February is celebrated as Black History Month. So we're sharing chapter books for kids by African-American authors.
When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston
accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the
secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds
Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower to keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them.
More Books by African-American Authors
Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia
The Dark Thirty by Pat McKissack
Ethan Fairmont by Nick Brooks
Fast Pitch by Nic Stone
Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew by Davaun Sanders
Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford
Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
The Skull Talks Back and Other Haunting Tales by Joyce Carol Thomas
The Swag is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist
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