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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Celebrate Black History
Here you'll find titles appropriate for celebrating the African American experience all during the year, as well as in February, during Black History Month!

GRADES K-3
AUNT HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY by Faith Ringgold
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: CAESAR'S STORY: 1759 by Joan Lowery Nixon
ESCAPE NORTH: THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN by Monica Kulling; illustrated by Teresa Flavin
FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD by Jeannette Winter

A HORN FOR LOIUS by Eric Kimmel
HURRY FREEDOM! by Jerry Stanley
THE INVISIBLE PRINCESS by Faith Ringgold
MY DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING by Faith Ringgold
TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold
THE DREAM KEEPER AND OTHER POEMS by Langston Hughes; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
JACKSON JONES AND THE PUDDLE OF THORNS by Mary Quattlebaum
JOHN HENRY: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Ezra Jack Keats
JUST LIKE MIKE by Gail Herman; illustrated by Meryle Treatner
LISTEN CHILDREN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK LITERATURE by Dorothy Strickland
MANY THOUSAND GONE by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
MEET MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. by James T. de Kay
A MILLION FISH...MORE OR LESS by Patricia C McKissack
MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND by Patricia C McKissack
MORE STORIES HUEY TELLS by Ann Cameron
MORE STORIES JULIAN TELLS by Ann Cameron
MY DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING by Faith Ringgold
NAPPY HAIR by Carolivia Herron, illustrated by Joe Cepeda
ONLY PASSING THROUGH: THE STORY OF SOJOURNER TRUTH by Anne Rockwell; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: AMERICAN BLACK FOLKTALES by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated By Leo And Diane Dillon
ROCK OF AGES by Tonya Bolden; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
SATCHMO'S BLUES by Alan Schroeder; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
THE STORIES HUEY TELLS by Ann Cameron
THE STORIES JULIAN TELLS by Ann Cameron
THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN: CONDUCTOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Kate McMullan
THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON: BRAVEST MAN IN BASEBALL by Margaret Davidson
SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT by Deborah Hopkinson
TALKING TO FAITH RINGGOLD by Freeman; Faith Ringgold
TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold

GRADES 4-5
AUNT HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY by Faith Ringgold
BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis
THE CAY by Theodore Taylor
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: CAESAR'S STORY: 1759 by Joan Lowery Nixon
THE DARK-THIRTY: SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL by Patricia McKissack, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
DARNELL ROCK REPORTING by Walter Dean Myers
DEAR AUSTIN: LETTERS FROM THE UNDERGROUND by Elvira Woodruff, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
FRONT PORCH STORIES AT THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL by Eleanora Tate
IGGIE'S HOUSE by Judy Blume
THE INVISIBLE PRINCESS by Faith Ringgold
JACKSON JONES AND THE PUDDLE OF THORNS by Mary Quattlebaum
JUMP SHIP TO FREEDOM by James Collier
JUNEBUG by Alice Mead
JUNEBUG AND THE REVEREND by Alice Mead
JUSTIN AND THE BEST BISCUITS IN THE WORLD by Mildred Pitts Walter
THE KIDNAPPED PRINCE: THE LIFE OF OLAUDEAH EQUIANO/OLAUDAH EQUIANO
MANY THOUSAND GONE by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
ME, MOP, AND THE MOONDANCE KID
MOTOWN AND DIDI
MY DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING by Faith Ringgold
MY NAME IS NOT ANGELICA
NORTH BY NIGHT: A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
NORTH STAR TO FREEDOM: THE STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
ONCE ON THIS RIVER
A PIECE OF HEAVEN
SATCHMO'S BLUES
THE SECRET OF GUMBO GROVE
THE SLAVE DANCER
STEALING FREEDOM
SONG OF THE TREES
SONGS OF FAITH
STORM WARRIORS
TALKING TO FAITH RINGGOLD by Freeman; Faith Ringgold
TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold
THANK YOU, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.! by Eleanora Tate
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: AMERICAN BLACK FOLKTALES by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated By Leo And Diane Dillon
VAMPIRE BUGS
WAR COMES TO WILLY FREEMAN
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
WHEN MULES FLEW ON MAGNOLIA STREET
WHO IS CARRIE?
WITH EVERY DROP OF BLOOD: A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR
WORDS BY HEART

GRADES 6-8
ANTHONY BURNS: THE DEFEAT AND TRIUMPH OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE
AUNT HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY
THE BROKEN BRIDGE
BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: CAESAR'S STORY: 1759
THE DARK-THIRTY: SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
DEAR AUSTIN: LETTERS FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
THE DISAPPEARANCE
GONE FROM HOME: SHORT TAKES
I HADN'T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS
HOOPS by WALTER DEAN MYERS
JOIN IN: MULTIETHNIC SHORT STORIES BY OUTSTANDING WRITERS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
JACKSON JONES AND THE PUDDLE OF THORNS
JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: THE STORY OF ONE AMERICAN FAMILY
LENA
MANY THOUSAND GONE
MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE
MOTOWN AND DIDI
MY DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
MY NAME IS NOT ANGELICA
NORTH BY NIGHT: A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
OH, FREEDOM!: KIDS TALK ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN
145TH STREET: SHORT STORIES
THE OUTSIDE SHOT WALTER DEAN MYERS
A PIECE OF HEAVEN
SATCHMO'S BLUES
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: AMERICAN BLACK FOLKTALES by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated By Leo And Diane Dillon
THE SECRET OF GUMBO GROVE
THE SLAVE DANCER
SPITE FENCES
SONG OF THE TREES
SONGS OF FAITH
STEALING FREEDOM
STORM WARRIORS TALKING TO FAITH RINGGOLD
TAR BEACH
THERE COMES A TIME: THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
TROUBLE DON'T LAST
VAMPIRE BUGS
WAITING FOR THE RAIN
WAR COMES TO WILLY FREEMAN
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
WITH EVERY DROP OF BLOOD: A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR
WORDS BY HEART

VALENTINES DAY

HUGVILLE by Court Crandall; illustrated by Joe Murray

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