{"id":152131,"date":"2026-02-01T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/?p=86382"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:54:27","slug":"best-black-history-books-for-kids-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/best-black-history-books-for-kids-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"100+ Black History Books For Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month is here! To celebrate the richness of Black History with your children, we&#8217;ve rounded up over 100 titles that tell the real-life stories of Black boundary-breakers\u2014from well-known icons like Rosa Parks, Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, and Beyonce\u0301 to lesser-known characters who have used their unique talents to shape our world. With more amazing Black History books for kids popping up every day (hallelujah!), we&#8217;ll be sure to add to this list throughout the months ahead\u2014as reading books like these should most definitely be a regular, year-round occurrence. Once you settle on a title (or 10!) that sparks your interest, we suggest researching <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/you-can-order-today-from-these-black-owned-independent-bookstores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black-owned bookshops<\/a> in your area or further afield to place your order.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more stellar kids\u2019 book roundups, check out these <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/black-childrens-book-authors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">80+ Black children\u2019s authors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/black-childrens-illustrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 incredible Black illustrators<\/a>, <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/lgbtq-kids-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children&#8217;s\u00a0books that spotlight LGBTQ+ characters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/latinx-books-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latinx books for kids<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/native-american-childrens-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books by and about Indigenous peoples<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/childrens-books-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great books to give as gifts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/childrens-books-about-self-esteem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">titles that boost self-esteem<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/childrens-books-about-empathy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">empathy<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/picture-books-without-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 awesome picture books without words<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month is here! To celebrate the richness of Black History with your children, we&#8217;ve rounded up over 100 titles that tell the real-life stories of Black boundary-breakers\u2014from well-known icons like Rosa Parks, Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, and Beyonce\u0301 to lesser-known characters who have used their unique talents to shape our world. With more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[19],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152131"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160381,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152131\/revisions\/160381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}