These books help kids learn about Black history through mini-biographies, stories based on historical events and relatable fiction. Some of these books ... readers to understand the choices of ...

The number of children’s books by and about Black people has been steadily rising ... in history-adjacent books but also in realistic fiction, fantasy, and graphic novels.

If you're struggling with the best way to educate children about ... Hayden said. "Books can do so much. And during Black History Month, I think we owe it to the young people in our lives to ...

A work of historical fiction, the book incorporates real ads placed in 19th-century newspapers by Black Americans hoping ... National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2020, Callender ...

The works of these writers span multiple genres, from historical fiction to ... plus several children’s books and essay collections. Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was a Black American author, poet ...

These four inspiring books tug on a few of those threads and invite young people ... to inspire kids to reach for the sky” — to become the youngest person and the first Black man to fly ...

Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, not all enslaved people ... book, Pecola Breedlove is an 11-year-old Black girl with a fascination for blond, blue-eyed ...

As more roles in science fiction and fantasy are cast with people from underrepresented ... than all other children’s books. Not to mention that at least through 2019, Black and Brown people ...

"American Fiction ... books are not selling. We understand that Monk used to be a hot commodity; however, the publishing industry has moved on from eloquent, well-written novels by Black writers.

When a child reads a story such as Cris Beam’s “I Am J,” it provides the same sense of camaraderie as hanging out with other trans kids. The protagonists of these books ... around them. Fiction is ...