| Nelson, Kadir | 2012 |
| Heart & Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | |
| Evans, Shane W. | 2012 |
| Underground | |
| Williams-Garcia, Rita | 2011 |
| One Crazy Summer | |
| Hill, Laban Carric | 2011 |
| Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | |
| Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux | 2010 |
| Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves | |
| Magoon, Kekla | 2010 |
| The Rock and the River | |
| Hughes, Langston | 2010 |
| my people | |
| Cooper, Floyd | 2009 |
| The Blacker the Berry | |
| Nelson, Kadir | 2009 |
| We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball | |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul | 2008 |
| Elijah of Buxton | |
| Bryan, Ashley | 2008 |
| Let it Shine | |
| Nelson, Kadir | 2007 |
| Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | |
| Draper, Sharon | 2007 |
| Copper Sun | |
| Lester, Julius | 2006 |
| Day of Tears | |
| Collier, Bryan | 2006 |
| Rosa | |
| Morrison, Toni | 2005 |
| Remember: The Journey to School Integration | |
| Nelson, Kadir | 2005 |
| Ellington Was Not a Street | |
| Bryan, Ashley | 2004 |
| Beautiful Blackbird | |
| Johnson, Angela | 2004 |
| The First Part Last | |
| Grimes, Nikki | 2003 |
| Bronx Masquerade | |
| Lewis, E.B. | 2003 |
| Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | 2002 |
| Goin' Someplace Special | |
| Taylor, Mildred | 2002 |
| The Land | |
| Collier, Bryan | 2001 |
| Uptown | |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | 2001 |
| Miracle's Boys | |
| Pinkney, Brian | 2000 |
| In the Time of the Drums | |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul | 2000 |
| Bud, Not Buddy | |
| Johnson, Angela | 1999 |
| Heaven | |
| Wood, Michele | 1999 |
| I See the Rhythm | |
| Steptoe, Javaka | 1998 |
| In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall | |
| Draper, Sharon M. | 1998 |
| Forged by Fire | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | 1997 |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 1997 |
| Slam | |
| Feelings, Tom | 1996 |
| The Middle Passage | |
| Hamilton, Virginia | 1996 |
| Her Stories: African American Folktales | |
| Ransome, James | 1995 |
| The Creation | |
| McKissack, Pat | 1995 |
| Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | |
| Feelings, Tom | 1994 |
| Soul Looks Back in Wonder | |
| Johnson, Angela | 1994 |
| Toning the Sweep | |
| Wilson, Kathleen Atkins | 1993 |
| The Origin of Life on Earth | |
| McKissack, Pat | 1993 |
| The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | |
| Ringgold, Faith | 1992 |
| Tar Beach | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 1992 |
| Now is Your Time | |
| Taylor, Mildred D. | 1991 |
| The Road to Memphis | |
| Dillon, Leo | 1991 |
| Aida | |
| Gilchrist, Jan Spivey | 1990 |
| Nathaniel Talking | |
| McKissack, Patricia | 1990 |
| A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 1989 |
| Fallen Angels | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | 1989 |
| Mirandy and Brother Wind | |
| Steptoe, John | 1988 |
| Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters | |
| Taylor, Mildred D. | 1988 |
| The Friendship | |
| Walter, Mildred Pitts | 1987 |
| Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | 1987 |
| Half a Moon and One Whole Star | |
| Hamilton, Virginia | 1986 |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | 1986 |
| The Patchwork Quilt | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 1985 |
| Motown and Didi | |
| Cummings, Pat | 1984 |
| My Mama Needs Me | |
| Clifton, Lucille | 1984 |
| Everett Anderson's Goodbye | |
| Hamilton, Virginia | 1983 |
| Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | |
| Magubane, Peter | 1983 |
| Black Child | |
| Taylor, Mildred D. | 1982 |
| Let the Circle be Unbroken | |
| Steptoe, John | 1982 |
| Mother Crocodile = Maman-Ca iman | |
| Bryan, Ashley | 1981 |
| Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum | |
| Poitier, Sidney | 1981 |
| This Life | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 1980 |
| The Young Landlords | |
| Byard, Carole | 1980 |
| Cornrows | |
| Davis, Ossie | 1979 |
| Escape to Freedom | |
| Feelings, Tom | 1979 |
| Something on My Mind | |
| Greenfield, Eloise | 1978 |
| Africa Dream | |
| Haskins, James | 1977 |
| The Story of Stevie Wonder | |
| Bailey, Pearl | 1976 |
| Duey's Tale | |
| Robinson, Dorothy | 1975 |
| The Legend of Africania | |
| Mathis, Sharon Bell | 1974 |
| Ray Charles | |
| Duckett, Alfred | 1973 |
| I Never Had it Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson | |
| Fax, Elton | 1972 |
| Seventeen Black Artists | |
| Rollins, Charlemae Hill | 1971 |
| Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | |
| Patterson, Lillie | 1970 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | |