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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Greater Victoria Public Library
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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...
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...
Malaika, carnival queen
Hohn, Nadia L.
Ebook
Malaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was a just a baby and who shared her love of carnival. Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and guesses that the dream is about her father. Mummy explains that her daddy passed away long ago,...

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