Genius Babies’ Library

Our Awesome Breastfeeders’ Reading List is packed with amazing blogs, books, and resources to meet your families needs. With so many great authors for our babies, I had to expand the Children’s Books section to its own page. Check back frequently as this library is growing!

• A Shai & Emmie Story (2 Book Series) by Okechukwu Ofili (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• Afro: The Girl With The Magical Hair by Okechukwu Ofili (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• Big Hair, Don’t Care by Crystal Swain-Bates  (Author), Megan Bair (Illustrator)
• Let’s Talk Eggplant & Cats by Glendora Dvine
• Little Gina Bakes Cupcakes With Mommy by Regina Harris-Crayton
• Little Leaders: Bold Black Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
• Mommy, The Sun Is Pointing At Me by Ruth Gadson Smith (Author)
• Mommy When… by Nicole Williams (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• My Hair is Fuzzy My Hair is Cute by Toni Winston (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• Mya Kids by E. Moore (Author)
• Night Time Routine by Sharee Miller
• Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee ,  Tonya Lewis Lee, and , Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
• Princess Hair by Sharee Miller

Stunningly illustrated by Caldecott Honoree and Coretta Scott King Award winner Ekua Holmes, Black Is a Rainbow Color is a sweeping celebration told through debut author Angela Joy’s rhythmically captivating and unforgettable words.

Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves. 
 
‘Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you!

A heartfelt and meaningful book that brings Bob Marley’s music to life in a new way: As a young girl goes on with her day in school, she comes across several instances of teasing and intimidation. But with loving action and some help from her friends, she’s able to make things right for herself and others.

Let’s explore your beauty together.

Recommended for children ages 2 and up, this book was created to help parents and caregivers introduce or reinforce the concepts of privacy and body safety to children learning for the first time and for those not quite ready to handle a longer book and/or more complex concepts like secrets, tricks, and intuition.

• Chloe’s Coily Curls by Tomara N. Jones
• Dad Who Will I Be by G. Todd Taylor
• First 100 Word by Roger Priddy
• I Love My Hair by Natasha Tarpley
• Ona Judge Outwits The Washingtons: An Enslaved Woman Fights for Freedom by Gwendolyn Hooks (Author), Simone Agoussoye (Illustrator)
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Joan DiCicco

Zuri’s hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it’s beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he’ll do anything to make her — and her hair — happy.

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Awesome Breastfeeders’ Reading List

The Awesome Reading List is a collection of reading resources for the entire Awesome Breastfeeder’s family; Moms, Dads, Genius Babies, Supporters, and Professionals. If you have a book recommendation comment below and we will consider adding it. 

Happy Reading!

Blogs

• Lydiarygenius
• Black Moms Blog
• Blacktating
• Mocha Manual

Breastfeeders’ Books

• Melanoid Breastmilk: The First Building Blocks to a Strong Family Foundation & Community
• The Black Woman’s Guide to Breastfeeding: The Definitive Guide to Nursing for African American Mothers by Katherine Barber (Author)
• The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers  (Author)
• The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy by Kimberly Seals-Allers  (Author)

Children’s Books 

• A Shai & Emmie Story (2 Book Series) by Okechukwu Ofili (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• Afro: The Girl With The Magical Hair by Okechukwu Ofili (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• Big Hair, Don’t Care by Crystal Swain-Bates  (Author), Megan Bair (Illustrator)
• Let’s Talk Eggplant & Cats by Glendora Dvine
• Little Gina Bakes Cupcakes With Mommy by Regina Harris-Crayton
• Little Leaders: Bold Black Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
• Mommy When… by Nicole Williams (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• My Hair is Fuzzy My Hair is Cute by Toni Winston (Author) and Sharee Miller (Illustrator)
• Night Time Routine by Sharee Miller
• Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee ,  Tonya Lewis Lee, and , Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
• Princess Hair by Sharee Miller
• And More!

 

Coloring Books

• Birth Coloring Card Set: Images & Affirmations by Ren the Doula
• Breastfeeding with Affirmations coloring Book: Floral Designs by Ren the Doula
• Breastfeeding Mamas: Adult Coloring Book Paperback by Chenae Marie 
• Facts & Tip for Mother & Child Coloring Book by Sterling Grey-Simmons
• Nourishment: Coloring Book by Grayce Bentley, CLED 
• Ren The Doula Breastfeeding with Affirmations Coloring Book: Floral Design

Comic Books

• Black Sands

Lactation Professionals’ & Birth Workers’ Books

• An Introduction to Biological Nurturing: New Angles on Breastfeeding, 1st Ed
• Biological Nurturing: Instinctual Breastfeeding
• Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis
• Breastfeeding: An Atlas of Diagnosis and Treatment
• Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Enhanced 5th Ed
• Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence, 4th Ed.
• Clinical Lactation: A Visual Guide, 1st Ed
• Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review, 4th Ed
• Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care, 1st Ed
• Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice, 3rd Ed
• IBLCE Exam Flashcard Study System
• Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, Injustice by Andrea Freeman
• Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants
• The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism
• The Breastfeeding Answer Book
• The Breastfeeding Atlas, 6th Ed
• The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions To Prevent and Treat Dystocia, 3rd Edition
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th Ed.
• Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding, and More, 1st Ed
• TONGUE TIE Morphogenesis, Impact, Assessment and Treatment
• The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers  (Author)

Parents’ Books

• Mothering Through Pain and Suffering In Silence: A Collection of Stories from Survivors by Jasmine Tane’t Boudah
• The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy by Kimberly Seals-Allers (Author)
• Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America by Stacey Patton (Author)

Publishers

• Taylor Publishing

Survivors & Trauma

• Crossing The Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest by Melba Wilson
• When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse On Childbearing Women by Penny Simkin 

Social Justice

• Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
• Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black on Black Americans from Colonial Times to Present by Harriet A. Washington
• Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Dr. Joy DeGruy
• The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• They Were Her Property by Dr. Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
• Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

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