NonFiction for Black History Month

Booklist provides information on the TOP 10 BOOKS FOR YOUTH for Black History Month.

Another title to add to this list, especially for younger readers, is this year's Caldecott Honor winner and Coretta Scott King Award: DAVE THE POTTER: Artist, Potter, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill & Bryan Collier. This biography explores the life of a 19th century slave, master potter, and poet.

Black History Month

February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

Some of my favorite African-American authors are Patricia McKissack and Christopher Paul Curtis.

I love Ms. McKissack's historical fiction novels in the Dear America Series, like Color Me Dark.
I love Mr. Curtis's historical fiction as well, particulary Bud Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham.

Nikki Grimes is another favorite African-American author with a beautiful, poetic voice. I love her picture book, When Daddy Prays and A Pocketful of Poems
--truly delightful.

Treat yourself to some exceptional reading this month and explore Black History.