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Black History Month: Canadian Books for Children

Celebrate Black History Month with these books for children written by or about Black Canadians.

Library Staff
Richmond Public Library

23 items

  • Suggested for 4-8 years. Check out the previous books in this series: Malaika's Costume #1, Malaika's Winter Carnival #2
    Book, 2021Toronto : Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, [2021] — P HOH
  • A Place Inside of Me

    a Poem to Heal the Heart

    Elliott, Zetta,
    Suggested for 4-8 years
    Book, 2020New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2020. — P ELL
  • My Soca Birthday Party

    With Jollof Rice and Steel Pans

    Marshall, Yolanda T.,
    Suggested for 4-8 years
    Book, 2020[Toronto, Ontario] : Chalkboard Publishing Inc., [2020] — P MAR
  • A Likkle Miss Lou

    How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice

    Hohn, Nadia L.,
    Suggested for 4-8 years
    Book, 2019Toronto, Ontario : Owlkids Books, 2019. — P HOH
  • Oscar Lives Next Door

    a Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood

    Farmer, Bonnie, 1959-
    Suggested for 4-8 years
    Book, 2015Toronto : Owlkids Books Incorporated, [2015] — P FAR
  • Suggested for 6-10 years
    Book, 2020Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2020] — j921 ORE
  • Suggested for 6-10 years
    Book, 2018Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2018] — j921 DES
  • Movers, Shakers, History Makers

    the Canadian Black History Book of Rhymes

    Newton, Akilah,
    Suggested for 6-12 years
    Book, 2021Canada : Akilah Newton Projects, [2021] — j920 NEW
  • Trailblazers

    the Black Pioneers Who Have Shaped Canada

    Ridley-Padmore, Tiyahna,
    Suggested for 6-12 years
    Book, 2020Toronto, Ontario : Indigo Press, 2020. — j920 RID
  • Suggested for 8-12 years
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — KIDS COMICS SWIM
  • Suggested for 8-12 years. Check out the previous books in the series: Dragons in a Bag #1, The Dragon Thief #2, The Witch's Apprentice #3
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Random House Children's Books, [2023] — FANTASY J ELL
  • Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats

    Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities

    Guy, Cylita,
    Suggested for 9-12 years
    Book, 2021Toronto : Annick Press, [2021] — j577.56 GUY
  • Suggested for 9-12 years
    Book, 2019Collingwood, Ontario : Coast2Coast2Coast, [2019] — j920 HEI
  • Willie O'Ree

    the Story of the First Black Player in the NHL

    Mortillaro, Nicole, 1972-
    Suggested for 9-12 years
    Book, 2012Toronto : James Lorimer & Co., c2012. — j921 ORE