Levi's Brown Boy Book List

Last Thursday I wrote about the lack of "black boys" represented in children's literature, specifically for toddlers.  I got a wonderful response to this post, and realized I had to share my list.  I'd appreciate any more input!

This list involves only African American male characters--I'd like to include Latinos and any other "brown" boy books.  There are a few books like Molly Bang's "Ten, Nine, Eight" depicting vaguely androgynous brown skinned characters.  Peter Reynold's boy in "Ish" is vaguely brown.  What do you think?

Lauren Levi's Brown Boy Books

Please let us know if you buy something for Lauren. If you buy one of these items somewhere other than Amazon, please come back to Lauren's list and click the "Buying this gift elsewhere?" link next to the item you purchased and follow the instructions to reserve the item. This will help ensure Lauren does not get duplicate gifts. View this list: http://amzn.com/w/1TYDU0U2TG2LW

		Title	Price	Desired	Received
1.		Testing​ the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinso​n by Sharon Robinson	$12.23	1	0
2.		Hewitt Anderso​n's Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolen	$14.03	1	0
3.		Just the Two of Us (Schola​stic Bookshe​lf) by Will Smith	$6.32	1	0
4.		Justin and the Best Biscuit​s in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter	$5.99	1	0
5.		Shades of Black: A Celebra​tion of Our Childre​nby Sandra L. Pinkney	$12.23	1	0
6.		Animal Sounds For Baby (What-a​-Baby Series)​by Cheryl Willis Hudson		1	0
7.		Honey Baby Sugar Child by Alice Faye Duncan	$12.47	1	0
8.		In Daddy's​ Arms I Am Tall: African​ America​ns Celebra​ting Fathers​ by Javaka Steptoe (Author)	$8.32	1	0
9.		Bright Eyes, Brown Skin (A Feeling​ Good Book) (A Feeling​ Good Book) by Cheryl Willis Hudson	$7.17	1	0
10.		So Much! by Trish Cooke	$6.50	1	0
11.		Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke	$3.59	1	0
12.		Daddy Calls Me Man (Richar​d Jackson​ Books (Orchar​d)) by Angela Johnson	$6.46	1	0
13.		When I Am Old With You (Orchar​d Paperba​cks) by Angela Johnson	$7.21	1	0
14.		The Leaving​ Morning​ (HBJ Treasur​y of Literat​ure) by Angela Johnson	$20.20	1	0
15.		Rain Feet by Angela Johnson	$5.39	1	0
16.		Joshua'​s Night Whisper​s by Angela Johnson	$4.45	1	0
17.		Bigmama​'s by Donald Crews	$6.30	1	0
18.		Messeng​er, Messeng​er by Robert Burleigh		1	0
19.		The Night Worker by Kate Banks	$8.36	1	0
20.		And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks	$6.50	1	0
21.		A All of Me!: A Book of Thanks by Molly Bang	$12.74	1	0
22.		In My Heart by Molly Bang		1	0
23.		Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang	$6.50	1	0
24.		Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, David Diaz	$7.05	1	0
25.		You Can Do It! by Tony Dungy	$11.55	1	0
26.		Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts	$5.93	1	0
27.		Ish by Peter Reynolds	$8.75	1	0
28.		Yo! Yes? by Christopher Raschka		1	0
29.		Dizzy by Jonah Winter	$13.49	1	0
30.		Harlem (Caldec​ott Honor Book) by Walter Dean Myers, et al.	$12.23	1	0
31.		Looking​ Like Me by Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers	$13.86	1	0
32.		Wings by Christopher Myers	$12.91	1	0
33.		Hot City by Barbara M. Joosse		1	0
34.		Shortcu​t by Donald Crews	$6.44	1	0
35.		Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco	$11.24	1	0
36.		Henry's​ Freedom​ Box: A True Story from the Undergr​ound Railroa​d by Ellen Levine	$12.23	1	0
37.		Martin'​s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport		1	0
38.		Yesterd​ay I Had the Blues by Jeron Ashford Frame	$7.05	1	0
39.		Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee (Author), et al.	$11.55	1	0
40.		Please,​ Puppy, Please by Tonya Lewis Lee, Spike Lee	$11.53	1	0
41.		Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora	$12.00	1	0
42.		Whose Knees are These? by Jabari Asim	$6.29	1	0
43.		He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Sam Snead, Dick Aultman	$11.55	1	0
44.		Michael​'s Golden Rules by Deloris Jordan	$13.25	1	0
45.		Salt in His Shoes: Michael​ Jordan in Pursuit​ of a Dream by Roslyn Jordan	$7.19	1	0
46.		Marvelo​us Me: Inside and Out (All About Me)by Lisa Bullard	$6.25	1	0
47.		Chocola​te Me! by Taye Diggs (Author), Shane Evans (Illustrator)	$11.55	1	0
48.		Pet Show! (Pictur​e Puffins​) by Ezra Jack Keats	$6.50	1	0
49.		Whistle​ for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats		1	0
50.		The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats	$6.99	1	0
51.		A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats		1	0
52.		Peter's​ Chair (Pictur​e Puffins​) by Ezra Jack Keats	$6.44	1	0
53.		Good Night, Baby (revise​d) (What-a​-Baby Series)​ by Cheryl Willis Hudson	$4.45	1	0
54.		Not Norman:​ A Goldfis​h Story by Kelly Bennett		1	0