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Children's Books for Black History Month

These are great current and classic reads from our Children's Books Department to celebrate Black History Month! Don't miss other great reads from our adult sections here.

 

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The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019

Let the Children March By Monica Clark-Robinson, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780544704527
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Clarion Books - January 2nd, 2018

A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story By Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781419736858
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation By Barry Wittenstein, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Barry Wittenstein, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823443314
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Neal Porter Books - August 27th, 2019

Overground Railroad By Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823438730
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Holiday House - January 7th, 2020

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis' Fleet-of-Foot Girl By Megan Reid, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Megan Reid, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062851093
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Balzer + Bray - January 21st, 2020

A Voice Named Aretha By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781681198507
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 7th, 2020

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver By Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062430151
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 14th, 2020

A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks: Volume 3 By Alice Faye Duncan, Xia Gordon (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Alice Faye Duncan, Xia Gordon (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781454930884
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Union Square Kids - January 1st, 2019

Thurgood By Jonah Winter, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jonah Winter, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781524765330
Published: Anne Schwartz Books - September 3rd, 2019

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History By Walter Dean Myers, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Walter Dean Myers, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780060277093
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Quill Tree Books - January 24th, 2017

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race By Margot Lee Shetterly, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062742469
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: HarperCollins - January 16th, 2018

Lift Every Voice and Sing By James Weldon Johnson, James Weldon Johnson (Text by) Cover Image
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781681199559
Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 8th, 2019

Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World By Cheryl Willis Hudson, Erin K. Robinson (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525645818
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020

Before She Was Harriet By Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780823444298
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Holiday House - June 11th, 2019

Coretta Scott By Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780061253669
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Katherine Tegen Books - December 27th, 2011

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was?) By Bonnie Bader, Who HQ, Elizabeth Wolf (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Bonnie Bader, Who HQ, Elizabeth Wolf (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448447230
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - December 27th, 2007

Who Was Rosa Parks? (Who Was?) By Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator) Cover Image
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448454429
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - December 23rd, 2010

Who Is Michelle Obama? (Who Was?) By Megan Stine, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Megan Stine, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448478630
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - August 15th, 2013

Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? (Who Was?) By Sherri L. Smith, Who HQ, Jake Murray (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Sherri L. Smith, Who HQ, Jake Murray (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780399541940
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Penguin Workshop - August 7th, 2018

Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?) By Roberta Edwards, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Roberta Edwards, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448453309
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - December 24th, 2009

Who Was Harriet Tubman? (Who Was?) By Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
$5.99
ISBN: 9780593097229
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - September 3rd, 2019

What Was the Underground Railroad? (What Was?) By Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator) Cover Image
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448467122
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - December 26th, 2013

What Was the March on Washington? (What Was?) By Kathleen Krull, Who HQ, Tim Tomkinson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kathleen Krull, Who HQ, Tim Tomkinson (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448462875
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - February 7th, 2013

What Were the Negro Leagues? (What Was?) By Varian Johnson, Who HQ, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator) Cover Image
$5.99
ISBN: 9781524789985
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Workshop - December 24th, 2019

March: Book Two By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781603094009
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Top Shelf Productions - January 20th, 2015

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March: Book Three By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781603094023
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 2nd, 2016

Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus) By Lawrence Goldstone Cover Image
$18.99
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ISBN: 9781338323481
Published: Scholastic Focus - January 7th, 2020

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition By Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kathleen Van Cleve Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781534416178
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Aladdin - January 8th, 2019

Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice (Scholastic Focus) By Lawrence Goldstone Cover Image
$9.99
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ISBN: 9781338239461
Published: Scholastic Focus - January 7th, 2020