Children’s Books Recommended for Black History Month

“A Nation’s Hope” By Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Age 6 and up. While this is a picture book, it deals with historical events including segregation in America and the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. It tells the story of a black American boxer named Joe Louis, whose childhood struggles included not being able to speak until he was 6 years old. In 1938, just before the start...