A young girl's grandmother tells her of her love for baseball and the day they let her play in the game even though she was a girl.
This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt
Presents an introduction to jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, "This Old Man." Includes brief facts about each musician.
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds
From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats
Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.
Light in the Darkness by Lisa Cline-Ransome
Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.
More Books for Black History Month --
Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Be Boy Buzz by Bell Hooks
The Beautitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights by Carole Boston Weatherford
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses by Julius Lester
Bring on That Beat by Rachel Isadora
Coming on Home Soon by Jacquline Woodson
Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons
Flossie and the Fox by Pat McKissack
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen LEvine
I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes
In the Time of Drums by Kim L. Siegelson
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty
The Listeners by Gloria Whelan
Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Pat McKissack
Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton
The Piano Man by Deborah Chocolate
Pictures for Miss Josie by Sandra Belton
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth
Uptown by Bryan Collier
Yo! Yes? by Christopher Raschka
Check out these and more books on display at the Arnold Branch through March 4, 2016.
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