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2025 Beautiful Blackbird Festival Books

Smiling man sits next to four handmade puppets of various styles and materials; book title "Ashley Bryan's Puppets" appears above.
Discover Puppets: Make Something from Everything

Featured Masterpiece of 2025

Ashley Bryan's Puppets:

Making Something from Everything

Written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan, this book reveals the vibrant spirit of found objects in this magnificent treasury of poetry and puppets.

A Tribute to Ashley Bryan
Black Books Matter with Dr. Krista Aronson

Featured Masterpieces

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Books from 2025

A boy holding a sword jumps in front of a large serpent-like creature, with a monkey nearby and ancient ruins in the background. The book title reads "Kwame Crashes The Underworld.

Kwame Crashes the Underworld
by Craig Kofi Farmer
Winner of the Coretta Scott King
John Steptoe New Talent Award

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Illustrated book cover showing a woman and child swimming underwater, surrounded by plants and fish. Title: "Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim." Authors listed at the bottom.
Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim
by Kobina Commeh
Illustrated by Barbara Quintino
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A cartoon boy in a green soccer uniform prepares to kick a soccer ball. The book title "Booked" and author Kwame Alexander are displayed in bold green and white text.
Booked: The Graphic Novel
by Kwame Alexander
Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
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Book cover for "And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories," featuring a portrait of a young Black girl with pigtails and a pencil in her hair, on a colorful blue and purple background.

And She Was Loved:
Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Daniel Minter

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Book cover for "Cesaria Feels the Beat," showing a smiling girl in a blue dress with peacock feathers in the background. Author: Denise Rosario Adusei. Illustrator: Priscila Soares.
Cesaria Feels the Beat
by Denise Rosario Adusei
Illustrated by Daniel Minter
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A child smiles in a lively, colorful night market scene with silhouetted people and domed buildings under string lights. Text reads, "The Night Market" by Seina Wedlick & Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.

The Night Market
by Seina Wedlick
Illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu

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