The world celebrates Black History Month in February and the library has a great collection of books to support teachers on this topic.

A few notable ones…

The story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel.  A wonderful book to share with grades 2 and up.  These two men connected through their shared experience of discrimination.  A powerful story about equality that even younger readers can handle.

This book is part of the brilliant Who Was series which covers important biographies for beginning readers.  I could see this book being used as a read-aloud this month.

This book explains what the Underground Railroad was and what life was like traveling on it.  A book that could lead to an activity of students writing short fiction pieces where they imagine the experience.

A graphic novel biography about Mandela for middle schoolers.  Action packed, informative, and highly recommended!