
Booklists for Educators
Explore Our Booklists for Youth:
- 1st Grade
- African American History & Heritage for Kids
- Children Book Club Kits
- Teen Book Club Kits
- Libros en español para niños
- A New Home
- Hispanic Heritage for Kids
- Native American Heritage for Young Children
- Urban Wildlife: Poetry in Your Backyard
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Young Children
- Explore the Universe
- Teen E-books
- Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Kids
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Middle Graders
- Asian Pacific American Heritage for Teens
- Black Lives Matter for Young Children
- Black Lives Matter - Teen edition
- Black Lives Matter for Kids
- Black Lives Matter for Middle Graders
- Pride for Young Children
- Pride for Kids
- Pride for Middle Graders
- LGBTQ+ Teen Reads
- Famous African Americans for Teens
- African American History & Heritage for Middle Graders
- Women's Equality Day 2020 - Teen Reads
- Hispanic Heritage for Young Children
- Hispanic Heritage for Middle Graders
- Hispanic Heritage for Teens
- Voting for Young Children
- Voting for Kids
- Voting for Middle Graders
- Vote! Teen Reads
- Native American Heritage for Kids
- Native American Heritage for Middle Graders
- Native American Heritage for Teens
- Great Books for Middle Graders 2020
- Great Books 2020 for Teens
- Great Books for Young Children 2020
- Great Books for Kids 2020
- Civil Rights Resources for Kids
- Civil Rights Resources for Teens
- Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominees 2019-20
African American History & Heritage for Middle Graders
Betty before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, lives with her family in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
View on CountyCatFacing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man
by Tonya Bolden
This portrait of the statesman, suffragist and journalist shares insights into his complex personality and experiences.
View on CountyCatTristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
by Kwame Mbalia
Seventh grader Tristan is drawn into a world of burning seas, iron monsters and exhausted black folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit.
View on CountyCatThe Parker Inheritance
by Varian Johnson
During summer break, Candice sets out to solve an old family mystery and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in town.
View on CountyCatDark Sky Rising
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
This story about America during and after Reconstruction is a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation.
View on CountyCatChild of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963
by Sharon Robinson
In 1963, 13-year-old Sharon, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, finds her voice in the fight for justice and equality.
View on CountyCatHarriet Tubman
by Kitson Jazynka; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
Learn about Tubman's fascinating life and hardships, her visions, the people she helped, the battles she fought, and how this American icon continues to inspire.
View on CountyCatLeaving Lymon
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, 10-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
View on CountyCatChanging the Equation : 50+ US Black Women in STEM
by Tonya Bolden
Explore the lives of groundbreaking Black women computer scientists, doctors, inventors, mathematicians, aviators, and more.
View on CountyCatBecoming Kareem
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld
This autobiography follows Abdul-Jabbar’s life growing up in New York, becoming a basketball star, and getting as an activist for social change.
View on CountyCatOne Last Word
by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera [and 14 others]
The author's poems combine with works of the Harlem Renaissance poets about the experiences of African Americans.
View on CountyCatIda B. Wells
by Diane Bailey
Explore the life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, who predated the Civil Rights Movement.
View on CountyCatLittle Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
by Vashti Harrison; illustrated by Kwesi Johnson
Enjoy profiles of 35 prominent men in African American history.
View on CountyCatJohn Lewis
by Jehan Jones-Radgowski
Learn how Congressman Lewis became one of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement.
View on CountyCatCourage Has No Color
by Tanya Lee Stone
See how America's first black paratroopers fought against attacks perpetrated on the United States during World War II.
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