Recommended Reads for Black Families

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

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  1. Child Abuse Prevention Reading List
  2. Black History Reading List

The Healthy Birth Initiatives’ Father Involvement program shares their favorite books. Look for these titles at your local library!

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Child Abuse Prevention Reading List

  • 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

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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
Last reviewed April 6, 2023

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