Last week, Morning Edition's David Greene asked 11-year-old Marley Dias about her quest to find more children's books about black girls.
Her campaign to collect #1000blackgirlbooks has been a big success: Marley now has more than 4,000 books in her library.
Our readers suggested many more titles to add to her list.
Before we get to that, though, we got a great tip on Facebook from Gwenn Mascioli, who suggested checking out the African American Children's Book Fair website. It has a whole section of featured books.
On Twitter, many of you shared your favorite books with characters of color:
My name is Celia by Monica Brown @MorningEdition @npr_ed #CeliaCruz pic.twitter.com/z9uEjlK5sv
— Cipriano Vargas Jr. (@TrusteeVargas) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition The Stories Julian Tells, Alexie's books, Brown Girl Dreaming, Listen, Slowly, My Seneca Village, We Are the Ship. SO many!
— Alia Jones (@readitrealgood) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition House on Mango Street, Bless me Ultima, for pre-k, early readers Last Stop on Market Street
— Veronica R. Soto (@verodelchuco) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition Fishing Day-Pinckney teaches history, diversity, kindness
— Carol Moser Wenger (@cmw4g) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition For the older kids The parable of the sower; scifi isn't just for old white dudes.
— Jeff Gockel (@thedarkyew) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition July's People- Nadine Gordimer and My Jim- Nancy Rawles for diverse historical & geographical representation of brown ppl!
— christopher diaz (@heychristopherd) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition @npr_ed The Bluest Eye for confluence of race, gender, sexuality
— Carol Barash (@CarolBarash) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition how the Garcia girls lost their accent; the God of small things; their eyes were watching God
— Mabinty (@MabintyQ) February 26, 2016
.@MorningEdition @npr_ed @hewittschool Breadwinner, Serafina's Promise, Inside Out & Back Again - all wonderful fiction feat diverse girls!
— Jenny Kirsch (@MsJennyKirsch) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition Book of Unknown Americans, Cristina Henríquez. Everything I Never Told You, @pronounced_ing. Americanah, Chimamanda Adichie.
— Rachel Coker (@rmcoker) February 26, 2016
@MorningEdition American Born Chinese. Bonus of being a graphic novel.
— Kate B (@MrsStevewithaB) February 26, 2016
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