Black Baby Books - Black Children's Book Characters

Kidogo's Storytime Live!
2023-02-26 14:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Science, Boston, 1 Museum Of Science Driveway, Boston, MA 02114, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
Join us at the Museum of Science, Boston for a storytime and crafts! Aunt Kay will read her book, “The Shapes Family” and then the Museum of Science will lead into a fun craft project about shapes!

Virtual Vibes with Ms. Love and Ms. Love on the Move
2023-02-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Love, Light & Learn Interactive Workshops are educational and fun-filled sessions! Virtual Vibes with Ms. Love is hosted virtually and Ms. Love on the Move is in person. Each workshop encourages comprehension, literacy, music, and physical movement – all of which center around a story read aloud!
Our read aloud is accompanied by a lesson that relates to the day’s literature. Following this, the participants are given a chance to apply what they’ve learned through a reflective, comprehensive activity and the session wraps up with an active, movement component emphasizing the importance of physical activity and wellness.

Virtual Event: 2pm-3pm EST
In Person Event: 4pm EST

Virtual Youth Writing Workshop
2023-02-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Event
Are you a teenager who dreams of becoming a published writer?
Is songwriting a passion for a young person you know?
Do you have a child who could benefit from engaging in creative writing as a means of self-discovery?
Join this live workshop where we will address all three topics in one session! Each segment will be spotlighted for 15 minutes (10 minutes for interactive engagement with a brief 5-minute Q&A period).
After the workshop, each participant will also have the opportunity to share any writing projects, work samples, or ideas via email and we will offer advice/suggestions/help offline throughout the duration of Black Children’s Book Week.

HBCU Prep School x Black Joy Parade
2023-02-26 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 14th & Broadway (Oakland), 19th & Broadway, Oakland, Ca
Celebrate Black Children’s Book Week with HBCU Prep School at Oakland’s 6th annual Black Joy Parade! Join us for a “meet & greet” and book signing with author Claudia Walker. Claudia is the founder of HBCU Prep School and the author of the book series, The ABCs of HBCUs and The ABCs of Black Wall Street. We’ll be celebrating Black joy through Black books all day long!

Black History Month/Black Children’s Book Week Event
2023-02-26 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | N
Celebrate Black History Month and Black Children’s Book Week with Black Lives Matter SPI at the African American History Museum!
Three Black community leaders will read stories and speak to the attendees. Each child will receive a free book featuring Black characters to take home! We will also have a scavenger hunt to encourage children to check out all of the exhibits in the museum to learn more.
In addition, many local organization are involved! Our local library will have a pop-up table to sign families up for a library card; The Kidzeum of Science will also host a table with coding tablets and other science related activities; and the League of Women Voters will have a table to register any families to vote that need to.
We are also collecting books from our wish list to give to the children, and to restock our Little Free Libraries dedicated to Black authors!
If you are in the Springfield, IL area, please join us!

Meet the Author: Family Paint & Sip
2023-02-26 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Legler Regional Library, 115 S Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL, 60624, United States
Celebrate Black Children’s Book Week with Author Diane Davis and enjoy a Family style paint and Sip afterwards. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is appreciated.

Black Kids Belong in Books!
2023-02-26 12:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | Virtual
I will host an IG live to express a Black children’s book that I read as an adult and how it impacted me.

Kyro's Preschool Adventure's: The Valentine's Day Disaster
2023-02-26 11:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Meet me online with a parent or guardian as I read about a little boy named Kyro.
Kyro was looking forward to another great day in preschool until he realized that he had completely forgotten about the Valentine’s Day celebration!

Storytelling with Muriel Johnson at Hercules Library
2023-02-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive, Hercules, CA, 94547, United States
Listen as expert storyteller Muriel Johnson shares thought-provoking, animated true tales and folktales from around the world and the African diaspora. Muriel Johnson’s use of distinct character voices, dramatic gestures, and melodic refrains guarantee these traditional stories will stay with you long after the show is over.
For families with children ages 3+
This FREE library program is sponsored by the Friends of the Hercules Library.

Black Children's Book Week Museum of Black Representation Exhibit Opening!
2023-02-25 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Black Children’s Book Museum
Visit The Black Children’s Book Museum! Join us to celebrate Black Children’s Book Week and the power of Black representation! At our museum opening you will get a chance to tour the galleries in our Black Children’s Book Week Shoppable Virtual Museum of Black Representation, where you can discover and purchase Black children’s books for the children in your life!
Black Children’s Book Week Sponsors are featured in our Black Children’s Book Week Shoppable Virtual Museum of Black Representation!
Images from their books and products are on display, accompanied by clickable information tags that direct you to their purchase page, making it easy for you to support their children’s books, products, or services!
You will also hear from the authors and organizers who are hosting events during Black Children’s Book Week.

Sonny’s Long Walk Home-An Afternoon with Deya Jacobs-Adams
2023-02-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Ralph Ellison Library 2000 NE 23rd Street Oklahoma City, OK 73111, 2000 NE 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, 73111, United States
Join us as author Deya Jacobs-Adams reads her book “Sonny’s Long Walk Home,” talks about the writing and publishing process, introduces us to Sonny Willis the puppet, and teaches a song. Her message is simple “Always Believe I Can.”

3rd Annual Read Aloud
2023-02-25 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | The Center For Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
The Eta Nu Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated is hosting a free read-aloud event on Saturday, February 25th from 12-2 pm at the Center for Fiction (15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY). We will be reading children’s books celebrating Black and Brown characters and authors. There will be drawings and giveaways to support nonprofits at the event.

Kidogo Live! Read N' Game!
2023-02-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | N
Let’s read a book and then create a video game together at the Frugal Bookstore in Roxbury (you can Zoom in, too!)! Kidogo Productions brings you Storytime with Aunt Kay and Breshna! Aunt Kay will read her book “The Shapes Family” then Breshna will help us create our own video game based on the book!

Library On the Go!: I Believe I Can!
2023-02-22 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Catherin Strong Splash Park, 1500 SW 6th Street, Delray Beach, FL, 33444, United States
Meets Wednesday, February 22nd @3:30 PM Ages 5 – 9

Each month, Children’s Librarian Ms. Tea will drive the Library On the Go golf cart to a different Delray location for an engaging, age-specific, pop-up library program featuring themes of educational equity, environmental and community care with curated Children’s books to enjoy.

February’s Library on the Go program celebrates Black Children’s Book Week (February 26 – March 4) and the limitless potential children have in life!
The program will feature empowering #ownvoices titles including “I Believe I Can” by Grace Byers and an interactive read aloud of “Thunder Rose,” an African American tall tale by Jerdine Nolan. Additionally, children will enjoy a “teach-in” of various hand games, hula hooping and jump rope games by our awesome teen volunteers. A gift copy of “I Believe I Can” by Grace Byers will be provided for each child registrant! Meets outdoors at Catherine Strong Splash Park.

Bedtime Read Aloud
2023-02-10 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join me for a bedtime story! Join me as I read my very own book “Kid in the Q… What a Pandemic” and I Am Enough by Grace Byner.
Join me on Zoom!
Meeting ID: 724 5375 8937 Passcode: [REDACTED]

BeYOU TV Presents: Black Children's Book Week
2023-01-03 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-01-02 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-01-01 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-12-31 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-12-30 19:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | N
In celebration of Black Children’s Book Week Dear Beautiful Brown Girl’s YouTube Series, BeYOU TV, will feature Black Female Authors of Children’s Books. Each day throughout BCBW we will chat with a highlighted author where they will share their journey as a writer of children’s books and the impact their storytelling has had on their readers.

The Radikal Readers Clubhouse (MEET THE AUTHORS)
2023-01-03 18:30 - 2023-01-09 19:30, 2023-01-02 18:30 - 2023-01-08 19:30, 2023-01-01 18:30 - 2023-01-07 19:30, 2022-12-31 18:30 - 2023-01-06 19:30, 2022-12-30 18:30 - 2023-01-05 19:30 (America/New_York) | Online Event
Throughout the week of February 27th-March 6th, Black Children’s Book Week celebrates incredible black children’s book authors who are planting seeds of love, diversity, inclusion, and literacy in the lives of our super awesome and radical kids.
Five of the most talented children’s book authors will be joining me on Facebook live in The RadiKal Readers Clubhouse for a candid conversation about their extraordinary books. This will be a wonderful opportunity to participate in a Q&A You don’t want to miss this!
SUPPORT OUR AUTHORS BOOKS
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Grand Feet
Written By Talina Hutton
Illustrated by Naafi Nur Rohm
https://grand-feet.square.site/
Madame Miraculous and the Messy Laboratory
Written by Miracleous Seays
Illustrated by Daria Vanokurova
Amazon
Nile’s Surprise Visit
Written by Ginger Smith
Illustrated by DG
https://nilesbooks.com
I am a KING
Written by Elizabeth Elliott
Edited by Kim Green
Illustrated by Shay Page
https://iamking1.com/
Mahalia and Malcolm (The Robinsons)
Written by Terance Shipman and Prudence Williams
Illustrated by Yvonne Abuda
https://www.teranceshipman.com or Amazon
The Radikal Readers Clubhouse is an online reading group whose mission is distributing books in low-income or literacy deprived communities

Be Seen And Heard IG Live Series
2023-01-03 08:00 - 2023-01-07 20:00, 2023-01-02 08:00 - 2023-01-06 20:00, 2023-01-01 08:00 - 2023-01-05 20:00, 2022-12-31 08:00 - 2023-01-04 20:00, 2022-12-30 08:00 - 2023-01-03 20:00 (America/New_York) | Online Event
Be Seen and Heard is a digital space dedicated to creatives who’s books and businesses support and affirm Black children and children of color. I will be promoting my book, “Liam’s First Cut” and hosting 6 other authors during the week to celebrate Black Children’s Book Week.
