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Black History Month

These Black History Month picture books work for February displays, classroom read-alouds, and year-round reading. They include biography, community stories, and books that help children connect history to identity, justice, and everyday life.

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Black History Month

These Black History Month picture books work for February displays, classroom read-alouds, and year-round reading. They include biography, community stories, and books that help children connect history to identity, justice, and everyday life.

On a Harlem rooftop, a girl imagines herself flying over the city and claiming the world she deserves.

Children imagine how music, kindness, and collective action can make change in the world around them.

The true story of a Harlem school garden that became a source of food, pride, and neighborhood change.

A Black boy moves through layered feelings about his neighborhood and the violence that surrounds it.

A girl worries about classmates staring at her grandmother?s facial scars before learning the story behind them.

A girl sees hunger, stigma, and community care more clearly during a weekly pantry visit with her mother.

A barbershop celebration of confidence, style, and the power of a fresh haircut.

A joyful father-daughter story about natural hair, patience, and learning to care for one another.

A loving family story inspired by a Black transgender girl's wish for long hair and the mother who helps make it possible.

A mother and daughter face a string of small disappointments and rebuild their special day with love and flexibility.