Books for Educators: Teaching Black Girls

Black History Month with Books for Black Kids

Black History Month with Books for Black Kids: Teaching Black Girls

In today’s social and political climate, it’s more important than ever to foster the wellbeing of our youth. As such, this edition of “BHM with BFBK” will introduce a new sub-series, “Books for Educators.” Today’s books will focus on fostering success for Black girls in the classroom.

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For more books for educators, visit the Books for Black Kids directory: Books for Educators

Books listed here:

📚Cultivating Joyful Learning Spaces for Black Girls: Insights into Interrupting School Pushout by Monique W. Morris

📚Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms by Venus Evans-Winters

📚Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood by Ruth Nicole Brown

📚Making Black Girls Count in Math Education: A Black Feminist Vision for Transformative Teaching by Nicole M. Joseph

📚Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris

📚Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image by Danielle L. Apugo

📚Black Girls’ Literacies: Transforming Lives and Literacy Practices by Detra Price-Dennis and Gholdy Muhammad

📚All About Black Girl Love in Education: Bell Hooks and Pedagogies of Love by Autumn A. Griffin and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

📚The State of Black Girls: A Go-To Guide for Creating Safe Space for Black Girls by Marline Francois-Madden, LCSW

📚Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls

📚Educating Black Girls by Jawanza Kunjufu

📚Investing in the Educational Success of Black Women and Girls Lori D. Patton, Venus Evans-Winters, and Charlotte Jacobs

📚The Black Girl in the Classroom by Theodore Timms