The present dissertation aims to understand how African and AfroBrazilian children s literature can contribute to the development of ethnic-racial education, critical racial literacy and the construction of ethnic-racial identities of students in early childhood education. A qualitative research was carried out, which was developed in two stages: individual semi-structured interviews with 10 teachers and analysis of 6 children s literature books suggested by the study participants. The teachers work in early childhood education, public and private schools, municipalities of the Baixada Fluminense and the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The literary works were written after the promulgation of Law 1.0639/03, present black female characters as protagonists, address as central theme black racial identity and contribute to the (re)knowledge and racial valorization of black children. The data were collected from virtual meetings, which took place synchronously, in August 2021. The methodological strategy of snowball sampling was adopted. The results indicated that the anti-racist perspective is present in the way teachers are located and promote education for ethnic-racial relations and indicated that it is possible to engage in classroom dialogues that promote critical racial literacy, from the use of children s literature books. The educators narratives showed that the literary works, when dealing with themes of history and afrodescendant cultures and present black protagonists and images that value and give visibility to ethnic-racial identity, contribute to the (re)racial knowledge of black children, their identity-building process and their self-esteem in a positive way. In this perspective, the importance of the use of African and Afro-Brazilian children s literature as a facilitator to promote dialogues on race in classes of early childhood education is emphasized, thus enabling that different socio-cultural groups recognize and relate in a harmonious and respectful way.