It's Black History Month, and while Black History is all our history, this month we are focused on sharing book suggestions to help you talk about how our history has gotten us to this present day. These titles were selected by York County Library staff to be a part of YCL’s Read Woke challenge, in partnership with Zoobean and Read Woke librarian and creator, Cicely Lewis.
With so many wonderful books, we encourage you to join us in celebrating these Authors and their stories. Most of these selections are available to checkout through the Library’s catalog and/or through our Virtual Library resources such as Hoopla and Overdrive.
TEEN:
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
- A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney
- Solo by Kwame Alexander
- Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
- Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
YOUTH (9-12y):
- Blended by Sharon Draper
- Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson by Jen Bryant
- Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
- It All Comes Down to This by Karen English
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
- A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
- The Season of Styx Malone by Keekla Magoon
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
JUVENILE (3-8y):
- Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins by Michelle Meadows
- Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
- Hands Up! by Breanna McDaniel
- Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
- Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Doyon
- Saturday by Oge Mora
- Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes
