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Black History Month books for children

Celebrate Black History in February and all year long with some of our favorite children's books about the history, culture, contributions, struggles, achievements, and lives of Black Americans.

45 items

  • BookNew York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020] — J Bio HARRIS
  • The Power of Her Pen

    the Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

    Cline-Ransome, Lesa,
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020 — J Bio PAYNE
  • Dream Builder

    the Story of Architect Philip Freelon

    Lyons, Kelly Starling,
    BookNew York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2020] — J Bio FREELON
  • A Spy Called James

    the True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent

    Rockwell, Anne F.,
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, [2016] — J Bio LAFAYETTE
  • Follow Chester!

    a College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

    Respress-Churchwell, Gloria,
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2019 — J Bio Pierce
  • BookNew York : Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2018 — J Bio JOHNSON
  • BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — J Bio JEMISON
  • Sit-in

    How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

    Pinkney, Andrea Davis
    BookNew York : Little, Brown, 2010 — J 323.1 Pinkney
  • 28 Days

    Moments in Black History That Changed the World

    Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969-
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015 — J 973.0496 Smith
  • The Oldest Student

    How Mary Walker Learned to Read

    Hubbard, Rita L.,
    BookNew York City : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020] — J Bio WALKER
  • BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012 — E Evans
  • Lillian's Right to Vote

    a Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Winter, Jonah, 1962-
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015 — Picture Books Winter
  • We Are the Ship

    the Story of Negro League Baseball

    Nelson, Kadir
    BookNew York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008 — J 796.357 Nelson 2008
  • As Good as Anybody

    Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom

    Michelson, Richard
    BookNew York : A.A. Knopf, 2008 — J 323.092 Michelson
  • Heart and Soul

    the Story of America and African Americans

    Nelson, Kadir
    BookNew York : Balzer + Bray, c2011 — J 973.049 Nelson
  • Hidden Figures

    the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

    Shetterly, Margot Lee,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018 — J 510.92 Shetterly
  • Powerful and moving picture book history of a little known and shameful event that took place in the early 20th century. Winner of the 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award for both author and illustration. For grades 3 and up.
    BookMinneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021] — J 976.6 Weatherford