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Children's Literature

Black History Month

On this page you'll find a selection of books in the Children's Literature Collection and online educational resources that you can use for projects, classes, and read-alouds to celebrate Black history all year-round!

Award Winners

A sampling of award winning books in the Chester Fritz Library collection:

  • Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson. Newbery honor. Coretta Scott King Award.
  • Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Derrick Barnes. Caldecott honor.
  • Firebird, Misty Copeland. Coretta Scott King Award. Ezra Jack Keats honor.
  • Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, Katheryn Russell-Brown. Coretta Scott King Award.
  • Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon. Coretta Scott King Award, Maine Lupine Award, NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies Book.
  • Piecing Me Together, Renee Watson. Newbery honor.
  • The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History, Sandra Neil Wallace. Orbis Pictus honor.
  • The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander. Caldecott winner.
  • Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, Carole Boston Weatherford. Caldecott honor. Robert F. Sibert honor.