama (Board Book)
Carole Boston Weatherford | Ashleigh Corrin | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | April 5, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
7. Grandma and Me (Board Book)
Carole Boston Weatherford | Ashleigh Corrin | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | March 1, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
8. Dear Mama’s Loving Arms
Ceece Kelley | Sawyer Cloud | Soaring Kite Books | February 1, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
9. Me & Mama
Cozbi A. Cabrera | Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster BYR | August 25, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop
10. Just Like a Mama
Alice Faye Duncan | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Denene Millner/S&S BYR | January 21, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop
11. Brown Sugar Babe
Charlotte Watson Sherman | Akem | Boyds Mills | January 7, 2020 | Amazon | Bookshop
12. Mother of Many
Pamela M. Tuck | Tiffany J. Smith | Mascot Books | June 4, 2019 | Amazon | Bookshop
13. My Mommy Medicine
Edwidge Danticat | Shannon Wright | Roaring Brook Press | February 26, 2019 | Amazon | Bookshop
14. Mommy’s Khimar
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Ebony Glenn | Salaam Reads | April 3, 2018 | Amazon | Bookshop
15. A Night Out with Mama
Quvenzhané Wallis | Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Simon & Schuster BYR | October 3, 2017 | Amazon | Bookshop
16. Bigmama’s
Donald Crews | Greenwillow Books | October 23, 1991 | Amazon | Bookshop
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