| Book Title |
AGE |
Fountas
& Pinell |
DRA |
Lexile |
| Ellray Jakes (series) |
6 – 10 |
J-P |
20-38 |
451-770 |
| The Color of us |
4 – 8 |
M |
18 |
570 |
| Dyamonde Daniel (series) |
7 – 9 |
M |
38 |
630 |
| Alfie’s Great Escape |
4 – 7 |
J |
18 |
480 |
| Little Rhino |
6 – 8 |
K |
15-20 |
540 |
| Skateboard Party |
8 – 10 |
O |
30-40 |
740 |
| Nikki & Deja: Substitute Trouble |
6 – 9 |
N |
30 |
670 |
| Clayton Byrd Goes Underground |
8 – 10 |
P |
30-40 |
740-770 |
| P.S. Be Eleven |
8 – 10 |
O |
30-40 |
770 |
| Gone Crazy in Alabama |
8 – 10 |
P |
50 |
740 |
| Message in the Sky |
6 – 9 |
M |
20-28 |
610 |
| Luke on the Loose |
6 – 7 |
I |
20-28 |
360 |
| Little Robot |
6 – 7 |
I |
20-28 |
GN170 |
| In the Land of Words |
4 – 8 |
M |
28 |
551-650 |
| Changing You |
6 – 9 |
K |
20 |
501-550 |
| The Pot that Juan Built |
8 – 11 |
Y-Z |
50 |
1000 |
| Honey I Love |
6 – 9 |
L |
24 |
np |
| Phillis’ Big Test |
8 – 9 |
S-T |
40 |
930 |
| Astrophysicist and Space
Advocate Neil Degrasse Tyson |
7 – 11 |
R |
40 |
780 |
| The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can |
6 – 8 |
O |
34 |
770 |
| Moses: When Harriet Tubman
Led Her People to Freedom |
6 – 8 |
N |
30 |
660 |
| It Jes’ Happened: When Bill
Taylor Started to Draw |
8 – 10 |
S |
40 |
830 |
| Howard Thurman’s Great Hope |
8 – 9 |
S |
40 |
840 |
| Harriet Tubman and
My Grandmother’s Quilts |
6 – 9 |
N |
30 |
651-730 |
| Piano Starts Here: The Young
Art Tatum |
4 – 8 |
O |
34 |
750 |
| Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist |
9 – 11 |
S-T |
40-50 |
1020 |
| Sojourna Truth’s
Step-Stomp Stride |
5 – 8 |
M |
28 |
650 |
| National Geographic Kids:
George Washington Carver |
7 – 10 |
P |
38 |
731-770 |
| Catching the Moon: The Story
of Young Girl’s Baseball Dream |
8 – 9 |
M |
28-30 |
640 |
| In Her Hands: The Story of
Sculptor Agusta Savage |
8 – 11 |
M |
28-40 |
630 |
| Charlie Parker Played Be Bop |
6 – 7 |
I |
16 |
260 |
| I am Jackie Robinson |
5 – 8 |
M |
24-28 |
610 |
| Jackie Robinson:
Baseball Legend |
4 – 8 |
J |
18 |
490 |
| Jackie Robinson:
American Hero |
6 – 8 |
F-J |
10-18 |
840 |
| Promises to Keep: How Jackie
Robinson Changed America |
9 – 11 |
W-X |
40-50 |
1030 |
| Paul Robeson |
5 – 8 |
F-M |
20-24 |
600 |
| The Closer |
8 – 10 |
S |
40 |
810 |
| Philip Reid Saves the
Statue of Freedom |
8 – 11 |
W-X |
60 |
920–1070 |
| Bad News for Outlaws |
8 – 11 |
S |
40 |
860 |
| A Splash of Red |
5 – 7 |
M |
28 |
610 |
| Leotyne Price:
Voice of a Century |
5 – 9 |
K |
20 |
501-550 |
| Pele King of Soccer |
5 – 8 |
L |
24-28 |
551-650 |
| Young Pele:
Soccer’s First Star |
7 – 9 |
O |
30-34 |
651-770 |
| Gordon Parks |
5 – 7 |
L |
20-24 |
840 |
| Gordon Parks: No Excuses |
8 – 9 |
O |
34-38 |
770 |
| Rosa Parks: My Story |
8 – 10 |
U-V |
50 |
970 |
| Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back |
8 – 9 |
R |
40 |
840 |
| Jesse Owens: Legendary
Track Star |
6 – 9 |
M |
24-28 |
590 |
| Barack Obama |
6 – 7 |
L |
20-24 |
580 |
| Michelle Obama |
7 – 10 |
T |
40 |
880 |
| Barack Obama:
Out of Many, One |
5 – 8 |
L |
20-24 |
580 |
| Barack Obama:
Son of …Hope |
6 – 10 |
M |
28 |
630 |
| Garrett Morgan |
5 – 7 |
M |
24-28 |
570 |
| Magic Trash |
6 – 8 |
L |
20-24 |
560 |
| I and I Bob Marley |
8 – 11 |
Q-R |
40 |
800 |
| Brittney Griner |
7 – 11 |
O-P |
34-38 |
760 |
| Martin de Porres |
5 – 7 |
M |
28 |
640 |
| Nelson Mandela |
7 – 9 |
N |
30 |
680 |
| National Geographic Kids:
Sonia Sotomayor |
6 – 9 |
N |
28-30 |
670 |
| Nelson Mandela |
8 – 12 |
O-P |
34-38 |
770 |
| Who Was Nelson Mandela? |
8 – 12 |
S |
40 |
850 |
| Nelson Mandela |
9 – 11 |
U-V |
50 |
960 |
| Nelson Mandela |
9 – 14 |
S |
40 |
860 |
| The Amazing Age of
John Roy Lynch |
7 – 10 |
U-V |
50 |
920 |
| A Nation’s Hope |
6 – 8 |
L |
24 |
np |
| John Lewis in the Lead |
8 – 10 |
U-V |
50 |
950 |
| José! Born to Dance |
5 – 8 |
M |
28-30 |
720 |
| When the Beat was Born:
DJ Kool Herc…HipHop |
7 – 9 |
N |
30 |
651-690 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. |
8 – 9 |
Y-Z |
70+ |
1080 |
| As Good as Anybody |
7 – 9 |
N |
24-30 |
680 |
| Marching with Martin |
5 – 8 |
K-M |
20-28 |
720 |
| Coretta Scott |
4 – 8 |
K-M |
24-28 |
720 |
| Martin Luther King Jr.:
Civil Rights Leader |
4 – 8 |
K-M |
24-28 |
500 |
| National Geographic Kids:
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
7 – 8 |
M |
28 |
630 |
| Mahalia Jackson: Walking with
Kings and Queens |
4 – 8 |
F-J |
10-18 |
500 |
| Zora Hurston and the
Chinaberry Tree |
7 – 9 |
N |
24-30 |
540 |
| Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist
Clementine Hunter |
6 – 8 |
T |
40 |
870 |
| Poet…George Moses Horton |
8 – 10 |
N-Q |
30-40 |
730 |
| I, Matthew Henson |
6 – 11 |
Y-Z |
70+ |
1070 |
| Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow |
6 – 9 |
U-V |
50 |
900 |
| Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat:
Ella Fitzgerald |
8 – 11 |
S |
40 |
820 |
| Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a
Vocal Virtuosa |
6 – 10 |
S |
40 |
700 |
| Duke Ellington |
5 – 9 |
S |
40 |
800 |
| Frederick Douglass: The Lion
Who Wrote History |
4 – 8 |
F-J |
10-18 |
450-540 |
| Anthony Davis |
7 – 11 |
T-U |
40 |
780 |
| Mo’ne Davis: Remember
My Name |
9 – 13 |
T |
40 |
890 |
| George Washington Carver |
5 – 8 |
L-M |
20-28 |
520 |
| Ruby Bridges Goes To
School: My True Story |
4 – 7 |
F-J |
10-18 |
470 |
| Hank Aaron: Brave in
Every Way |
4 – 7 |
S |
40 |
850 |
| Queen of the Track:
Alice Coachman …Champion |
8 – 10 |
W-X |
50 |
790 |
| I am Cleopatra |
8 – 10 |
Y-Z |
70+ |
1030 |
| Marian Anderson: Amazing
Opera Singer |
5 – 8 |
K-L |
20-24 |
570 |
| Marian Anderson:
A Voice Uplifted |
10- 14 |
Z+ |
70+ |
1210 |
| When Marian Sang |
7 – 10 |
T-U |
40 |
780 |
| Twelve Rounds to Glory: The
Story of Muhammad Ali |
10 – 15 |
Z+ |
70+ |
1230 |
| Muhammad Ali: The
People’s Champion |
5 – 8 |
T-U |
40 |
770 |
| The Champ: The Story of
Muhammad Ali |
5 – 8 |
T-U |
40 |
760 |
| Alvin Ailey |
5 – 9 |
T |
30 |
880 |
| Ira’s Shakespeare Dream |
8 – 10 |
T-U |
40 |
780 |
| Henry Aaron’s Dream |
8 – 12 |
W-X |
60 |
920 |
| I Love My Hair |
5 – 7 |
S |
40 |
840 |
| Black is Brown is Tan |
4 – 8 |
K |
20-24 |
540 |
| Black Pioneers of
Science and Invention |
9 – 11 |
Y-Z |
70+ |
1230 |
| Shades of Black: A Celebration
of Our Children |
2 – 3 |
A-F |
6-10 |
np |
| Please, Baby Please |
2 – 5 |
C-E |
6-10 |
np |
| The Snowy Day |
2 – 8 |
C-J |
10-18 |
500 |
| I like myself |
5 – 9 |
L |
24-28 |
230 |
| I Got the Rhythm |
4- 6 |
J |
18 |
170 |
| I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl |
3 – 6 |
F |
10 |
300 |
| Chocolate Me! |
3 – 6 |
H |
14 |
330 |
| Hair Like Mine |
3 – 6 |
H |
14 |
330 |
| Just Because I Am |
4 – 8 |
H |
20 |
330 |
| Mixed Me! |
3 – 7 |
H |
20 |
330 |
| Black Business |
10 – 15 |
Z+ |
70+ |
1230 |
| One Love |
2 – 5 |
F |
10 |
NP |
| I’m Awesome Because |
2 – 5 |
F |
10 |
NP |
| Amazing Grace |
7 – 10 |
N |
30 |
680 |
| The Tar Beach |
5 – 8 |
L |
24-28 |
790 |
| The People Could Fly |
8 – 10 |
P-S |
38-40 |
660 |
| Henry’s Freedom Box: A True
Story …Underground Railroad |
7 – 9 |
J-N |
24-30 |
490 |
| One Crazy Summer |
8 – 11 |
P-S |
38-40 |
750L |
| Whistle for Willie |
3 – 5 |
J |
18 |
490L |
| Precious and the Boo Hag |
6 – 8 |
L-M |
24-28 |
640L |
| Last Stop on Market Street |
3 – 5 |
H-J |
14-18 |
610 |
| Daddy Calls Me Man |
2 – 5 |
A-F |
1-10 |
np |
| Full Full Full of Love |
2 – 5 |
F |
10 |
np |
| Bitty Bop Barbershop |
4 – 7 |
J |
18 |
550 |
| We Had a Picnic This
Sunday Past |
4 – 8 |
L-M |
20-28 |
570 |
| Visiting Day |
5 – 7 |
J-K |
18-20 |
520 |
| Pecan Pie Baby |
5 – 8 |
M |
28 |
560 |