Melanin in Motion | #CYBILS2024 Book List

melanin in motion collection

Keep moving ... do what moves you ... move forward ... you get the idea.

In these stories you will find girls and women of color in motion: on the sports field, on the stage, and over, under, and through whatever speedbumps came their way.

With a few exceptions, each of the books in this collection are suitable for audiences of all ages. Within these stories, illustrations, and verse readers of all ages will find powerful truths, inspiring messages, and motivation to keep them moving toward their own dreams and aspirations.

The titles are a fairly equal mix of poetry (collections and novels in verse) and nonfiction. Reading these books aloud brings the stories to life in deeper ways.


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The Amazing Power of Girls: Meet the Universe's Most Powerful and Invisible Forces! by Maria MarianayagamSkylar White (Illustrator)

Elementary Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 4 to 8

Black Girl, Black Girl by Ali Kamanda and Jorge Redmond, Amanda Quartey (Illustrator)

Elementary Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 3 to 7

Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

Poetry Collection nomination
Reading Age: 12 to 17

Black Star (The Door of No Return, #2) by Kwame Alexander

Poetry Novel In Verse nomination
Reading Age:

Brown Girls Do Ballet: Celebrating Diverse Girls Taking Center Stage by TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian and JaNay Brown-Wood

Elementary Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 4 to 8

Don't Wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won by Sonali Kohli

High School Nonfiction nomination
Reading Age: 12 to 17

Motorcycle Queen: The Life of Bessie Stringfield by Janie Havemeyer, Jean Claverie (Illustrator)

Middle-Grade Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 3 to 12

She'll Be the Sky: Poems by Women and Girls by Ella Risbridger, Anna Shepeta (Illustrator)

Poetry Collection nomination
Reading Age: 8 to 12

The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté

Poetry Collection nominee
Reading Age: 14 to 17


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beautiful game book cover

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