Is your child fascinated by history and important events of the past? These picture books are perfect to read aloud to your little historians, ages 4-8! 
Moving Forward

From Space-Age Rides to Civil Rights Sit-Ins with Airman Alton Yates

Illustrated by Steffi Walthall

Meet activist Alton Yates, an Air Force veteran who dedicated his life to propelling America forward—from space travel to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond—in this inspiring nonfiction picture book.

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Lift as You Climb

The Story of Ella Baker

Learn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book from Sibert Honor winner Patricia Hruby Powell and Caldecott Honor winner R. Gregory Christie.

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The Power of Her Pen

The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

Illustrated by John Parra

Renowned author Lesa Cline-Ransome and celebrated illustrator John Parra unite to tell the inspiring story of Ethel Payne, a groundbreaking African American journalist known as the First Lady of the Black Press.

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This Little Dreamer

An Inspirational Primer

Illustrated by Daniel Roode

Learn all about dreamers who changed history in this engaging and hopeful board book perfect for dreamers-in-training!

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Counting the Stars

The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician

Illustrated by Raúl Colón

From award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome and acclaimed illustrator Raúl Colón comes the sensitive, informative, and inspiring picture book biography of the remarkable mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA “human computers” whose work was critical to the first US space launch.

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Infinite Hope

A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace

Illustrated by Ashley Bryan

From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him.

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The Book Rescuer

How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

Illustrated by Stacy Innerst

From New York Times Best Illustrated Book artist Stacy Innerst and author Sue Macy comes a story of one man’s heroic effort to save the world’s Yiddish books in their Sydney Taylor Book Award–winning masterpiece.

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Herstory

50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World

Illustrated by Sarah Walsh

Move aside history—it’s time for herstory.

Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their mark in this lavishly illustrated biography compilation that’s perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and She Persisted.

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How Sweet the Sound

The Story of Amazing Grace

An incredibly moving picture book biography of the man behind the hymn “Amazing Grace” and the living legacy of the song by New York Times bestselling author Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison.

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All Different Now

Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.

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Dinothesaurus

Prehistoric Poems and Paintings

Illustrated by Douglas Florian

This book is full of dinosaurs, Both carnivores and herbivores. You’ll find a big Iguanodon, As well as clever Tro-o-don. There’s Spinosaurus and T. rex, Plus plesiosaurs with GIANT necks . . . Step back in time in this fossil-filled collection that explores the prehistoric era with Douglas Florian’s singular wit and style. 

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Abe Lincoln

The Boy Who Loved Books

Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

Learn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls “a moving tribute to the power of books and words.”

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Between the Lines

How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery

Discover the remarkable true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes—a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation—with this beautiful and fascinating nonfiction picture book illustrated by four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier.

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Thank You, Sarah

The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday!
 

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Muddy

The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

Illustrated by Evan Turk

A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll.

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The Youngest Marcher

The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference.

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Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt

The True Story of the Quest for America's Biggest Bones

Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

In this rhyming, hilarious romp about a little-known facet of American history, Thomas Jefferson tries to disprove a French theory that those in the New World are puny and wussy by going in search of mammoth bones.

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How the Cookie Crumbled

The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie

Illustrated by Gilbert Ford

In this unique and clever picture book, Gilbert Ford sheds a little light on everyone’s favorite sweet treat—the chocolate chip cookie—and reminds readers everywhere that just because a story is told doesn’t mean it’s true.

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I Dissent

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley

Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!

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Pocket Full of Colors

The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair.
 

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The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

Celebrate the life of Lena Horne, the pioneering African American actress and civil rights activist, with this inspiring and powerful picture book from award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford.

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The Secret Project
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter bring to life one of the most secretive scientific projects in history—the creation of the atomic bomb—in this powerful and moving picture book.

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Moonshot

The Flight of Apollo 11

Illustrated by Brian Floca

An extraordinary delight for a reader of any age.” —The New York Times Book Review

Brian Floca explores Apollo 11’s famed moon landing with this newly expanded edition of Moonshot!

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The World Is Not a Rectangle

A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid

Illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.

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