Book Lists
- From NYPL: Celebrate African-American History Month
- From PBS Parents: Books that Bring the Black Experience to Life
- 2010 Black History Month Recommended Reading List from the Florida Department of Education. Divided into sub-lists for different grade levels: PreK-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
- Celebrate Black History Month: Spotlight On…February 2008 from the Metropolitan System of Oklahoma County
- Black History Month 2005 Picture Books from metrolibrary.org
- From Through The Looking Glass Children’s Book Review: Black History Month. Click on book titles to read the reviews.
- African American Books from The Horn Book
- From BookPage: Understanding the Past (Reviews by Deborah Hopkinson)
- From the Kids’ Corner of the Henrietta Public Library of Monroe County in New York: 2008 Black History Month (2008)
- From Reading Rockets: Favorite Books for Black History Month
- From KidsReads. Celebrating Black History Month (2009)
- From KidsReads: Celebrating Black History Month (2007)
- From KidsReads: Celebrating Black History Month (2006)
- From Scholastic: Books About Great African Americans for Grades PreK-4 and Up
- Read Jules’s reviews of some great new books at 7-Imp in her post Good picture book biographies start here. She’s included images of some fabulous illustrations along with her reviews, too! (2008)
- Booklist’s Black History Preview: 2009 (12/15/2009)
- From Meridian Magazine: Black History Month through Books by Holly E. Newton
- From MotherReader: Books for Black History Month (February 2008)
- From Bright Horizons: Good Children’s Books for African American History Month
Other Resources for Black History Month
- From the Library of Congress: African American History Month
- From East Central Georgia Regional Library: Black History Month Sites
- From TeacherVision: Black History Month—Teacher Resources
- From National Geographic: The Underground Railroad
- From Scholastic: Celebrate African American Heritage
- From Scholastic: Culture & Change—Black History in America
- From Scholastic: The Underground Railroad—Escape from Slavery
- From Scholastic: Books About Great African Americans for Grades PreK-4 and Up
- From Scholastic: The Top Ten African-American InventorsThe Black Inventor On-Line Museum
- From Reading Rockets: Black History Month
- From Time for Kids: Black History Month
- From The History Channel: Black History
- PBS Kids GO!: Jazz Greats
- Check out Tricia’s post Teaching Resources—African History Month at The Miss Rumphius Effect. (2008)
- Here’s a link to Andrea Davis Pinkney’s Celebration Time: Black History Month is here and there's a party goin' on, which appeared in the February 2008 issue of School Library Journal.
- From Time for Kids: A Then to Now timeline of Black History
- Here’s a link to a post at the ESSL Children’s Literature Blog that presents selected books by notable African American authors: African American Children’s Writers.
- From East Central Georgia Regional Library: Black History Month Sites
- From Arlington, Virginia, Libraries: Black History Month Guide for Kids
From Wild Rose Reader
Following are links to some of my previous posts at Wild Rose Reader that include recommendations and reviews of poetry books and picture book biographies for Black History Month:
- Poetry Books for Black History Month
- More Poetry Books for Black History Month
- Poetry & Picture Book Biographies for Black History Month
- Just Jazzin' with Dizzy Gillespie & Ella Fitzgerald
- Book Bunch: Looking at Langston Hughes
Edited to add: More Books & Resources for Black History Month 2010 (Wild Rose Reader)
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Here is a cento I wrote in the voice of Harriet Tubman for Black History Month in 2008. In the cento, I used only the titles of books written by African American authors or books about the African American experience…with one exception—Come with Me, a book of poems that was written by Naomi Shihab Nye. (I’ve printed the book titles in italics in my poem.)
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A Cento for Harriet Tubman
by Elaine Magliaro
Hush,
My Brown Angels,
Listen to The Distant Talking Drum.
Hear it Spin a Soft Black Song
Under the Quilt of Night.
I’m Only Passing Through,
Goin’ Someplace Special…
To The Other Side
Where there’s A Sweet Smell of Roses
And Freedom Like Sunlight.
I’ve Seen the Promised Land—
A place for All the Colors of the Race.
Now Is Your Time
To be Freedom Walkers.
Follow me on The Road North
To Liberty Street.
Come with Me
To The Other Side
Where we will Make a Joyful Sound.
We will Lift Every Voice and Sing…
Sing to the Sun.
Sing Free at Last!
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THE BOOKS
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
Brown Angels by Walter Dean Myers
The Distant Talking Drum by Isaac Olaleye
Spin a Soft Black Song by Nikki Giovanni
Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson
Only Passing Through by Anne Rockwell
Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. Mckissack
The Other Side by Angela Johnson
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
Freedom Like Sunlight by J. Patrick Lewis
I’ve Seen the Promised Land by Walter Dean Myers
All the Colors of the Race by Arnold Adoff
Now Is Your Time! by Walter Dean Myers
Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman
The Road North by Bettye Stroud
Liberty Street by Candice F. Ransom
Come with Me by Naomi Shihab Nye
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Make a Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets edited by Deborah Slier
Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson
Sing to the Sun by Ashley Bryan
Free at Last! By Doreen Rappaport
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