Young reader builds list of #1000BlackGirlBooks

By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN

Updated 1149 GMT (1949 HKT) February 5, 2016

Marley Dias, 11, was tired of reading books about "white boys and their dogs" so she began looking for stories about black girls. Here's a sampling of some of the titles she's found so far.
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Marley Dias, 11, was tired of reading books about "white boys and their dogs" so she began looking for stories about black girls. Here's a sampling of some of the titles she's found so far.
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In "A Chair for My Mother" by Vera B. Williams. A child, her waitress mother and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after losing their furniture in a fire.
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In "A Chair for My Mother" by Vera B. Williams. A child, her waitress mother and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after losing their furniture in a fire.
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Jacqueline Woodson's "After Tupac and D Foster" tells the story of two girls trying to make sense of the world after the deaths of another friend and their favorite musician, Tupac Shakur.
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Jacqueline Woodson's "After Tupac and D Foster" tells the story of two girls trying to make sense of the world after the deaths of another friend and their favorite musician, Tupac Shakur.
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"Art from Her Heart" by Kathy Whitehead is a picture book biography about folk artist Clementine Hunter, who was unable to see her own work in a museum exhibit.
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"Art from Her Heart" by Kathy Whitehead is a picture book biography about folk artist Clementine Hunter, who was unable to see her own work in a museum exhibit.
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"Blue Tights" by Rita Williams-Garcia is about 15-year-old Joyce, who finds a way to express herself through dance.
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"Blue Tights" by Rita Williams-Garcia is about 15-year-old Joyce, who finds a way to express herself through dance.
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"Almost Zero" is the third book in Nikki Grimes' Dyamond Daniel series, which teaches life lessons through the eyes of a third-grader.
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"Almost Zero" is the third book in Nikki Grimes' Dyamond Daniel series, which teaches life lessons through the eyes of a third-grader.
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"Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer" is the true story of Michaela DePrince's journey from Sierra Leone to a career as a dancer in the United States.
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"Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer" is the true story of Michaela DePrince's journey from Sierra Leone to a career as a dancer in the United States.
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"Amazing Grace" by Mary Hoffman tells the story of a girl who wants to star as Peter Pan in the school play.
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"Amazing Grace" by Mary Hoffman tells the story of a girl who wants to star as Peter Pan in the school play.
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"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of a young Nigerian woman who emigrates to the United States for school and stays for work.
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"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of a young Nigerian woman who emigrates to the United States for school and stays for work.
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In "Brown Girl Dreaming," author Jacqueline Woodson describes her childhood growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in South Carolina and New York.
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In "Brown Girl Dreaming," author Jacqueline Woodson describes her childhood growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in South Carolina and New York.
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"Full, Full, Full of Love" by Trish Cooke explores the relationship between Jay Jay and his Grannie.
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"Full, Full, Full of Love" by Trish Cooke explores the relationship between Jay Jay and his Grannie.
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In Celeste O. Norfleet's "Download Drama," Kenisha Lewis becomes a YouTube sensation after making a promo for the dance studio where she works.
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In Celeste O. Norfleet's "Download Drama," Kenisha Lewis becomes a YouTube sensation after making a promo for the dance studio where she works.
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Derrick Barnes' "Ruby and the Booker Boys" series tells of 8-year-old Ruby Booker, the baby sister of the most popular boys on Chill Brook Avenue.
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Derrick Barnes' "Ruby and the Booker Boys" series tells of 8-year-old Ruby Booker, the baby sister of the most popular boys on Chill Brook Avenue.
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