Staff Picks

Kids: Black Experiences

February Staff Picks List

  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • Finding Langston


  • Cool Cuts


  • Indigo and Ida


  • The Nature Journal: A Backyard Adventure


  • Ellie Engle Saves Herself


  • The Year We Learned to Fly


  • Black is a Rainbow Color


  • Get on the Ice, Mo!


  • Ellis Johnson Might Be Famous


  • Parker Grows a Garden


  • Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box


  • Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood


  • From the Desk of Zoe Washington


  • Nana Akua Goes to School


  • King of Kindergarten


  • All Because You Matter


  • Swim Team


  • Hey Black Child


Teens: YA Black History Month

February Staff Picks List

  • Wander in the Dark


  • Blood Debts


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Legendborn


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Only on the Weekends


  • Sleep Like Death


  • Swim Team


  • Their Vicious Games


  • Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen


  • Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII


  • Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song


  • Fast Pitch


  • Miles Morales: Shock Waves


  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


Adults: African American Cookbooks

February Staff Picks List

  • Black Girl Baking: Wholesome Recipes Inspired by a Soulful Upbringing


  • The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food


  • The Way Home: A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with Over 100 Recipes


  • Watermelon & Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations


  • The Taste of Country Cooking


  • High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America


  • The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South


  • Sweet Home Cafe Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cookin


  • Afro-Vegan: Farm-fresh African, Caribbean & Southern Flavors Remixed


  • Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking


  • Ghetto Gastro Black Power Kitchen