Black History Month for Young Children

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

Updated January 13, 2024
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Black History Month for Young Children

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

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The only way to make bread
Quintero, Cristina
Paper Book
What's the only way to make bread? You might use white flour in your bread, or whole wheat flour or corn flour. You might use water or milk, maybe an egg or two. You'll use a handful of this, a dash of that, a bit of this and a splash of that. Some dough will rise, some dough will bubble. Sometimes...
Snowy mittens : a winter adventure
Grant, Shauntay
Ebook
The picture book Snowy Mittens: A Winter Adventure is a 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 skating with his...
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...
A likkle Miss Lou : how Jamaican poet Louise Bennett Coverley found her voice
Hohn, Nadia L.
Paper Book
A Kirkus Reviewsmost anticipated picture book of fall 2019 by Nadia L. Hohn, named one of CBC's "6 Black Canadian writers to watch" Louise Bennett Coverley, better known as Miss Lou, was an iconic poet and entertainer known for popularizing the use of patois in music and poetry...
The stone thrower
Richardson, Jael Ealey
Paper Book
The African-American football player Chuck Ealey grew up in a segregated neighborhood of Portsmouth, Ohio. Against all odds, he became an incredible quarterback. But despite his unbeaten record in high school and university, he would never play professional football in the United States. ...
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