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1000 Black girl books resource guide

Grades PK - 13+ AIS - Literacy Arts Computer Science English Language Arts Health Mathematics Physical Education Science Social and Emotional Learning Social Studies

This is a searchable database of books that feature Black girls as the main characters. Users can filter all books in the database by reading level or search by title, author or keyword. (Scroll all the way down to use the database.) 

Please note this is a database of book titles designed to facilitate the process of locating books; there are no options to download the books; . The 1000 Black Girl Books Resource Guide was created by Marley Dias, Creator of the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign and is hosted by the GrassROOTS Community Foundation in West Orange, New Jersey.

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