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A Poem For Dudley Randall: Poet and Publisher of the Black Arts Movement
Author: Don Tate
Illustrator: Laura Freeman
Published: September 15, 2026
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
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Prince: A Little Golden Book Biography
Author: Nikki Shannon Smith
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: January 6, 2026
Publisher: Golden Books
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The Day Madear Voted
Author: Wade Hudson
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: July 16, 2024
Publisher: Penguin Random House / Nancy Paulsen Books
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Roto and Roy: To the Rescue!
Author: Sherri Dusky Rinker
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: March 21, 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Roto and Roy: Helicopter Heroes
Author: Sherri Dusky Rinker
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: February 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Football-Playing Artist Ernie Barnes
Author: Don Tate
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: August 17, 2021
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
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William Still and His Freedom Stories: Father of the Underground Railroad
Author: Don Tate
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: November 1, 2020
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing
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Carter Reads The Newspaper
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Published: February 1, 2019
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company
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No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas
Author: Tonya Bolden
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: Oct, 2018
Publisher: Knopf
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Stalebread Charlie and the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band
Author: Michael Mahin
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: July, 2018
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Par-Tay! Dance of the Veggies (And Their Friends)
Author: Eloise Greenfield
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: April, 2018
Publisher: Alazar Press
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Strong As Sandow: How Eugen Sandow Became The Strongest Man On Earth
Author: Don Tate
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: August, 2017
Publisher: Charlesbridge
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Been There, Done That: School Dazed (middle grade)
Author: Various
Published: 2016
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
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Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
Author: Chris Barton
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: May 2016
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
Author: Don Tate
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: September 2015
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
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The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
Author: Chris Barton
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: April 1, 2015
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing
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The Cart That Carried Martin
Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: 2103
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
Author: Don Tate
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Published: 2012
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
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Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: 2011
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
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She Loved Baseball
Author: Audrey Vernick
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: October 2010
Publisher: Harper Collins
Ron’s Big Mission
Author: Rose Blue and Corrine J. Naden
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: January 2009
Publisher: Dutton/Penguin Group (USA)
I Am My Grandpa’s Enkelin
Author: Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: 2007
Publisher: Paraclete Press
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Summer Sun Risin’
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: April 2002
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Black All Around!
Author: Patricia Hubbell
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: April 2003
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Sure as Sunrise
Author: Alice McGill
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: April 22, 2004
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
The Hidden Feast
Author: Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
Illustrator: Don Tate
Published: April 2006
Publisher: August House
