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Black History Month: Inspiring Books for Kids

Favorites to share with the entire family in celebration of Black History Month.

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23 items

  • Libba

    the Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten

    Veirs, Laura,
    Book, 2018San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2018] — J B COTTEN
  • Little Legends

    Exceptional Men in Black History

    Harrison, Vashti,
    Book, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — J 305.38 HAR
  • The Youngest Marcher

    the Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

    Levinson, Cynthia,
    Book, 2017New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division, 2017. — J B HENDRICKS
  • Marvelous Cornelius

    Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans

    Bildner, Phil,
    Book, 2015San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, 2015. — JP BILDNER
  • Little Leaders

    Bold Women in Black History

    Harrison, Vashti,
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — J 920.72 HAR
  • Book, 2019Boston : Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — J 811.6 ALE
  • So Tall Within

    Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom

    Schmidt, Gary D.,
    Book, 2018New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018. — J B TRUTH
  • Book, 2005New York : Henry Holt, 2005. — J B PARKS
  • Of Thee I Sing

    a Letter to My Daughters

    Obama, Barack
    Book, 2010New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. — J 179.9 OBA
  • Book, 2009New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2009. — J B KING CORETTA SCOTT
  • Martin's Big Words

    the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Rappaport, Doreen
    Book, 2008New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2008/04/11 — J B KING
  • Book, 2007New York : Scholastic Press, c2007. — JP LEVINE
  • Sit-in

    How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

    Pinkney, Andrea Davis
    Book, 2010New York : Little, Brown, 2010 — J 323.1196 PIN
  • The Fierce 44

    Black Americans Who Shook Up the World

    Book, 2020Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — J 920 FIE
  • Be a King

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    Book, 2018New York : Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2018. — J B KING
  • 28 Days

    Moments in Black History That Changed the World

    Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969-
    Book, 2015New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015. — J 973.04 SMI