Historical Fiction
Black History Month with Books for Black Kids
Black History Month with Books for Black Kids: Historical Fiction
Black American history is full of resilience, innovation, and joy. While mainstream education often limits Black history to slavery and Martin Luther King, Jr., it encompasses so much more.
Click here for dozens of historical fiction books for children and adults alike: Historical Fiction
Books listed below:
African Town by Charles Waters and Irene Latham
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson
There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds
A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen by Renée Watson
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
All You Have To Do by Autumn Allen
Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy) by Laurie Halse Anderson
Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
