You Belong Book Project - February Book List
February readings
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:
Flying High The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles by Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Ebony Glenn and read by UWBEC Board Chair Rev. Rachelle Sat'chell Robinson
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, illustrated by Vashti Harrison and read by Say Yes Internship & Career Pathways Supervisor for Employer Outreach Stephanie Peete
Saving Money with Randall and Jerome written & read by local author Mia Burse with illustrations by Eminence System
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book list
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