2.12.10 Black History Month Resources
February is Black History Month. Why? You can read about the origins of it here.
There are hundreds of wonderful informational books, picture books, and novels for children and young adults on this topic that are great for families to share or for students to read on their own. Here is a small sample of the many online Black History book lists available.
Booklist Magazine’s Top Ten Black History Books for Youth:2010
New York Public Library’s Celebrate African-American History Month
Reading Rockets Black History Month
Brooklyn Public Library’s Black History Month books for kids
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Washington Post’s kid picks for Black History Month
Kidsread.com Black History Month
African American Books from The Horn Book
And check out these blogs that feature books for children and young adults with characters of color:
The Brown Bookshelf: 28 Days Later, a Black History Month Celebration of Children’s Literature
Color Online: Let’s talk books, culture and literacy
Mitali’s Fire Escape: a safe place to chat about books between cultures
Reading in Color: a teen reviews YA books featuring people of color
Happy Black History Month, and I’ll see you in the library.
Jennifer Hubert Swan, Middle School librarian