Black History Month for Young Children

A selection of picture books for young children by Black Canadian authors.

Updated January 13, 2024
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The only way to make bread
Quintero, Cristina
Paper Book
WINNER of the Ezra Jack Keats Best New Illustrator Award! A delicious exploration of all kinds of breads, from sourdough to bannock to bao, that will tickle your taste buds and warm your heart. What's the only way to make bread? You might use white flour in...
Snowy mittens : a winter adventure
Grant, Shauntay
Paper Book
The picture bookSnowy Mittens: A Winter Adventure isa celebration of Black joy and the simple pleasures of a day in the snow from award-winning poet and picture book author Shauntay Grant. Follow along as a young boy spends the day sledding and ice...
When I wrap my hair
Grant, Shauntay
Paper Book
In the vein of I Am Enough and Hold Them Close, this inspiring and beautiful picture book celebrates how hair wrapping ties together past and present. When I wrap, my roots run deep. As deep as an African marketplace or a city sidewalk or the stories between...
Nana's cold days
Badoe, Adwoa
Paper Book
Nana is coming to visit from Africa, and grandsons Ken and Rama have been looking forward to her visit for months. But it's icy cold when she arrives, and all she can do is drape herself in bed covers. No one can dream up a way to entice Nana from her nest until she becomes ill. When Nana feels...
Oscar lives next door : a story inspired by Oscar Peterson's childhood
Farmer, Bonnie
Paper Book
Long before Oscar Peterson became a virtuoso jazz pianist, he was a boy who loved to play the trumpet. When a bout of childhood tuberculosis weakened his lungs, Oscar could no longer play his beloved instrument. He took up piano and the rest is history: Oscar went on to become an international...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.