Carole Boston Weatherford Books in Order

Carole Boston Weatherford has written 67 books, published between 1995 and 2023. The first book is Juneteenth Jamboree (1995) and the newest is Kin: Rooted in Hope (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
67
Published
1995–2023
Pages on record
1,821 in 34 of 67 books
Reading time
30–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,821 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 67 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Carole Boston Weatherford, author
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Carole Boston Weatherford, born Carole Michele Boston on February 13, 1956, is an American author, poet and critic. More than 50 of Weatherford's children's books have been published, mostly non-fiction and poetry. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre won the 2022 Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Weatherford received the Children's Literature Legacy Award in 2025. African American history, civil rights and slavery appear among the subjects. The catalogue lists 67 books from Juneteenth Jamboree (1995) to Kin: Rooted in Hope (2023).

Source: Wikidata

How many Carole Boston Weatherford books are there?

Carole Boston Weatherford has 67 books, released between 1995 and 2023.

Carole Boston Weatherford Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 67 Carole Boston Weatherford books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. 1
    Juneteenth Jamboree1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
  2. 2
    The Tan Chanteuse1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
  3. 3
    My Favorite Toy1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
  4. 4
    Mighty Menfolk1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
  5. 5
    Me and the Family Tree1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
  6. 6
    Grandma and Me1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
  7. 7
    The Tar Baby on the Soapbox1999 · 22 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199922
  8. 8
    Sink or Swim1999 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199996
  9. 9
    The Sound that Jazz Makes2000 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200032
  10. 10
    Jazz Baby2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
  11. 12
    Sidewalk Chalk2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200132
  12. 13
    Princeville2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200132
  13. 14
    Remember the Bridge2002 · 53 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200253
  14. 15
    Stormy Blues2002 · 71 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200271
  15. 16
    Great African-American Lawyers2003 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003112
  16. 172004–
  17. 18
    A Negro League Scrapbook2005 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200548
  18. 19
    Champions on the Bench2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
  19. 20
    Moses2006 · 42 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200642
  20. 21
    Dear Mr. Rosenwald2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
  21. 22
    The Carolina Parakeet2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
  22. 23
    Jesse Owens2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
  23. 24
    Birmingham, 19632007 · 39 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200739
  24. 25
    I, Matthew Henson2007 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200732
  25. 26
    The Library Ghost2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
  26. 27
    Before John Was a Jazz Giant2008 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200832
  27. 28
    Becoming Billie Holiday2008 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008117
  28. 29
    First Pooch2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
  29. 30
    Obama: Only in America2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–

Carole Boston Weatherford books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

iNK Authors Read Aloud in order

1 book
  1. 10. Forgotten Heroes & Struggles

Standalone books

66 books

66 Carole Boston Weatherford titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carole Boston Weatherford books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 67 Carole Boston Weatherford books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Carole Boston Weatherford

Start with Juneteenth Jamboree (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carole Boston Weatherford book?

Kin: Rooted in Hope (2023) is the newest Carole Boston Weatherford book released so far.

Is there a new Carole Boston Weatherford book coming?

No next Carole Boston Weatherford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Carole Boston Weatherford has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Carole Boston Weatherford. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

Carole Boston Weatherford at a glance

Paused
No new Carole Boston Weatherford title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Carole Boston Weatherford books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,821 pages across the 34 of 67 books with a recorded length, a median of 40 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carole Boston Weatherford books, 24 of 67, were published in the 2000s.

When Carole Boston Weatherford books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Carole Boston Weatherford titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 24 titles.

1990s
8
2000s
24
2010s
17
2020s
18

67 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Carole Boston Weatherford books are about

57 of the 67 Carole Boston Weatherford books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 25 of 57. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.