Black History Month is a time to reflect on and celebrate Black history, culture, and to remember and celebrate Black trailblazers and pioneers. Gaynor Librarian Dionne De Lancy organized her picks into categories: folktales, picture books, biographies, graphic novels and chapter books. There is something on her list for every student!
Folktales
Anansi the Spider, by Gerald McDermott
John Henry, by Jerry Pinkney
Picture Books
Goin’ Somewhere Special, Patricia McKissack
Something Beautiful, by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Biography
Radiant Child: The story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Javaka Steptoe
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, Carole Boston Weatherford
Trombone Shorty, by Troy Andrews
Graphic Novels
New Kid, by Jerry Craft
When Stars are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Chapter Books
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis