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
30 Black Joy Picture Books and Chapter Books
Walden Pond and Black History Month
Black Heritage Trail in Boston
Children’s Books Showcasing Black Achievement
Juneteenth Children’s Books
Black History Month with Carole Boston Weatherford
Black Girl Magic: Middle Grade Fantasy with Black girl protagonists
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 a 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
29 Antiracist Books for Kids, Teens, and Adults
Illustrating Race Exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum
12 Children’s Books about Skin Color
A Picture Book Unit to Connect Kids to Jazz
Pictures Books About Blues Music & All That Jazz
Tulsa Race Massacre: What They Don’t Teach You in History Books
27 Books for Kids about White Privilege
Read Your World Ig Live Interview Series:
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:
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
- ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
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The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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Thanks for sharing this great list of African American books for kids. Perfect for black history month!