It’s February and that means we are celebrating Black History Month. Black History Month celebrates and recognizes all of the great achievements that Black Americans have contributed to our country’s history.
The North Bergen Public Library has created a list of books to help you and your family celebrate Black History, not only during the month of February, but all year round!
Picture Books:
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita L. Hubbard
Chapter Books:
Who Was Rosa Parks by Yona Zeldis McDonough
The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
The Civil Rights Movement by Jennifer Joline Anderson
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
Young Adult Books:
Punching the Air by Ibo Zoboi
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris
March: Book One by John Lewis
Adult Books:
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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