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Children's Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Children's books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Children's series? Start with "Juneteenth Jamboree" (1995) and follow publication order through all 62 books.
The complete Children's reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Juneteenth Jamboree
1995
My Favorite Toy
1997
Mighty Menfolk
1997
Me and the Family Tree
1997
Grandma and Me
1997
Sink or Swim
1999
The Sound that Jazz Makes
2000
Jazz Baby
2000
The African-American Struggle for Legal Equality in American History
2000
Sidewalk Chalk
2001
Princeville
2001
Great African-American Lawyers
2003
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
2004
A Negro League Scrapbook
2005
Champions on the Bench
2006
Moses
2006
Dear Mr. Rosenwald
2006
The Carolina Parakeet
2006
Jesse Owens
2006
Birmingham, 1963
2007
I, Matthew Henson
2007
The Library Ghost
2008
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
2008
Becoming Billie Holiday
2008
First Pooch
2009
Obama: Only in America
2009
Racing Against the Odds
2009
The Beatitudes
2009
Oprah: The Little Speaker
2010
Michelle Obama: First Mom
2010
Africa
2013
A Bat Cave
2013
Sugar Hill
2014
Leontyne Price
2014
Gordon Parks
2015
Voice of Freedom
2015
Freedom in Congo Square
2016
You Can Fly
2016
In Your Hands
2017
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne
2017
Dorothea Lange
2017
Schomburg
2017
Be a King
2018
How Sweet the Sound
2018
The Roots of Rap
2019
By and By
2020
2020
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
2020
Beauty Mark
2020
Unspeakable
2021
Dreams for a Daughter
2021
Madam Speaker
2021
The Faith of Elijah Cummings
2022
Call Me Miss Hamilton
2022
Me and My Mama
2022
Standing in the Need of Prayer
2022
A Song for the Unsung
2022
You Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland
2023
Sugar Pie Lullaby
2023
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
2023
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
2023
Kin: Rooted in Hope (By: Jeffery Boston Weatherford)
2023
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