Black History Month-Children's Books

1.
A Chair for My Mother
A Chair for My Mother 4.21 avg rating — 26,196 ratings
2.
Mirandy and Brother Wind (Dragonfly Books)
Mirandy and Brother Wind (Dragonfly Books) 4.06 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
3.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,894 ratings
4.
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 118,455 ratings
5.
Tar Beach
Tar Beach 4.14 avg rating — 9,145 ratings
6.
John Henry
John Henry 4.24 avg rating — 4,041 ratings
7.
Elijah of Buxton
Elijah of Buxton 3.96 avg rating — 14,176 ratings
8.
Come On, Rain!
Come On, Rain! 4.24 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
9.
Ellington Was Not a Street
Ellington Was Not a Street 4.24 avg rating — 1,428 ratings
10.
The Faithful Friend
The Faithful Friend 4.07 avg rating — 788 ratings
11.
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace 4.37 avg rating — 14,213 ratings
12.
Yo! Yes?
Yo! Yes? 3.90 avg rating — 5,591 ratings
13.
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down 4.32 avg rating — 2,408 ratings
14.
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions 3.90 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
15.
The Blacker the Berry
The Blacker the Berry 4.26 avg rating — 634 ratings
15.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela 4.27 avg rating — 3,615 ratings
17.
Apples and Butterflies
Apples and Butterflies 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
18.
Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself
Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,535 ratings
19.
Up Home
Up Home 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings
20.
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales 4.30 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
20.
The House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicles, #1)
The House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicles, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 3,757 ratings
22.
Earth Mother
Earth Mother 4.36 avg rating — 181 ratings
23.
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 3.87 avg rating — 16,304 ratings
24.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF 3.88 avg rating — 6,359 ratings
25.
I Like Myself!
I Like Myself! 4.30 avg rating — 11,578 ratings
26.
Keep Climbing, Girls
Keep Climbing, Girls 3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings
27.
Please, Baby, Please
Please, Baby, Please
by: Spike Lee
4.20 avg rating — 2,342 ratings
28.
D Is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet
D Is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet 4.29 avg rating — 163 ratings
29.
White Water
White Water 4.14 avg rating — 437 ratings
30.
Ruth and the Green Book
Ruth and the Green Book 4.32 avg rating — 2,485 ratings
31.
Gregory Cool
Gregory Cool 4.06 avg rating — 118 ratings
32.
Jazzy Miz Mozetta
Jazzy Miz Mozetta 3.96 avg rating — 126 ratings
33.
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers 4.11 avg rating — 333 ratings
33.
Lola at the Library
Lola at the Library 4.13 avg rating — 2,371 ratings
35.
Little Night
Little Night 4.07 avg rating — 450 ratings
36.
Pet Show!
Pet Show! 3.89 avg rating — 892 ratings
37.
Violet's Music
Violet's Music 3.72 avg rating — 297 ratings
38.
Whose Toes are Those?
Whose Toes are Those? 4.19 avg rating — 787 ratings
39.
Peekaboo Morning
Peekaboo Morning 4.12 avg rating — 893 ratings
40.
I Love My Hair!
I Love My Hair! 4.46 avg rating — 2,371 ratings
41.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Fairy Tale Classics
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Fairy Tale Classics 4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
41.
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 37,257 ratings
43.
Aunt Flossie's Hats
Aunt Flossie's Hats 4.16 avg rating — 476 ratings
43.
Something Beautiful
Something Beautiful 4.46 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
45.
Rain Feet
Rain Feet 3.62 avg rating — 110 ratings
46.
Lily Brown's Paintings
Lily Brown's Paintings 3.78 avg rating — 250 ratings
47.
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County 4.18 avg rating — 516 ratings
47.
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 105 ratings
47.
Grandma! Can I Get a Dog?
Grandma! Can I Get a Dog? 4.51 avg rating — 37 ratings
47.
Riding the Tiger
Riding the Tiger 4.03 avg rating — 186 ratings
47.
Striped Ice Cream
Striped Ice Cream 4.27 avg rating — 335 ratings
47.
My BLACK History
My BLACK History 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
47.
We Are Our Ancestors' Keepers
We Are Our Ancestors' Keepers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
47.
Black Girl Magic: A Book About Loving Yourself Just the Way You Are
Black Girl Magic: A Book About Loving Yourself Just the Way You Are 4.65 avg rating — 105 ratings
47.
Bedtime Stories: Beautiful Black Tales from the Past
Bedtime Stories: Beautiful Black Tales from the Past 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
47.
Your Name Is a Song
Your Name Is a Song 4.54 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
57.
Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating — 74,194 ratings
57.
Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick 4.10 avg rating — 432 ratings
57.
Mom! What's That?
Mom! What's That? 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings
57.
Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club, #16)
Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club, #16) 3.84 avg rating — 4,593 ratings
57.
Apples and Butterflies: A Poem for Prince Edward Island
Apples and Butterflies: A Poem for Prince Edward Island 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
62.
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Mighty Miss Malone 4.13 avg rating — 16,125 ratings
62.
Thunder Rose
Thunder Rose 3.96 avg rating — 701 ratings
62.
In the Land of Milk and Honey
In the Land of Milk and Honey 3.92 avg rating — 126 ratings
62.
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1)
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 5,603 ratings
62.
I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dreams
I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dreams 4.31 avg rating — 162 ratings
67.
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,194 ratings
67.
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert 4.01 avg rating — 432 ratings
67.
City Speaks In Drums
City Speaks In Drums 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
70.
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom 4.37 avg rating — 144 ratings
70.
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Miles Morales: Spider-Man 3.89 avg rating — 8,224 ratings
72.
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural 3.92 avg rating — 2,180 ratings
72.
Discovering Black America: From the Age of Exploration to the Twenty-First Century
Discovering Black America: From the Age of Exploration to the Twenty-First Century 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings
72.
Astonishing X-Men: Ororo - Before The Storm
Astonishing X-Men: Ororo - Before The Storm 3.40 avg rating — 307 ratings
75.
The Princess and the Frog Junior Novelization
The Princess and the Frog Junior Novelization 4.05 avg rating — 81 ratings
76.
Pecan Pie Baby
Pecan Pie Baby 4.03 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
76.
Goin' Someplace Special
Goin' Someplace Special 4.36 avg rating — 2,443 ratings
76.
Sounder
Sounder 3.97 avg rating — 31,163 ratings
79.
Malia & Teacup Awesome African Adventure
Malia & Teacup Awesome African Adventure 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
79.
Baby Says
Baby Says 3.48 avg rating — 281 ratings
79.
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.80 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
82.
Gotham Academy, Volume 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy
Gotham Academy, Volume 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy 3.94 avg rating — 8,882 ratings
83.
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1)
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1) 3.47 avg rating — 169 ratings
84.
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 3.79 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
84.
Under the Baobab Tree
Under the Baobab Tree 3.42 avg rating — 64 ratings
84.
The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse
The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse 3.79 avg rating — 596 ratings
87.
The Ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam
The Ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam 4.05 avg rating — 110 ratings
87.
Annie: The Junior Novel
Annie: The Junior Novel 4.38 avg rating — 72 ratings
89.
The Secret Olivia Told Me
The Secret Olivia Told Me
by: N. Joy
4.07 avg rating — 407 ratings
89.
Sulwe
Sulwe 4.66 avg rating — 11,066 ratings
91.
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom 4.09 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
92.
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 3.72 avg rating — 3,667 ratings
93.
Feast for 10
Feast for 10 4.04 avg rating — 907 ratings
94.
These Hands
These Hands 4.31 avg rating — 876 ratings
95.
Hair for Mama
Hair for Mama 4.38 avg rating — 164 ratings
96.
Uptown
Uptown 3.98 avg rating — 561 ratings
97.
My Rows and Piles of Coins
My Rows and Piles of Coins 4.15 avg rating — 396 ratings
98.
A Storm Called Katrina
A Storm Called Katrina 4.07 avg rating — 404 ratings
99.
Cassie's Word Quilt
Cassie's Word Quilt 3.61 avg rating — 128 ratings
100.
Back of the Bus
Back of the Bus 4.25 avg rating — 1,014 ratings
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