Black History Month Must-Read Children Books

Categories: Diversity & Inclusion, Black History Month

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

Henrys Freedom Box The Undefeated Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

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

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

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

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist The Story of Ruby Bridges Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcom X Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

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

If you were a kid during the Civil Rights Movement Black is a Rainbow Color We March Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

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