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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.

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Photo of Carole Boston Weatherford, author

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).

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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford (1995)
  2. Cover of Mighty Menfolk by Carole Boston Weatherford (1997)
  3. Cover of Me and the Family Tree by Carole Boston Weatherford (1997)
  4. Cover of Grandma and Me by Carole Boston Weatherford (1997)
  5. Cover of The Tar Baby on the Soapbox by Carole Boston Weatherford (1999)
  6. Cover of Sink or Swim by Carole Boston Weatherford (1999)
  7. Cover of The Sound that Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford (2000)
  8. Cover of Jazz Baby by Carole Boston Weatherford (2000)
  9. Cover of The African-American Struggle for Legal Equality in American History by Carole Boston Weatherford (2000)
  10. Cover of Sidewalk Chalk by Carole Boston Weatherford (2001)
  11. Cover of Princeville by Carole Boston Weatherford (2001)
  12. Cover of Remember the Bridge by Carole Boston Weatherford (2002)
  13. Cover of Stormy Blues by Carole Boston Weatherford (2002)
  14. Cover of Great African-American Lawyers by Carole Boston Weatherford (2003)
  15. Cover of Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford (2004)
  16. Cover of A Negro League Scrapbook by Carole Boston Weatherford (2005)
  17. Cover of Moses by Carole Boston Weatherford (2006)
  18. Cover of Dear Mr. Rosenwald by Carole Boston Weatherford (2006)
  19. Cover of Jesse Owens by Carole Boston Weatherford (2006)
  20. Cover of Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford (2007)
  21. Cover of I, Matthew Henson by Carole Boston Weatherford (2007)
  22. Cover of The Library Ghost by Carole Boston Weatherford (2008)
  23. Cover of Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford (2008)
  24. Cover of Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford (2008)
  1. 1
    Juneteenth Jamboree1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  2. 2
    The Tan Chanteuse1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  3. 3
    My Favorite Toy1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  4. 4
    Mighty Menfolk1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  5. 5
    Me and the Family Tree1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  6. 6
    Grandma and Me1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  7. 7
    The Tar Baby on the Soapbox1999 · 22 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199922
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  8. 8
    Sink or Swim1999 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199996
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  9. 9
    The Sound that Jazz Makes2000 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200032
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  10. 10
    Jazz Baby2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  11. 12
    Sidewalk Chalk2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200132
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  12. 13
    Princeville2001 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200132
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  13. 14
    Remember the Bridge2002 · 53 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200253
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  14. 15
    Stormy Blues2002 · 71 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200271
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  15. 16
    Great African-American Lawyers2003 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003112
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  16. 17
    Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  17. 18
    A Negro League Scrapbook2005 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200548
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  18. 19
    Champions on the Bench2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  19. 20
    Moses2006 · 42 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200642
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  20. 21
    Dear Mr. Rosenwald2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  21. 22
    The Carolina Parakeet2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  22. 23
    Jesse Owens2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  23. 24
    Birmingham, 19632007 · 39 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200739
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  24. 25
    I, Matthew Henson2007 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200732
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  25. 26
    The Library Ghost2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  26. 27
    Before John Was a Jazz Giant2008 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200832
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  27. 28
    Becoming Billie Holiday2008 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008117
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  28. 29
    First Pooch2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  29. 30
    Obama: Only in America2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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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.

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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.

  • Charlotte Zolotow Award2017Won
  • North Carolina Award for Literature2010Won

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.

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.