Black History Month Children's Book Recs from Newark Public Library - a podcast by WNYC

We begin our Black History Month coverage with some reading recommendations, this time catered towards younger audiences. Newark Public Library Children's Librarian Sharon Owens, and Youth Services Supervisor Asha Mobiley, join us to help recommend books to read during the month for children, teens, and young adults.

 

Ages 3 and up

Dream Big, Little One by: Vashti Harrison ( adaptation of Little Leaders:Bold Women in Black History)

Follow Your Dreams, Little One (adaptation of Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History)

Little People, BIG DREAMS by: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various authors and illustrators

A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

Shades of Black: A Celebration of our Children by: Sandra Pinkney and Photographs by Miles Pinkney

Let the Children March by: Monica – Clark Robinson Illustrated by: Frank Morrison

This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by: Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by James Ransome

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations by: Kelly Starling Lyons, Illustrated by: Keith Mallet

The ABC’s of Black History by Rio Cortez, Lauren Semmer

Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by: Alice Faye Duncan, Illustrated by: Keturah Bobo

All Different Now: Juneteenth the First Day of Freedom by: Angela Johnson, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by: Charles R. Smith Jr., Illustrated by: Shane Evans

Bedtime Inspirational Stories 50 Amazing Black People who Changed the World by: L.A. Amber Illustrated by: TZ Nissen

 

Ages: 8-12: (Middle School)

Like Vanessa by Tami Charles (Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Illustrator)

When Winter Robeson Came by Brenda Woods

Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles 

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Stella by Starlight by Sharon M Draper

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds

 

Early Teens (12+)

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

 

Older Teens (15+)

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

The Hate U Give, On the Come Up, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Dear Martin by Nic Stone 

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

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