Mother’s Day is a day to honor, reflect, and celebrate. In Mama’s Library Summers (Cameron Kids, 2024) Melvina Noel and Daria Peoples recall fond memories of a mother who championed books and reading. Monica Mikai’s Wash Day with Mama (Crown BYR, 2025) observes a loving and joyful bond grow between a mother and daughter as they enjoy Sunday wash days. Those are just two of the fantastic picture books by Black authors about mothers. They are perfect for gift-giving, storytime, or adding to a home library. Which one is your favorite?
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Monica Mikai | Crown BYR | January 14, 2025
Winsome Bingham | Rahele Jomepour-Bell | Abrams BYR | October 29, 2024
Melvina Noel | Daria Peoples | Cameron Kids | March 12, 2024
4. Mommy Time
Monique James-Duncan | Ebony Glenn | Candlewick | March 28, 2023
Samantha Hawkins | Cory Reid | Lantana Publishing | March 7, 2023
6. Mama’s Home
Shay Youngblood | Lo Harris | Make Me a World | October 18, 2022
7. Me and My Mama (Board Book)
Carole Boston Weatherford | Ashleigh Corrin | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | April 5, 2022
8. Me & Mama
Cozbi A. Cabrera | Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster BYR | August 25, 2020
Ceece Kelley | Sawyer Cloud | Soaring Kite Books | February 1, 2022
10. Just Like a Mama
Alice Faye Duncan | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Denene Millner/S&S BYR | January 21, 2020
11. Where Is Mommy?
Pat Cummings | Holiday House | November 19, 2019
12. Mother of Many
Pamela M. Tuck | Tiffany J. Smith | Mascot Books | June 4, 2019
Edwidge Danticat | Shannon Wright | Roaring Brook Press | February 26, 2019
14. Mommy’s Khimar
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Ebony Glenn | Salaam Reads | April 3, 2018
Quvenzhané Wallis | Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Simon & Schuster BYR | October 3, 2017
16. Lullaby (For a Black Mother)
Langston Hughes | Sean Qualls | HMH BYR | March 19, 2013
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