4th Grade

Audrey Faye Hendricks's determination to join the Birmingham Children's March turns a civil-rights chapter into a child-centered story of courage.

Anna Atkins's fascination with plants and cyanotype photography becomes a story about science, art, and innovation.

Eleanor Roosevelt emerges as a restless, outspoken public figure who helped reshape what leadership could look like.

A school bus carries children through Rosa Parks's story and the wider history of Montgomery's bus boycott.

As Lillian climbs a hill to vote, the story traces generations of Black American struggle and progress around the ballot.

Poetic text and collage bring Fannie Lou Hamer's life, courage, and civil-rights activism into view for young readers.

A clever traveler faces down goblins to save Hanukkah for a frightened village.

Harvey Milk and Gilbert Baker's collaboration around the rainbow flag becomes an inviting introduction to pride, protest, and belonging.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and language are distilled into a picture book built around the power of his words.

Art and text together introduce Arturo Schomburg and his lifelong work collecting Black history the world tried to erase.