Here is the PNACL Book List.
In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner is a powerful memoir that tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.
A President Obama "O" Book Club pick
From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world, all while training for a fencing competition.
Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best.
$7.99ISBN: 9780593124079Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Random House Books for Young Readers - October 1st, 2019Bring history home with you and meet some of the world's greatest game changers! Get inspired by the true story of the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level.
$17.99ISBN: 9781328780966Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Versify - April 2nd, 2019Winner of the 2020 Caldecott Medal
A 2020 Newbery Honor Book
Winner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life$8.99ISBN: 9780593110508Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Kokila - July 14th, 2020A #1 New York Times Bestseller!
Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!
Featured on Good Morning America, NPR's Morning Edition, CBS This Morning, and more!$19.99ISBN: 9780316436427Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Black Dog & Leventhal - January 2nd, 2018A comprehensive, entertaining look at heroes, heroines, and critical moments from African American history -- from the slave trade to the Black Lives Matter movement -- by award-winning author Jabari Asim.
$17.99ISBN: 9781492683803Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Little Pickle Press - April 9th, 2019An engaging picture book for children that celebrates what it means to be American
What does it mean to be American? Does it mean you like apple pie or fireworks? Not exactly.
$18.99ISBN: 9780525580423Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Crown Books for Young Readers - September 4th, 2018Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this beautiful, full-color keepsake collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books.
$17.99ISBN: 9781911373285Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Lantana Publishing - September 1st, 2018What does peace mean to you? This collection of inspirational ideas about peace is based on the lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of the 20th and 21st centuries, among them Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa and Malala Yousafzai.
$18.99ISBN: 9781626728721Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Roaring Brook Press - September 25th, 2018From celebrated author Gary D. Schmidt comes a picture book biography of a giant in the struggle for civil rights, perfectly pitched for readers today.
$17.95ISBN: 9780997772074Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Alazar Press - September 1st, 2019The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by “catching” their babies at birth.$8.95ISBN: 9781938164019Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Vanita Books - February 1st, 2014Pullman Porters were very important figures in the history of America. This book teaches children and adults, who porters were and why they were so important in our history. Porters worked in early train cars, for 70 railroad companies nationwide. They would look, listen and learn from their predominantly white passengers.
$7.99ISBN: 9780679874720Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Dragonfly Books - July 10th, 1995An inspiring tale of creativity and determination on the Underground Railroad from Coretta Scott King Award winner James Ransome and acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson.
$8.99ISBN: 9780689848872Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Aladdin - January 1st, 2002A Band of Angels is fiction, but it is based on real events and people. The character of Ella was inspired by Ella Sheppard Moore, who was born February 4, 1851, in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was able to free himself and young Ella from slavery, but before he could buy freedom for Ella's mother she was sold away. Ella was raised in Cincinnati, where she took music lessons.
$17.99ISBN: 9780763691561Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Candlewick - April 14th, 2020In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery.
What have I to fear?
My master broke every promise to me.
I lost my beloved wife and our dear children.$17.99ISBN: 9780375836152Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Schwartz & Wade - January 8th, 2019CORETTA SCOTT KING – JOHN STEPTOE ILLUSTRATOR AWARD FOR NEW TALENT WINNER
This final, magnificent picture book from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack is a poignant and uplifting celebration of the joy of giving.$17.99ISBN: 9780399246524Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Nancy Paulsen Books - October 2nd, 2012WINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR AND THE JANE ADDAMS PEACE AWARD!
Each kindness makes the world a little better$16.99ISBN: 9780763690458Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Candlewick - April 23rd, 2018Winner of a 2019 Stonewall Book Award
In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.$8.99ISBN: 9781536205633Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Candlewick - March 19th, 2019What happens when you invite as many jazz musicians as you can to pose for a photo in 1950s Harlem? Playful verse and glorious artwork capture an iconic moment for American jazz.
$16.99ISBN: 9781984895547Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Doubleday Books for Young Readers - October 15th, 2019Mechal Renee Roe, illustrator of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's Super Heroes Are Everywhere, creates a joyful, positive, read-together book celebrating girls with natural black hair that will have kids everywhere chanting: "I love being me!"
Full 'fro, cute bow! I love being me! Smart girl, cool curls! I love being me!$18.99ISBN: 9780316070164Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 3rd, 2010It was February 1, 1960.
They didn't need menus. Their order was simple.
A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side.$19.99ISBN: 9781481421768Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - January 15th, 2019Discover America’s secrets in this second of two volumes of the young readers’ edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Eric Singer.
There is history as we know it.$18.99ISBN: 9780525645818Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over fifty remarkable African American women whose unique skills and contributions paved the way for the next generation of young people. Perfect for fans of Rad Women Worldwide, Women in Science, and Girls Think of Everything.
$17.99ISBN: 9780670654000Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Viking Books for Young Readers -The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers and listeners, a must-have for every child’s bookshelf.
New York Public Library's #1 book on the list of “Top Check Outs of All Time”Email or call for price.ISBN: 9780525552444Availability: BackorderedPublished: Dial Books - January 2nd, 2018Alex Haley's Roots awakened many Americans to the cruelty of slavery. The Middle Passage focuses attention on the torturous journey which brought slaves from Africa to the Americas, allowing readers to bear witness to the sufferings of an entire people.
$18.95ISBN: 9781572842243Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Agate Bolden - October 10th, 2017Winner of the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers
A Newbery Honor Book
A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
An Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Book
An Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor Book
A Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Book$7.99ISBN: 9780689819865Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Little Simon - May 1st, 1999Helen Oxenbury's delightful board books, featuring her sweet and cuddly babies at play, are back with a whole new look.
