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Books for Kids – Black History Month

Wednesday, February 1, 2023Children

Check out our lists of recommended picture books, chapter books, non-fiction, and biographies to celebrate Black History Month and beyond. View our previous lists 2021 | 2022

Picture Books

We Are Here by Tami Charlies
Playtime for Restless Rascals by Nikki Grimes
Song in the City by Daniel Bernstrom
A Library by Nikki Giovanni
The Adventures of Qai Qai by Serena Williams
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson

Chapter Books & Graphic Novels

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Simon B. Rhymin’ by Dwayne Reed

Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin Reynolds
Stuntboy: in the meantime by Jason Reynolds

Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos

Non-Fiction & Biographies

Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar by Crystal Hubbard

Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Willis Hudson
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy

Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present (See Yourself in Their Stories) by Jamia Wilson
I Am Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tonya Bolden

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