# Andrea Davis Pinkney — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Andrea Davis Pinkney appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/andrea-davis-pinkney
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- courage
- history
- identity

## Genres

- Picture Book

## Every Andrea Davis Pinkney title on file

- [Hand in Hand](https://readinglist.school/book/hand-in-hand-ten-black-men) _(Grades 4–8 · 2012)_
- [Because of You, John Lewis](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-you-john-lewis) _(Grades 3–5 · 2023)_

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