Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Black History Month K-2nd
Mae Among the Stars
Ahmed, Roda.
Mae wanted to be an astronaut. She dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by ... More
Ron's Big Mission
Blue, Rose.
One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the La... More
Juneteenth for Mazie
Cooper, Floyd.
Also available in Hoopla. Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains w... More
We March
Evans, Shane.
Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Re... More
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Hopkinson, Deborah.
A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North. ... More
All Different Now : Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
Johnson, Angela.
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it... More
Wind Flyers
Johnson, Angela.
A boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-... More
Ellen's broom : A Young Girl Discovers a Family Tradition
Lyons, Kelly Starling.
Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol o... More
Hope's Gift
Lyons, Kelly Starling.
A runaway slave during the Civil War, Hope's father returns after the Emancipation Proclamatio... More
Sing a Song : How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
Lyons, Kelly Starling.
Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow a family through five generations as each is inspired by... More
The Nutcracker in Harlem
McMorrow, T. E.
In Harlem in the 1920s, in the middle of a family Christmas party, Marie receives a nutcracker from... More
The Quickest kid in Clarksville
Miller, Pat Zietlow.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee... More
Of Thee I Sing : A Letter to my Daughters
Obama, Barack.
Also available in Overdrive. In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Ob... More
Freedom Summer
Wiles, Deborah.
Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, a... More
This is the Rope : A Story from the Great Migration
Woodson, Jacqueline.
Also available in Hoopla. A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American fam... More
Summer in Savannah
Patrick, CP.
It's summertime! Ana & Andrew travel to visit their grandparents in Savannah, Georgia. Whi... More
The Hallelujah Flight
Bildner, Phil.
In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first Af... More
Overground Railroad
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
A girl named Ruth Anne tells the story of her family's train journey from North Carolina to Ne... More
I, Too, Am America
Hughes, Langston.
Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the... More
Busing Brewster
Michelson, Richard.
Bused across town to a school in a white neighborhood of Boston in 1974, a young African American b... More
The Book Itch : Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.
Also available in Hoopla. Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in ... More
Lift Your Light a Little Higher : The Story of Stephen Bishop, Slave-Explorer
Henson, Heather.
This biography picture-book shares the life story of Stephen Bishop, an explorer and slave who mapp... More
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Coles, Robert.
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes ... More
Dave the Potter : Artist, Poet, Slave
Hill, Laban Carrick.
Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, ... More
The Youngest Marcher : The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
Levinson, Cynthia.
Presents the life of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks who became the youngest known child to be ... More
Counting the Stars
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. The story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathema... More
Preaching To The Chickens : the Story of Young John Lewis
Asim, Jabari.
Also available in Hoopla. Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illus... More
Before She Was Harriet
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent wat... More
Be a King : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You
Weatherford, Carole Boston.
You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the ... More
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Shelton, Paula Young.
Also available in Overdrive. Paula Young Shelton shares her memories of the civil rights movement a... More
Lillian's Right to Vote : A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Winter, Jonah.
Also available in Overdrive. As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents... More
Hidden Figures : The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Shetterly, Margot Lee.
Also available in Hoopla. Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA... More
Let it Shine : Three Favorite Spirituals
Bryan, Ashley.
Illustrated versions of three well-known hymns. ... More
We Shall Overcome : The Story of a Song
Levy, Debbie.
Traces the history of the inspiring anthem and explains how it has come to represents the right for... More
Freedom in Congo Square
Weatherford, Carole Boston.
Also available in Hoopla. As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisia... More