Children’s Books for Black History Month

If you are looking for a book to share with a child for Black History Month, look no further. From a book about Barack Obama to one about Wilma Rudolph, from a book about jazz to one about the Harlem Renaissance, we’ve got you covered.

Here is a list of children’s books to read for Black History Month–one for every day! Click on the link of the corresponding book to learn more about it. Happy reading!


February 1: Harriet Tubman

February 2: Phyllis Wheatley

February 3: W.E.B. DuBois


February 6: The Black Panthers

February 7: The Pullman Porters

February 8: Juneteenth

February 9: Jackie Robinson

February 10: Frederick Douglass

February 11: The Six Triple Eight


February 12: Rosa Parks

February 13: Althea Gibson


February 15: The Tuskegee Airmen

February 16: Misty Copeland

February 17: Barack Obama

February 18: Civil Rights Movement

February 19: Malcolm X

February 20: Jazz

February 21: Ketanji Brown Jackson

February 22: Katherine Johnson

February 23: Langston Hughes

February 24: Jessie Owens

February 25: Wilma Rudolph

February 26: Bessie Coleman

February 27: Sojourner Truth

February 28: Thurgood Marshall

Published by Nico Waters

Children’s Book Author. Marketing and Communications Manager.

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