Children’s Picture Books with Black Characters

This post compliments our piece on Racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement. We’re a small publisher and just starting out at Sweet Apple, and although all of our books are diverse, we don’t have enough titles to give you a list at the moment. However, we’re pleased to say that our Oddsockosaurus featured below was applauded in an article on diversity in the Guardian. We think it’s important that you have access to and hear about the fantastic books below, by our esteemed colleagues, and hope you enjoy them.

Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion

By Alex T Smith

£6.99 Paperback (2016)

ISBN 13: 9781407143903

ISBN 10: 1407143905

The Bus is for Us! By Michael Rosen, illustrated by Gillian Tyler £6.99 Paperback (2016) ISBN 13: 9781406365542

ISBN 10: 1406365548 [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]

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ISBN 10: 1907825053