5 Children's Book Recommendations for Juneteenth and Father's Day

Happy Juneteenth and Father's Day week! To celebrate, here are 5 children's book recommendations about fatherhood by Black authors. Happy reading!

Hair Love by Mathew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)

Based on the Oscar-winning short film, Hair Love is a story that celebrates natural hair and the incomparable relationship between father and daughter.

Daddy Calls Me Man by Angela Johnson, Rhonda Mitchell (Illustrator)

Written in four short verses, Daddy Calls Me Man tells the story of the loving home life of a young African American boy. 

I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown, Anoosha Syed (Illustrator)

From Netflix's Queer Eye, Karamo Brown celebrates self-love and the unbreakable bond between father and son in I Am Perfectly Designed.

Just the Two of Us by Will Smith, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

In this adaptation of Just the Two of Us, a song written by Grammy Award-winning performer Will Smith, Smith brings the song's lyrics to life with beautiful illustrations by Kadir Nelson.

Bippity Bop Barbershop by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

As a follow-up to the bestselling I Love My Hair, Natasha Tarpley wrote Bippity Bop Barbershop to show the relationship between Black boys and their natural hair.