Let’s keep on raising children that are aware of race, with strong senses of identity, with pride in who they are, and with a spirit of activism and peace!
Thank you to our teacher, Kendall, who compiled this wonderful resource of children’s books for the youngest of children and California black-owned bookstores for us to support.
Black-owned bookstores in California:
Ashay By The Bay
1411 Webster Street Oakland, CA
Online bookstore:
Marcus Books
3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Oakland, CA 94609
The Multicultural Children’s Bookstore
2325 Hilltop Mall Rd. Richmond, CA 94806
https://www.multiculturalbookstore.com/
Underground Books in Sacramento, CA
Online bookstore:
https://www.sthope.org/underground-books-home
Eso Won Books in Los Angeles, CA
Online bookstore:
https://www.esowonbookstore.com/
Shades of Afrika in Long Beach, CA
Online bookstore: