Celebrate Black History Month - for Kids!

Updated January 24, 2024
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Your legacy a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history
Williams, Schele
Paper Book
Your story begins in Africa. Your African ancestors defied the odds and survived 400 years of slavery in America and passed down an extraordinary legacy to you. Beginning in Africa before 1619, Your Legacy presents an unprecedentedly accessible, empowering,...
Brown girl dreaming
Woodson, Jacqueline
Paper Book
Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner is a powerful memoir that tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. A President Obama "O" Book Club pick Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt...
Ways to build dreams
Watson, Renée
Paper Book
Dream big and grow up boldly! Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Renée Watson continues her bestselling young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine. Middle school is just around the corner for Ryan Hart, which means it's...
The ABCs of Black history
Cortez, Rio
Paper Book
In this New York Times Bestseller, B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. ​   Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a...
Timelines from Black history leaders, legends, legacies.
Paper Book
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.  Black leaders, writers, civil rights activists, scientists, and more have influenced, inspired, and changed the societies we live in....
28 days moments in black history that changed the world
Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969- author.
Paper Book
Each day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, who after years of adversity became the wealthiest black woman in the country, as well as one of...
Resistance stories from Black history for kids inspiring people and events that every kid should know
Miller, Rann
Paper Book
Black history is a robust and multifaceted chapter in world history that is often watered down. History books tend to highlight whitewashed versions of African enslavement, the Civil Rights Movement, and other 'safe' topics that, while important, do not fully encapsulate the experiences of the Black...
Black is a rainbow color
Joy, Angela, 1975- author.
Paper Book
A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on. Red is a rainbow color. Green sits next to blue. Yellow, orange, violet, indigo, They are rainbow colors, too, but...
Freedom Summer
Wiles, Debbie.
Meet Addy : an American girl
Porter, Connie Rose
Paper Book
Addy Walker's family is planning a dangerous escape from slavery in the summer of 1864. But before they can make the escape, the worst happens - Master Stevens decides to sell some of his slaves, including Poppa and Addy?s brother, Sam. Addy and Momma take the terrible risk of escaping by themselves...
Richard Wright and the library card
Miller, William, 1959-
Paper Book
Illustrated by Gregory Christie A fictionalised account to the early life of African-American writer Richard Wright which tells the story of how he was taught to read and discovered an interest in books and libraries. An interest greatly hampered by the segregation laws of the American southern...
The skin I'm in
Flake, Sharon.
Paper Book
Sharon Flake's award-winning debut novel! Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin.   When a...
Born on the water
Hannah-Jones, Nikole
Paper Book
The 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renee Watson. A...
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 : a novel
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Paper Book
During one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. ...
Ann fights for freedom : an Underground Railroad survival story
Smith, Nikki Shannon
Paper Book
Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground Railroad....

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