On February 29, 2024, the Hamden Public Library’s Preschool Storytime will be celebrating Black Children’s Book Week. The storytime will feature songs, rhymes, movement, books read by a librarian, and a craft. In celebration of Black Children’s Book Week, all of the picture books will feature black children. Ensuring the representation of black children in […]

Join us for a 'Black Children's Book Week' Storytime Celebration! This bilingual storytime will include a fun story and activities with special guest Author Frances Marie! Join us as we celebrate Black Children’s Book Week in honor of book representation! Families will also have time to enjoy Book Harvest's Family Space and harvest FREE books […]

Child author Ayodele Olayinka joins the Black Children's Book Week with a reading of This is My Story. A book designed to help children face adversity. This event, hosted on Zoom is sure to bring fun and laughter while empowering children of all ages.

Come meet Black children’s book authors Sit in on Reading circles Book raffles African dance class

Please join Asheville City Schools Foundation for an evening with Jason Reynolds and Asheville High/ SILSA high school student artists as they explore Looking Both Ways. Doors will open at 6:15pm for our 6:30 student art show entitled Look Both Ways: How You See Me and How I See Myself . Participants are invited to […]

Laces & Pages presents an artful celebration of Black illustrations with Vanessa Brantley Newton! Do you remember the joy of your favorite childhood books? Ever thought about the impact the illustrations had on you? Laces & Pages is going LIVE with Vanessa Brantley Newton, the illustrator behind some of your favorite books! Join us to […]

We're a group based in Toronto, Canada that hosts monthly book huddles for adults who love children's books! To celebrate Black Children's Book Week we are hosting a Book Huddle centered on the children's book "I Like Being Me." Our events are enjoyable and safe space for authors and readers to share their favourite children's […]

Join us for a special virtual book launch event on Facebook Live, coinciding with Black Children's Book Week and the end of Black History Month! On February 29th at 8pm ET, we invite you to join us, the Johnson Family @realtorlarryjohnson @iamlynnjohnson, as we celebrate the release of our first children’s book, "Grams & Me: […]