In the wake of the controversial children’s book A Birthday Cake for George Washington, which inaccurately pushed the “happy slave narrative“, being removed from the shelves, here’s a list of children’s literature that’s more historically accurate.

1. The People Could Fly, by Virginia Hamilton

2. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, by John Steptoe

3. Bird In a Box, by Andrea Davis Pinkney

4. Bud Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis

5. Meet Addy, by Connie Porter

6. The Land, by Mildred D. Taylor

7. Bright Eyes, Brown Skin, by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Bernette G. Ford

8. Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Patricia McKissack

9. Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson

10. Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (Dear America), by Patricia McKissack

11. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor

Because a little help never hurt anyone.