Black History Month for Kids

A selection of novels by Black Canadian authors and non-fiction books featuring Black Canadians in history.

Updated January 25, 2025
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Black History Month for Kids

A selection of novels by Black Canadian authors and non-fiction books featuring Black Canadians in history.

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Africville
Grant, Shauntay
Ebook
Dreamer
Aliu, Akim
Paper Book
This honest, engrossing graphic memoir tells the story of professional athlete and activist Akim Aliu's incredible life as a hockey prodigy in Canada. Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and...
Lone runner
McLean, Dirk
Paper Book
"Middle schoolers at a second grade reading level will root for Michaela as she steps out of her shell." -- School Library Journal Set in a diverse neighbourhood in Scarborough, Ontario, this book follows Michaela as she goes from a solitary runner to an athlete who contributes to the...
My hair is beautiful
Grant, Shauntay
Paper Book
Natural, knotty, fluffy, frizzy, twisted, tangled, pony, puffed! A celebration of natural hair, from afros to cornrows and everything in between, My Hair is Beautiful is a joyful board book with a powerful message of self-love. Governor General's Award-nominated author...
The probability of everything
Everett, Sarah
Paper Book
Big Mouth ARE mailing to a curated list of influential librarians and educators   Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to promote inclusive texts in curriculum, library collections, and in bookstores    Featured title at school &...
Swim team
Christmas, Johnnie
Paper Book
Big Mouth mailings and giveaways at major institutional conferences and preview events Advertising in key school & library media, such as School Library Journal, The Horn Book and Booklist Launch and lead promotion at school & library conferences and preview events...
The Watsons go to Birmingham : 1963
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. ...
Welcome to the cypher
Dill, Khodi
Ebook
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