Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Available as: Print Book
This powerful book provides insight into the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation’s history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa’s Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. News about the event was largely suppressed, and this picture book sensitively introduces young readers to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future.
Bright Brown Baby
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Available as: Print Book
Experience the exuberant joy of a brand-new life taking shape in this picture book anthology filled with five beautiful poems and bright, bold illustrations. Each poem celebrates the tender, cozy and early days between parent and child and every illustration exudes love on every page. Check out this book and read it aloud with your little one today!
B is for Baby
by Atinuke
Available as: Print Book
One morning after breakfast, Baby’s big brother is getting ready to take a basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He’ll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. But what he doesn’t realize is that his very cute, very curious baby sibling has stowed away on his bicycle. Little ones learning about language will love sounding out the words in this playful, vibrantly illustrated story set in West Africa.