African American Language Picture Books (10 books)

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This list is for children's books that have some representation of AAL/AAVE/BVE, either characters or narration.

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1		Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard 3.92 avg rating — 196 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Virginia Hamilton 4.39 avg rating — 854 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Flossie and the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack 4.23 avg rating — 1,044 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka 3.90 avg rating — 5,628 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 19,027 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl: An Award-Winning Story About Big Brothers and Baby Sisters for Kids (Ages 4-8) by Eloise Greenfield 4.04 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Kinda Blue by Ann Grifalconi 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack 3.93 avg rating — 2,259 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen 3.93 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams 3.91 avg rating — 772 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

10 books · 4 voters · list created February 28th, 2017 by Laura (votes) .

Tags: aal, aave, african-american-language, black-english, black-vernacular-english, children-s-books, picture-books

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message 1: by Dallas (new)

Feb 27, 2019 08:59AM

Dallas Brogden

I wish there was a way to save this list entirely so I don't forget any of them.

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message 2: by Laura (new)

Mar 01, 2019 02:16PM

Laura

You could take a screenshot? I wish there were more, please let me know if you come across any!

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