For the second part of our Black History Month blog, we have compiled a list of books for every age and stage. Each of the 55 selected titles is written and/or illustrated by a Black writer or artist. As we close in on the end of Black History Month, we encourage our Nannies Plus community to continue to celebrate Black lives, amplify Black voices, and educate themselves and each other every single day.
Your family team becomes stronger with open minds and open hearts, and your environment becomes more harmonious, accepting, and supportive as those within it begin to understand, accept, and even celebrate differences and diversity.
Board Books (Ages 0-3)
Babies Around the World Dancing
Written by Tamara Barker
Girl of Mine / Boy of Mine
Written by Jabari Asim
Dream Big, Little One
Written & Illustrated by Vashti Harrison
Homemade Love
Written by bell hooks
Baby Goes to Market
Written by Atinuke
Early Readers (Ages 4-8)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Me & Mama
Written & Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
The Bell Rang
Written & Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Idia of the Benin Kingdom
Written by Ekuiwa Aire
Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family
Written & Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
Written by Melina Mangal
Middle Readers (Ages 9-13)
Before the Ever After
Written by Jaqueline Woodson
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box
Written by Evette Dionne
New Kid
Written & Illustrated by Jerry Craft
Genesis Begins Again
Written by Alicia D. Williams
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Written by Jason Reynolds
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Written by Kwame Mbalia
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace
Written & Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
When Stars Are Scattered
Written by Omar Mohamed (as told to Victoria Jamieson)
Illustrated by Iman Geddy
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
Written by Jo Ann Allen Boyce & Debbie Levy
Root Magic
Written by Eden Royce
Young Adults (Ages 14-17)
Legendborn
Written by Tracy Deonn
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Written by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
When You Look Like Us
Written by Pamela N. Harris
War Girls
Written by Tochi Onyebuchi
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Written by Claire Hartfield
Liccle Bit
Written by Alex Wheatle
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Written by Lynda Blackmon Lowery (as told to Elspeth Leacock & Susan Buckley)
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich
Written by Alice Childress
Charming as a Verb
Written by Ben Philippe
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
Written by Carol Anderson & Tonya Bolden
Adults
Between the World and Me
Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hattiesburg: An American City in Black & White
Written by William Sturkey
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Edited by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
A Tall History of Sugar
Written by Curdella Forbes
The Rib King
Written by Ladee Hubbard
Illustrated by Black Artists
Sunday Shopping by Sally Derby
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Littles: And How They Grow by Kelly DiPucchio
Illustrated by AG Ford
Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by Don Tate
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Grandersonn and Her Secret School by Janet Halfmann
Illustrated by London Ladd
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt
Illustrated by Daniel Minter
A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor
Illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito
Illustrated by Laura Freeman
Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art by JH Shapiro
Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano
Illustrated by Christian Robinson
Hosea Plays On by Kathleen M. Blasi
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Nannies and parents, what books are you reading yourself and to the children in your lives in honor of Black History Month? Tell us your favorites in the comments!
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