Celebrate Black History Month - for Kids!

Updated January 30, 2025
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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
CD
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the...
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...
28 days moments in black history that changed the world
Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969- author.
Audiobook
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...
The skin I'm in
Flake, Sharon.
Paper Book
Born on the water
Hannah-Jones, Nikole
Paper Book
Cuando una estudiante es asignada el trabajo de completar un arbol familiar y solo puede contar tres generaciones atras, Abuela junta a toda la familia, y la estudiante aprende que hace 400 anos, en 1619, sus antepasados fueron robados y traidos a los Estados Unidos por esclavizadores europeos. Pero...
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, 1971- author.
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....
Little legends exceptional men in black history
Harrison, Vashti
Paper Book
Author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black men through history in this #1 New York Times bestseller. An important book for readers of all ages, this beautifully illustrated and engagingly written volume brings to...
Little leaders bold women in black history
Harrison, Vashti
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world. Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women...
Aunt Sue's stories
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Paper Book
Storytelling is an ancient and powerful human tradition. It ties us to cultural memory and the experiences of those who came before us, linking one generation to the next. Oral tradition is of keen importance to Black heritage and is honored here in this classic work by poet and Harlem Renaissance...
Black girl, Black girl celebrate the power of you
Kamanda, Ali
Paper Book
From the authors of Black Boy, Black Boy comes a new inspiring picture book about self-esteem for black girls, drawing on the history of role models who came before them! Dear girl, Black girl, rise up, it's time. It's a new day and a chance to shine. From the first black female...
Black boy, black boy celebrate the power of you
Kamanda, Ali
Paper Book
A powerful, affirming picture book that uplifts, educates, and inspires Black boys to see themselves as heroes of their own story. They are inventors, leaders, athletes, scholars, artists. They are sons, dreamers, and doers. Black Boy, Black Boy is a lyrical celebration of possibility and...

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