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Black Boy Joy!

Patron readers advisory request: Picture books starring joyful young black boys.

24 items

  • Please, Baby, Please

    by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee ; Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

    Lee, Spike
    A sweet little board book about a parent begging their baby to sleep.
    Book, 2002New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2002] — E LEE
  • Book, 2003Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2003. — E COOKE
  • Crown

    An Ode to the Fresh Cut

    Barnes, Derrick
    A picture book celebrating the transformational power of a haircut and the community found in barbershops.
    Book, 2017Chicago : Bolden, an Agate imprint, [2017] — E BARNES
  • Furqan's First Flat Top

    El Primer Corte De Mesita De Furqan

    Liu-Trujillo, Robert
    Book, 2016Oakland, CA : Come Bien Books, 2016. — SPANISH E LIU-TRU
  • The story of a young boy and his abuela taking a ride across town and meeting the many different people in their neighborhood.
    Book, 2015New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2015] — E DELAPEN
  • Book, 2017New York, NY : Philomel Books, [2017] — E COOPER
  • Book, 2017Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — E CORNWAL
  • Book, 2010Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2010. — E WILLIAM
  • Book, 2018Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018. — E LOVE
  • Book, 1999Boston : Little, Brown and Co., [1999] — E SMALLS-
  • Book, 2015[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2015] — E JOHNSON
  • Radiant Child

    the Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Steptoe, Javaka, 1971-
    About a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, a celebrated Afro-Latinx artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent.
    Book, 2016New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. — J740.92 B2932S 2016
  • About a young Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, a musical prodigy who began playing at the age of 6 and proudly represents the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.
    Book, 2015New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. — J788.93165 An277A 2015