In celebration of Black History Month, check out these picture books and middle grade reads for kids!
Picture Books
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Stacy’s Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams and Thomas Kitt
Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of our Enslaved History by Schele Williams and Tonya Engel
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African-Americans by Kadir Nelson
Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thomkins-Bigelow and Luisa Uribe
The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez and Lauren Semmer
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
Just Like Jesse Owens by Andrew Young, Paula Young Shelton, and Gordon C. James
Middle Grade
Becoming Muhammad Ali by Kwame Alexander and James Patterson
Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine by Melba Pattillo Beals
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renee Watson