Students

Estudiantes

Resources for Students in TK-2nd Grade / Recursos por Niños en TK-2o grado

We March

Shane W. Evans

At Ventura County Library

Through My Eyes

Ruby Bridges

At Ventura County Library

Let the Children March

Monica Clark-Robinson

At Ventura County Library

Bold Women in Black History

Vashti Harrison

At Ventura County Library

Young, Gifted and Black

Jamia Wilson

At Ventura County Library

Let Freedom Sing

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Martin's Big Words

Doreen Rappaport

At Ventura County Library

Sit -In

Andrea Davis-Pinkney

At Ventura County Library

This Is the Rope

Jacqueline Woodson

At Ventura County Library

Knock Knock

Daniel Beaty

At Ventura County Library

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Denene Milner

At Ventura County Library

Visiting Day

Jacqueline Woodson

At Ventura County Library

Yesterday I Had the Blues

Jeron Ashford Frame

Available as a video on PBS

At Ventura County Library

Look What Brown Can Do!

T. Marie Harris

Skin Again

bell hooks

At Ventura County Library

Looking Like Me

Walter Dean Myers

At Ventura County Library

Let's Talk about Race

Julius Lester

Dave the Potter

Artist, Poet, Slave

Laben Carrick Hill

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa

Veronica Chambers

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Harlem's Litter Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills

Renée Watson

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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

Katheryn Russell-Brown

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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

Kelly Starling Lyons

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Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth

Alice Faye Duncan

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

Parker Curry & Jessica Curry

The ABCs of Black History

Rio Cortez

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem

Amanda Gorman

The Day You Begin

Jacqueline Woodson

El día en que descubres quién eres

Jacqueline Woodson

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

The Artivist

Nikkolas Smith

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All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

Carole Boston Weatherford

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The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath

Julia Finley Mosca

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Stacey's Remarkable Books

Lesson Plans and Resources

Stacey Abrams

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Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better

Lesson Plans and Resources

Glenda Armand and Kim Freeman

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

I Color Myself Different

Colin Kaepernick

Leo's Lunch Box

Raphael G. Warnock

Resources for Students in 3rd-5th Grade / Recursos por Niños en 3o-5o grado

Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art

J.H. Shapiro

Read aloud: FoodEducators MA

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Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color

Sharana Jackson

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Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee

Andrea J. Loney

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

Skin We Are In

Sindiwe Magona

Let's Talk About Race

Julius Lester

At Ventura County Library

Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box

Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein

At Oxnard Library

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

At Ventura County Library

Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul Curtis

At Ventura County Library

Locomotion

Jacqueline Woodson

At Ventura County Library

Born on the Water

Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson

Educator's Guide

A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington

Carole Boston Weatherford & Rob Sanders

The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just

Mélina Mangal

The People Remember

Ibi Zoboi

Recipes for Change: 12 Dishes Inspired by a Year in Black History

Michael Platt, Alleanna Harris

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

Chris Barton, Don Tate

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On the Line: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette

Jennifer Jones, Robert Paul Jr.

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

Roberta Flack, Tonya Bolden, Hayden Goodman

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The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver: The True Story of the Botanist and Inventor Who Triumphed Over Slavery for Kids

Lesson Plans and Resources

Gene Barretta

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

Resources for Students in 6th-8th Grade / Recursos por Niños en 6o-8o grado

A Different Mirror

Ronald Takaki

At Ventura County Library

Stamped

Jason Reynold and Ibram X. Kendi

At Ventura County Library

We've Got a Job

Cynthia Levinson

At Ventura County Library

Freedom in Congo Square

Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie

At Ventura County Library

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

At Ventura County Library

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

At Ventura County Library

Monster

Walter Dean Myers

At Oxnard Library

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

At Ventura County Library (en Español)

One Crazy Summer

Rita Williams-García

At Ventura County Library

Roll of Thunder,

Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

At Ventura County Library

The Rock and the River

Kekla Magoon

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

David Barclay Moore

At Ventura County Library

Never Forgotten

Patricia C. McKissack

Keeping the Night Watch

Hope Anita Smith

At Oxnard Library

January's Sparrow

Patricia Polacco

At Oxnard Library

Copies available in school libraries.

Harbor Me

Jacqueline Woodson

At Ventura County Library

Heart and Soul

Kadir Nelson

Copies available in school libraries.

Legacy: Women of the Harlem Renaissance

Black Boy Joy

Kwame Mbalia

Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People: Maya Angelou

Bethany Hegedus

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the EBONY Fashion Fair

Lisa D Brathwaite, Lynn Gaines

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Because of You, John Lewis: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

Andrea Davis Pinkney, Keith Henry Brown

What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors

Lesson Plans and Resources

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Thank you, CIC Links Inc.!

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero

Lesson Plans and Resources

Joan DiCicco

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Resources for Students in 9th-12th / Recursos por Niños en 9o-12o grado

A Different Mirror

Ronald Takaki

At Ventura County Library

Stamped

Jason Reynold and Ibram X. Kendi

At Ventura County Library

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

At Ventura County Library

X: A Novel

Ilyasah Shabazz

At Ventura County Library

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

At Ventura County Library

When I Was the Greatest

Jason Reynolds

At Ventura County Library

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

Walter Dean Myers

At Ventura County Library

On the Come Up

Angie Thomas

At Ventura County Library

Long Way Down

Jason Reynolds

At Ventura County Library

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

At Ventura County Library

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

At Ventura County Library

Sister Outsider

Audre Lorde

At Oxnard Library

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

At Ventura County Library

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

At Ventura County Library

Native Son

Richard Wright

At Ventura County Library

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyami

At Ventura County Library

Dread Nation

Justina Ireland

At Ventura County Library

The 57 Bus

Dashka Slater

At Ventura County Library

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

Ben Phillipe

At Ventura County Library

Calling My Name

Liara Tamani

At Ventura County Library

A Blade So Black

L. L. McKinney

At Ventura County Library

Dear Martin

Nic Stone

At Ventura County Library

Pride

Ibi Zoboi

At Ventura County Library

Piecing Me Together

Renee Watson

At Ventura County Library

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

At Ventura County Library

Swing

Kwame Alexander

At Ventura County Library

Miles Morales: Spider-Man

Jason Reynolds

At Ventura County Library

March

John Lewis

At Oxnard Library

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Body, Mind & Spirit

Legacy: Women of the Harlem Renaissance

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peniel E. Joseph

Ms Davis: A Graphic Biography

Sybille Titeux de la Croix

All Grades / Todos Grados

Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry

Speak Up At School

Teaching Tolerance

The Undefeated

Kwame Alexander

At Ventura County Library

Listen to the story here.

Langston Hughes: Poetry for Young People

Langston Hughes

Edited by David Roessel

At Ventura County Library

Out of Wonder

Kwame Alexander

At Ventura County Library

Jazz

Walter Dean Myers

At Oxnard Library

Nick News Presents: Kids, Race, and Unity Hosted By Alicia Keys

Nickelodeon

Richest Man in History

The Optional Facts - TikTok

Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies

DK Books

Books for Kwanzaa

Compilation by Dr. Michele Dean

Timelines in Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies

Antiracist Resources for All Ages

NicoleTheLibrarian

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