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8 Kids’ Books About African-American History and Culture

The Children’s Book Review
Published: February 28, 2013

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin 

By Jen Bryant; Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Age Range: 5 – 8 years

Hardcover: 40 pages

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition (January 8, 2013)

I, Too, Am America 

By Langston Hughes; Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Age Range: 4 and up

Hardcover: 40 pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition (May 22, 2012)

Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington 

By Jabari Asim; Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Age Range: 3 – 6 years

Hardcover: 48 pages

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition (December 4, 2012)

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

By Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney

Age Range: 9 and up

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH; First Edition edition (October 23, 2012)

It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw 

By Don Tate; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Age Range: 6 and up

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: Lee & Low Books (April 1, 2012)

Harlem’s Little Blackbird 

By Renee Watson; Illustrated by Christian Robinson

Age Range: 3 – 8 years

Hardcover: 40 pages

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (October 23, 2012)

What Was Your Dream, Dr. King?: And Other Questions About … Martin Luther king Jr.

By Mary Kay Carson

Age Range: 7 and up

Paperback: 32 pages

Publisher: Sterling Children’s Books (January 1, 2013)

Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events 

By Jessie Carney Smith

Age Range: 10 and up

Paperback: 700 pages

Publisher: Visible Ink Press; Third Edition, Third edition edition (December 12, 2012)

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