Black History Month Bibliography for Youth

Black History Month Bibliography

February was Black History Month. Below are books on Black History in the Lee County Library System youth services collection.

Easy Fiction (picture books)
Fiction (for readers)
Poetry
Non-Fiction (true stories for kids)
Biographies

EASY FICTION

The Piano Man
by Deborah Chocolate, 1998.
J E Cho

Barefoot Escape on the Underground Railroad
by Pamela Duncan Edwards,1997.
J E Edw

An Angel Just Like Me
by Mary Hoffman, 1997.
J E Hof

The Wagon
by Tony Johnston, 1996.
J E Joh

Jonkonnu. a Sketchbook of Winslow Homer
by Amy Littlesugar, 1997.
J E Lit

FICTION

Forged By Fire
by Sharon M. Draper, 1997.
YA F Dra

Flood, Mississippi 1927
by Katherine Duey, 1998.
J F Due

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
by Joyce Hansen, 1997.
J F Han

Picture of Freedom: the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl
by Patricia McKissack, 1997.
J F McK

Richard Wright and the Library Card
by William Miller, 1997.
J F Mil

Grandaddy's Gift
by Margaree King Mitchell, 1997.
J F Mit

Sarny, A Life Remembered
by Gary Paulsen, 1997.
YA F Pau

SELECTED POETRY

Palm of My Heart. Poetry by African American Children
by Davida Adedjouma, 1996.
J 811.008 Pal

Life Doesn't Frighten Me
by Maya Angelou,1993.
J 811 Ang

Angel to Angel. A Mother's Gift of Love
by Walter Dean Myers, 1997.
J 811 Mye

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall. African Americans Celebrating Fathers
by Javaka Steptoe, 1997.
J 811 In

NON-FICTION

North Star to Freedom
by Gena K. Gorrell, 1997.
J 973.7 Gor

African American Entrepreneurs
by Jim Haskins, 1998.
J 338.7 Has

I Have a Dream
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1997
(paintings by 15 Coretta Scott King Award and Honor artists)
J 323.1 Kin

From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
by Julius Lester, 1998.
J 326 Los

Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
by Patricia McKassack, 1995.
J 940.54 McK

Amistad. A Long Road to Freedom
by Walter Dean Myers, 1998.
J 973 Mye

Amazing Affican American History., A Book of Answers for Kids
by Diane Patrick, 1998.
J 973.04 Pat

The Buffalo Soldiers
by TaRessa Stovall, 1997.
J 978 Sto

African American Inventors
by Otha Richard Sullivan, 1998.
J 609 Sul

In Praise of Our Fathers and Mothers: A Black Family Treasury of Outstanding Authors and Artists
by Wade Hudson, 1997.
J 306.85 In

SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES

A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall
by David Adler, 1997.
J B Marshall

Nobody Owns the Sky. The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman
by Reeve Lindbergh, 1996.
J B Coleman

Michael Jordan
by Chip Lovift, 1998.
J B Jordan

Ken Giiffey, Jr.
by Lois Nicholson, 1997.
J B Griffey

Leon's Story
by Leon Tillage, 1997.
J B Tillage