Black History Month is a time to highlight African American stories and experiences. Continuing the series of must-read books for adults, here is a list of children's books in honor of this month!
Books for Children
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Jessica Curry and Parker Curry
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcom X by Ilyasah Shabazz
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present by Jamia Wilson
If you were a kid during the Civil Rights Movement by Gwendolyn Hook
Black is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
We March by Shane W. Evans
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
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