- My name is Truth, the life of Sojourner Truth, by Ann Turner ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Northbound, Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- Freedom bird, written by Jerdine Nolen ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, Jonah Winter ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- My story, my dance, Robert Battle's journey to Alvin Ailey, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome, with a foreword by Robert Battle
- Before she was Harriet, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- The bell rang, James E. Ransome
- Granddaddy's turn, a journey to the ballot box, Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- Light in the darkness, a story about how slaves learned in secret, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrations by James E. Ransome
- Sonny Rollins plays the bridge, written by Gary Golio ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Germs, fact and fiction, friends and foes, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Before she was Harriet, the story of Harriet Tubman, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Nutcracker in Harlem, by T.E. McMorrow ; illustrated by James Ransome
- This is the rope, a story from the Great Migration, Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Words set me free, the story of young Frederick Douglass, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- Freedom's school, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrations by James E. Ransome
- Overground railroad, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; James Ransome
- The story of the saxophone, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome