You Belong Book Project – February Book List

  • January 2, 2023

February is Black History Month.

We were very excited to kick off the You Belong series with our very own President & CEO Trina Burruss who read Keaka, written by Terrence ‘Coach T’ Burruss and illustrated by Hajra Masher.

Other February readings include:

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Book List For School Readiness Month:

Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Black History Month. If you are donating to the book drive this month, we encourage you to pick a book from this list.  Books with a * at the end are books that were read for this month’s You Belong Book Project Story Time.
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  • Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl by Megan Reid
  • Baby Young Gifted and Black by Jamie Wilson
  • Be A King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  • Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins by Michelle Meadows
  • By and By: Charles Albert Lindley the Father of Gospel Music by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange
  • Counting the Stars: The Story of Kathrine Johnson NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  • Curls by Ruth Forman
  • Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams by Andrea J. Money
  • Dream Big Little One by Vashti Harrison
  • Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Starling Lyons
  • Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange
  • Every Little Thing by Bob Marley
  • Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles by Michelle Meadows *
  • Follow Your Dreams Little One by Vashti Harrison
  • Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
  • Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry *
  • Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood: Sugar Hill by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renée Watson
  • Hey, Black Child by Useni Perkins
  • Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children by Jamilah Thompkins Bigelow
  • I, Too, Am America by Langston Hugs
  • I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick
  • I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Indigo Dreaming by Dinah Johnson
  • Jake Makes A World: Jacob Lawrence a Young Artist in Harlem by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
  • Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alica D. Williams
  • Keaka by Terrence ‘Coach T’ Burruss*
  • Mae Among The Stars by Roda Ahmed
  • Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd
  • One Love by Bob Marley
  • Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
  • Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready by Raphael G. Warnock
  • Roberta Flack: The Green Piano How Little Me Found Music by Tonya Bolden
  • Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
  • Saving Money with Randall and Jerome by local author Mia Burse*
  • Stacey’s Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams
  • The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez
  • The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership and Legacy by Kekla Magoon
  • The People Remember by Abi Zoboi
  • The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford
  • The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Everett Just by Mélina Mangal
  • Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
  • We Are Here by Tami Charles
  • We March by Shane W. Evans
  • Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson
  • Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins Bigelow

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