Recommended Reads for Black Families

The Healthy Birth Initiatives’ Father Involvement program shares their favorite books.

Look for these titles at your local library!

• Consent for Kids: Boundaries, Respect & Being in Charge of You by Rachel Brian
• Loving the You That You Are by Kristin Blomberg
• Let's Talk about Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach Children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors by Jayneen Sanders

Black History Reading List

Parents

• The Miseducation of the Negro, by Carter G. Woodson
• The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, by DK Publishing
• The African Origin of Civilization, by Cheikh Anta Diop
• The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah Jones
• They Came Before Columbus, by Ivan Van Sertima
• The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
• Africa, Amazing African Country by Country, by Atinuke

Children

• African History for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the History of Africa, by Captivating History
• Henry’s Freedom Box, by Ellen Lavine
• Overground Railroad, by Lisa Cline-Randome
• The ABCs of Black History, by Rio Cortez