Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with these stunning picture books available on Hoopla with your WNPL card.

Crown by Derrick Barnes

Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez

A beautiful alphabet picture book that presents key names, moments, and places in Black history with text lyrically written by poet Rio Cortez. This is an opportunity for children to learn their ABCs to the sound of words beyond apple, boy, and cat, and an opportunity for young thinkers to prepare for big ideas.

Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham

Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table.

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world.