Stories are important teaching tools. To ensure that young children are informed and experience more than a handful of African American women and girls' stories and authors, this article showcases notable and little-known accomplishments of exceptional women, real and imaginary. Brinson offers an annotated list of children's literature, fiction and nonfiction, featuring African American and African girls and women. She categorizes the reading-discovering self-worth, finding inspiration, knowing through information, and bringing pleasure.