3 Poetry Volumes By and About People of Color for All Shelves

by SLJ Reviews
Jan 06, 2026 | Filed in News & Features

Margarita Engle profiles Latine heroes, and Traci N. Todd compiles selections from Black poets.


 

BREWER, Caroline. Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems. illus. by Caroline Brewer. What On Earth Bks.

ENGLE, Margarita. Hopeful Heroes. illus. by Juliet Menéndez. Holt/Godwin.

TODD, Traci N., sel. This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets. illus. by Jade Orlando. Nosy Crow.

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