Celebrate Black History Month - For Kids & Teens

February is Black History Month!
Scroll down to see our picks in the following categories:
- Board books

- Local Black history

- Middle grade biographies/history

- Young adult nonfiction

 

Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! Cover Image

Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! (Board book)

By Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780711261419
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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - January 26th, 2021
Hey Black Child Cover Image

Hey Black Child (Board book)

By Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316360296
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Published: LB Kids - December 17th, 2019
Follow Your Dreams, Little One Cover Image

Follow Your Dreams, Little One (Board book)

By Vashti Harrison
$8.99
ISBN: 9780316475150
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Published: LB Kids - September 29th, 2020
Princess Hair Cover Image

Princess Hair (Board book)

By Sharee Miller
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316441193
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Published: LB Kids - October 15th, 2019
My N.C. from A-Z Cover Image

My N.C. from A-Z (Hardcover)

By Michelle Lanier, Dare Coulter (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780865264991
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Published: North Carolina Division of Archives & History - January 15th, 2020
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Early Elementary Story Books, Children's Music Books, Biography Books for Kids) Cover Image

Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Early Elementary Story Books, Children's Music Books, Biography Books for Kids) (Hardcover)

By Laura Veirs, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781452148571
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Published: Chronicle Books - January 16th, 2018
Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker Cover Image

Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker (Hardcover)

By Patricia Hruby Powell, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534406230
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Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - June 9th, 2020
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins Cover Image

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins (Paperback)

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780142408940
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Published: Puffin Books - December 27th, 2007
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon Cover Image

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon (Hardcover)

By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781620149553
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Published: Lee & Low Books - January 14th, 2020
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Cover Image

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Hardcover)

By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (By (artist))
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316070164
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 3rd, 2010
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery Cover Image

Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery (Hardcover)

By Sandra Neil Wallace, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481443876
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Published: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books - January 23rd, 2018
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston Cover Image

Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston (Hardcover)

By Alicia D. Williams, Jacqueline Alcántara (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534419131
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - January 12th, 2021
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver Cover Image

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (Hardcover)

By Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062430151
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 14th, 2020
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance Cover Image

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance (Paperback)

By Nikki Grimes
$9.99
ISBN: 9781681196022
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - August 4th, 2020
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance Cover Image

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance (Hardcover)

By Nikki Grimes
$18.99
ISBN: 9781681199443
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 5th, 2021
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song Cover Image

We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song (Hardcover)

By Debbie Levy, Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Cover design or artwork by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781423119548
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - December 17th, 2013
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins (Who Did It First?) Cover Image

Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins (Who Did It First?) (Hardcover)

By Michelle Meadows, Ebony Glenn (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250127730
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - January 8th, 2019
Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present Cover Image

Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present (Hardcover)

By Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
$23.99
ISBN: 9781786031587
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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - February 1st, 2018
A Voice Named Aretha Cover Image

A Voice Named Aretha (Hardcover)

By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781681198507
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 7th, 2020
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon Cover Image

A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Veronica Miller Jamison (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316435178
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 12th, 2019
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne Cover Image

The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne (Hardcover)

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, John Parra (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481462891
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Published: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books - January 14th, 2020
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy Cover Image

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy (Hardcover)

By Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062912510
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Published: Quill Tree Books - January 5th, 2021
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read Cover Image

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read (Hardcover)

By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, Oge Mora (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781524768287
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Published: Schwartz & Wade - January 7th, 2020
Jean-Michel Basquiat (Little People, BIG DREAMS #41) Cover Image

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Little People, BIG DREAMS #41) (Hardcover)

By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Luciano Lozano (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780711245808
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - June 16th, 2020
Jesse Owens (Little People, BIG DREAMS #42) Cover Image

Jesse Owens (Little People, BIG DREAMS #42) (Hardcover)

By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Anna Katharina Jansen (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780711245839
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - June 2nd, 2020
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) Cover Image

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) (Hardcover)

By Vashti Harrison
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316475112
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - December 5th, 2017
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History Cover Image

Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History (Hardcover)

By Vashti Harrison, Kwesi Johnson (With)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316475143
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 19th, 2019
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Cover Image

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781419734113
Availability: Backordered
Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - April 7th, 2020
Patricia's Vision, Volume 7: The Doctor Who Saved Sight Cover Image

Patricia's Vision, Volume 7: The Doctor Who Saved Sight (Hardcover)

By Michelle Lord, Alleanna Harris (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781454931379
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Published: Sterling Children's Books - January 7th, 2020
Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight (A Sweet Blackberry Book) Cover Image

Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight (A Sweet Blackberry Book) (Hardcover)

By Karyn Parsons, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316457194
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - December 1st, 2020
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X Cover Image

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X (Hardcover)

By Ilyasah Shabazz, AG Ford (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781442412163
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2014
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball Cover Image

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball (Hardcover)

By Jen Bryant, Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781419741081
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - October 6th, 2020
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad Cover Image

William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad (Hardcover)

By Don Tate, Don Tate (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781561459353
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Published: Peachtree Publishing Company - November 1st, 2020
Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues Cover Image

Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues (Hardcover)

By Andrea Williams
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250623720
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - January 5th, 2021
The Undefeated Cover Image

The Undefeated (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
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Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Cover Image

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (Paperback)

By Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
$13.00
ISBN: 9780679843368
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - January 4th, 1993
Thurgood Marshall: The Making of America #6 Cover Image

Thurgood Marshall: The Making of America #6 (Hardcover)

By Teri Kanefield
$16.99
ISBN: 9781419741043
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - April 21st, 2020
The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel Cover Image

The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ilyasah Shabazz, Tiffany D. Jackson
$17.99
ISBN: 9780374313296
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - January 5th, 2021
The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World Cover Image

The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World (Hardcover)

By Robert Ball (Illustrator), The Staff of The Undefeated
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328940629
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - December 24th, 2019
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man Cover Image

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man (Paperback)

By Tonya Bolden
$9.99
ISBN: 9781419737596
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
The Compton Cowboys: Young Readers’ Edition: And the Fight to Save Their Horse Ranch Cover Image

The Compton Cowboys: Young Readers’ Edition: And the Fight to Save Their Horse Ranch (Hardcover)

By Walter Thompson-Hernandez
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062956842
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Published: HarperCollins - April 28th, 2020
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary (Scholastic Focus) Cover Image

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary (Scholastic Focus) (Paperback)

By Walter Dean Myers
$9.99
ISBN: 9781338309850
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Published: Scholastic Nonfiction - December 26th, 2019
When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World Cover Image

When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World (Hardcover)

By Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele, Benee Knauer (Adapted by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250194985
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Published: Wednesday Books - September 29th, 2020
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) Cover Image

The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984894021
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Published: Delacorte Press - January 12th, 2021
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Cover Image

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (Paperback)

By Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia
$10.99
ISBN: 9780062698735
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Published: Balzer + Bray - January 7th, 2020