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Do You Know What I'll Do?

Do You Know What I'll Do?

by Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0060278803

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Zolotow

Hot Day on Abbott Avenue

Hot Day on Abbott Avenue

by Karen English
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publisher: Clarion, 2004
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0395985277

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, English

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers

Compiled by Javaka Steptoe
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publisher: Lee & Low, 1997
Pages: 32
ISBN: 1880000318

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 8 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Steptoe

The Jones Family Express

The Jones Family Express

by Javaka Steptoe
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publisher: Lee & Low, 2003
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0584300477

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Steptoe

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

by Javaka Steptoe
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2016
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780316213882

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Basquiat

Rain Play

Rain Play

by Cynthia Cotten
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publisher: Henry Holt, 2008
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9780805067958

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Cotten

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy

by Tony Medina
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, Floyd Cooper, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Skip Hill, Tiffany McKnight, Robert Liu-Trujillo, Keith Mallett, Shawn K. Alexander, Kesha Bruce, Brianna McCarthy, Ekua Holmes, Javaka Steptoe, Chandra Cox

Publisher: Penny Candy, 2018
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780998799940

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 8 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Medina

What's Special about Me, Mama?

What's Special about Me, Mama?

by Kristina Evans
Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Publishers: Disney, Jump at the Sun, 2011
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780786852741

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-8

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Evans