Celebrating Black History Through Books

While Black History month is officially in February, we can and should continue to celebrate the gifts black americans have bestowed upon our nation throughout the year. We can enrich our lives and the lives of our children daily by honoring different experiences and viewpoints. One of the easiest ways to get started is through children's books. These are a just a few of the many wonderful children's books you might consider checking out from the library, purchasing for your home collection or purchasing for donation to the library.  Shop via the links to Amazon below and you'll support our PTA with your purchases.

• A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant
• A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
• Amazing Americans: Thurgood Marshall by Kristin Kemp
• Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes
• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M Hoose
• Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes by Floyd Cooper
• Dizzy by Jonah Winter
• Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
• Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe by Deborah Blumenthal
• Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim
• Firebird by Misty Copeland
• Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden
• Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black & White America by Carole Boston
• Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renne Watson
• Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
• Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
• Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
• Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown
• Mae Jemison (Rookie Biographies) by Jodie Shepherd 
• Molly by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America's First Female Firefighter by Dianne Ochiltree
• My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey by Lesa Cline-Ransome
• Oprah: The Little Speaker by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito and Laura Freeman
• Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
• Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan
• She Loved Baseball: the Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick
• Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney
• The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
• The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
• Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
• We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson
• When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill
• Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton and Don Tate