25 Black History Month Books Perfect For Kiddos
The month of February is a very special month for history books.
Black history month is a national observance for all of the wonderful historical African American figures who have impacted our American history so greatly. In case you didn’t know it Black history month has actually been celebrated since 1926. There are so many profound figures to be celebrated this month and a lot of history that your kiddos will find super interesting!
Check out these books that are perfect for kids about Black History Month that teach kids about inventions, science, medicine, and sports all contributed to by historical African American figures.
25 Black History Month Books for Kids
1. This I Have a Dream Book reflects the stories of Martin Luther King, Jr and it also comes with a listening cd.
2. Check out this Kid’s Guide To African American History that is so amazing and full of over 70 activities too!
3. The Story of Ruby Bridges is another great read for relating the powerful experiences of a little girl in an all white school.
4. Your kiddo will be fascinated with this Black Inventors For Kids that tells of the amazing African American s who have contributed to Science.
5. The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr is such an incredible one and this book notes that journey perfectly.
6. Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit Ins is a great historical read of happenings in Greensboro.
7. This book My First Biography: Harriet Tubman brings big history to the youngest of readers!
8. Brush up on some sports history with this book You Never Heard of Willie Mays?
9. The Amazing Story of Jesse Owens discusses a man of was a historical legend in running.
10. This book Rosa Parks for Children is an amazing read and talks about one woman’s efforts of the freedom movement.
11. Your kiddos can learn all about the efforts for equality in voting for African Americans in this wonderful book Selma to Montgomery For Kids.
12. This book Henry’s Freedom Box is a wonderful story of a box and his journey to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
13. This Jazz Man is a great way to get those little kids moving and loving the musical history of jazz.
14. If you want to influence diversity and equality this book Whoever You Are is an excellent message that doesn’t just directly pertain to Black History Month.
15. The Other Side is story of friendship among a divided fence.
16. Check out this book Moses: When Harriett Tubman Led Her People To Freedom that talks about the bravery of one woman and her efforts for her people.
17. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans is a chronological read for kids to discover the history and contributions of African Americans.
18. You kids will really enjoy this story of Who Was Rosa Parks and her historical influences.
19. Educate yourself about some of the coolest inventions and medical technologies with this book What Color is My World.
20. The Watson’s Go To Birmingham 1963 is a middle school grade level book but perfect for reading about an African American family’s travels to the south.
21. This book The Kidnapped Prince is a very intriguing read for kids to see the aspects of a young boy in slavery who eventually bought his freedom.
22. Nightjohn is another amazing read for the older kid crowd that talks about the efforts of young boy and his battle with slavery and learning to read.
23. Your kiddos must read Something Beautiful about a young girl and her fight to see the world as a beautiful place.
24. Sweet Clara and The Freedom Quilt is a beautiful story of a young seamstress and her quilted creation.
25. This book The Gold Cadillac is story of one family and their fight to prove themselves over a fancy car.
Are you helping your kids learn more about Black History this month and have something wonderful to share? Share your ideas here!
These sound like great books. I think it’s so important for kids to learn about black history. It doesn’t have as big a place in school curriculum as the rest of history.
These all sound like great books. I am sure my kids have read some of these in school.
I think that we should be teaching our kids about all our history. Good or bad they need to know so that they don’t make the same mistakes. These are some great books!
Do all of these books have illustrations and drawings? I find that kids understand the story better when they see visual cues and not text all throughout the pages.
I would love for my son to read number 7! He could learn a lot.
This is a great list of books! Our country is great because of the many people who contributed to its success.
This is a great books for my kids. I love teaching them about history because next year my first son was going to school.
All of these are important people/bioks, would love for my child to learn about black history, or more specifically all history.
What a wonderful list! I can pass this along to my kiddos teacher to look into when teaching about Black history! There are so many great lesson to be learned, great people in history, and wonderful stories in these!
These look like great books to help teach kids about Black History. I will have to share this with my friends with little ones.
This is a great round up of MLK Day books!! I love to read and love this post!!
The story of Ruby Bridges is what we want to see. My kids are learning about the Black history month in school.
these all sound like amazing books. When I start having kids I plan on making sure they know everything about history and these books seem perfect thank you!
These are all great books. I have a lot of friends who are always looking for books to read to their children for black history month. I will share this post with them.
The Story of Ruby Bridges is one that I love! I’ll have to stop by our library and see if they have any of these!
I remember reading some of these books when I was younger. I will need to pick up a few of these for my son and my daughter.
Omg what a great book selection! These would be perfect for my dauhter! I should get her afew!
These look and sound like some really great books. I’ll have to check them out.
Great list, this homeschool mom appreciates this list more than you know. We have a few of these on our to read list now, thank you.