Black Joy is an engaging and positive children's book geared toward African-American children and is also great for children of other races. This book explains the origin of Black Love Day, which was instituted in 1993 and is celebrated on February 13th. Black Joy also tells children what love truly entails and how to love themselves. The illustrations in this book are beautiful and show the positivity of an African-American community stemming from a love mural created by a young boy named Jaden.

I really enjoyed this book and I thought that it was perfect for the age group!

The illustrations in the book were superb and they really brought the book to life - the idea behind the book was great and I loved the focus but for me the book would be better called Black Love Day as that links directly to the story, and the annual day of celebrations that take place on 13th February - and that is something that should be embraced!

The book is full of positive messages and it is a great book overall and plenty to discuss after reading - I loved the mix of friendship, working together and collaboration, family, friendship and most of all love.

It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!

The story and artwork are wonderful. I would read from this author again. This will be a book I would buy for my children and other children.

I really liked this book! It's simple and easy for young readers to comprehend and enjoy, but it still has a lot of substance to it, which is great. It was honestly really impressive how the author found this perfect balance. Bravo on that part! Additionally, the message is wildly important for young kids to see and read about. The message ties together numerous valuable things: family, love, community, friendship, appreciation, and connection. The author flawlessly combined all of these big ideas into one short book without overwhelming its readers. Even further, the pictures perfectly complemented these values. Bright and crisp colors, emotion, and wonder filled every inch of every page, and made for a really vivid story and book. Lastly, this book is highly inspirational and definitely encourages young readers to add a little extra love to their own communities.
However, I do have one very small critique to make. I think that the title doesn't really connect to the story as well as it could have. It's a good title, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't fit this specific book. I believe that making the title something such as "Black Love Day" or simply "Black Love" would make more sense, while still maintaining the idea that I think the author wanted to convey to readers.
Other than that, though, I really enjoyed reading this book and I know that others will too!

Black Joy follows a boy named Jaden, who notices a mural in his neighborhood focused on love. He learns about different types of love and how it can be expressed. I loved the community aspect of the story and it went along with the mural. The illustrations in this book are great; they are colorful and full of movement/life. The page count was short enough to keep my kiddos' attention and we were able to talk about love afterwards.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - becker and mayer! and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.