My round-up of resources for Black History Month includes:
- African American children’s book lists
- Multicultural Children’s Book Club videos
- Read Your World Ig Live interviews with Black KidLit Creators
African American Books for Kids
Children’s Books Showcasing Black Achievement
Juneteenth Children’s Books
Black History Month with Carole Boston Weatherford
Pictures Books About Blues Music & All That Jazz
Five African Americans Who Excelled in the Arts
African American Pioneering Female Musicians
HARLEM: Found Ways art exhibit and Children’s Books Reflecting Harlem
Civil Rights Movement Books for 4th Grade
Top 10: Best Children’s Books On Civil Rights Movement
This list covers picture books, chapter books, and young adult.
Top 10: Best African-American Picture Books (ages 4-12)
If you read these picture books in order, it gives an overview of the African American experience historically starting from slavery to the present day.
Ruby Bridges and Picture Book As Fast as Words Could Fly
Meeting Ruby Bridges was a thrill for me and further reinforced how important it is for kids to learn about the Civil Rights Movement.
Young Booker T. Washington: Fifty Cents and a Dream
An advanced picture book that paints a portrait of Booker T. Washington as a determined young boy.
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr with Three Books
If you just want a snapshot of the Civil Rights Movement for young children, try these three books: two picture books and a chapter book.
5 Feel-Good Picture Books About Africa
These five books show different perspectives from the story of young Masai girl who wants to touch the moon to visiting family in Tanzania and The Gambia.
Children’s Africana Book Award
Africa Access was founded in 1989 to help schools, public libraries, and parents improve the quality of their K-12 collections on Africa.
2010 Africana Awards for Best Children’s Literature
5th Grade Social Studies And How to Make It Interesting
I have a section in this post about the Civil Rights Movement.
Black History Month Books for Kids and Teens
5th Grade Slavery Unit Books
Gordon Parks: Black History Month
Civil Rights Movement Art
Read Your World Ig Live Interview Series:
Erica Asante
Janet Costa Bates
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Valerie Bolling
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Tamara Shiloh, owner of Multicultural Bookstore and Gifts presents Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
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My books:
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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