Black History -- Picture Book Resources

Black History -- Picture Book Resources
Posted by: Lori 2 #37207

You didn't mention the grade level, but here is a generic list of picture books I have used in the past for Black History Month. You will have to examine them yourself to see if they would be appropriate for your classroom. My read alouds are theme based, but I use them to teach comprehension concepts, story schemes, social studies/timeline, science,
concepts and so much more.

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull -- biography of Olympic great Wilma Rudolph

Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Delores Jordan

Minty : A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder -- Caldecott Honor book about Harriet Tubman

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold

Harriet and the Promised Land by Jacob Lawrence

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David Adler

My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport (added this year)

Mandela : From the Life of the South African Statesman by Floyd Cooper

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree (Reading Rainbow Book) by William Miller

If a Bus Could Talk : The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold

A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David Adler

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill

Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney

What Are You Figuring Now? : A Story About Benjamin Banneker by Jeri Ferris -- 64 pages

The Real McCoy : The Life of an African-American Inventor by Wendy Towle

Duke Ellington : The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Bill Pickett : Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy by Andrea D. Pinkney

A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass by David A. Adler

A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth by David A. Adler

Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne F. Rockwell (new this year)

A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson by David A. Adler

Teammates by Peter Golenbock (Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson)

Story Painter : The Life of Jacob Lawrence by John Duggleby

Coming Home : From the Life of Langston Hughes by Floyd Cooper

Langston Hughes : American Poet by Alice Walker

Satchmo's Blues (Picture Yearling Book) by Alan Schroeder (Louis Armstrong)

If I Only Had a Horn : Young Louis Armstrong by Roxanne Orgill

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Orchard Paperbacks) by Christopher Raschka

Mysterious Thelonious by Chris Raschka

A Picture Book of George Washington Carver by David A. Adler

Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson (new this year)

A Weed Is a Flower : The Life of George Washington Carver by Aliki

Hank Aaron : Brave in Every Way by Peter Golenbock

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens by David A. Adler

Nobody Owns the Sky : The Story of 'Brave Bessie' Coleman by Reeve Lindbergh

Fly High! the Story of Bessie Coleman : The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden

Five Brave Explorers (Great Black Heroes, Hello Reader (Level 3)) by Wade Hudson

Five Notable Inventors by Wade Hudson

Fictional:

Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson (new this year)

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles

When Jo Louis Won the Title by Belinda Rochelle

Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell

Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor -- short novel

The Gold Cadillac by Mildred Taylor -- short novel

Goin' Someplace Special by Pat McKissack (new this year)

Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter

Sister Anne's Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki

A Band of Angels : A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco

Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco

Folk Tales:

John Henry by Julius Lester

The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci (Carribean Influence)

The Secret of the Stones : A Folktale by Robert D. San Souci

The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton

The People Could Fly : American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton

Her Stories : African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton

Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen

Poetry:

Pass It on : African-American Poetry for Children by Wade Hudson

How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children by Wade Hudson

Other:

In Praise of Our Fathers and Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury by Outstanding Authors and Artists by Wade Hudson

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