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Mama Let's Read

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my husband and our three small kids. I’m a biracial Black mom sharing diverse children’s books with positive Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) characters we love. Order some of our favorites here. 

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

Our Favorite Kids Books w/Black Characters

Mama Let's Read Wishlist VIEW LIST (28 BOOKS)
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO and the Corona Challenge
The Crossover
Nubia: Real One
My Baby Loves Valentine's Day
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Nana Akua Goes to School
If I Had an Octopus
If I Had a Unicorn
If I Had a Sleepy Sloth
Grandmother School
No!: My First Book of Protest
Jabari Tries
Brown Boy Joy
Bips and Roses

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Baby Board Books VIEW LIST (19 BOOKS)
Baby Medical School: My Doctor's Visit
Baby Medical School: Bacteria and Antibiotics
Baby Medical School: Vaccines
Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race
My Baby Loves Valentine's Day
My Baby Loves Christmas
Día de los Muertos
No!: My First Book of Protest
Whose Toes Are Those?
Please, Baby, Please
Antiracist Baby Board Book
Girl of Mine
A is for Activist
Whose Knees Are These?
Peekaboo Morning

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Books About the Environment VIEW LIST (6 BOOKS)
Zonia's Rain Forest
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
One Love (Music Books for Children, African American Baby Books, Bob Marley Book for Kids)
We Are Water Protectors
Rocket Says Clean Up!
The Girl Who Carried Too Much Stuff
Latinx & Bilingual (Spanish/English) Books VIEW LIST (14 BOOKS)
A Piñata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas
The Day You Begin
Día de los Muertos
Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
Me Llamo Celia/My Name Is Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz/The Life Of Celia Cruz
All the Colors We Are/Todos Los Colores de Nuestra Piel: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color/La Historia de Por Qué Tenemos Diferentes Colores de P
Dreamers
Brown Baby Lullaby
The ABCs of AOC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from A to Z
With the Fire on High
The Poet X
Clap When You Land
They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre
Books with Strong Female Character(s) VIEW LIST (65 BOOKS)
Hair Twins
Watercress
I Sang You Down from the Stars
Grandmother School
Wild One
Nana Akua Goes to School
The Buddy Bench
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
I Dream of Popo
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Oona
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids
My Hair Is Magic!

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Books with Strong Male Character(s) VIEW LIST (25 BOOKS)
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Hair Twins
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
The Ghanaian Goldilocks
The Buddy Bench
March: Book One
March: Book Three
March: Book Two
All Because You Matter
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Off to See the Sea
I Have a Dream [With CD (Audio)]
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon
Jabari Jumps

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Kids STEAM Books VIEW LIST (14 BOOKS)
Baby Medical School: My Doctor's Visit
Baby Medical School: Bacteria and Antibiotics
Baby Medical School: Vaccines
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids
Mae Among the Stars
Rocket Says Look Up!
Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space
Cece Loves Science
Boxitects
Ada Twist, Scientist
Libby Loves Science
Grumplets and Pests
Dragons and Marshmallows
Books with Multi-Cultural Characters VIEW LIST (38 BOOKS)
Hair Twins
Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race
Nana Akua Goes to School
When Aidan Became a Brother
The Buddy Bench
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World
My Hair Is Magic!
Hair, It's a Family Affair
You Matter
Ruby's Chinese New Year
Your Name Is a Song
Ambitious Girl
One Love (Music Books for Children, African American Baby Books, Bob Marley Book for Kids)

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LGBTQIA Kids Books VIEW LIST (4 BOOKS)
They, She, He easy as ABC
Uncle Bobby's Wedding
They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre
When Aidan Became a Brother