Shelburne Library Catalogue

Black History Month 2023- Recommended Reads

This list contains 40 titles

A neighborhood walk, a musical journey / Pilar Winter Hill ; illustrated by Olivia Duchess.

by Hill, Pilar Winter [author.] | Duchess, Olivia [illustrator.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Primary; Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021Availability: Not available: Shelburne Public Library: Checked out (1).
Ace of spades / Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

by Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Novels ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: New York ; Feiwel & Friends , 2021Copyright date: ©2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A ABI.
Afro, No! /

by James, Amaya | James, Amaya [illustrator.] | James, Juli-Anne [author.] | James, Andrew [author.] | James, Akeylah [author.] | James, Alexandra [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction Shelburne, ON : Summerhill Publishing, 2022Availability: Not available: Shelburne Public Library: Checked out (1).
Becoming Vanessa / Vanessa Brantley-Newton.

by Brantley-Newton, Vanessa [author,, illustrator.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Primary; Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J P BRA.
Beyond the shame : one mother's journey to healing in front of the bars /

by [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction Ahava Chai, 2016Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: 364.74 MUR.
Black girls must die exhausted : a novel / Jayne Allen.

by Allen, Jayne, 1978- [author.].

Series: Black girls must die exhausted. 1 Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Copyright date: �2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: FIC ALL.
Caste : the origins of our discontents / Isabel Wilkerson.

by Wilkerson, Isabel [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: New York : Random House, [2020]Copyright date: �2020Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: 305.5 WIL.
Children of virtue and vengeance / Tomi Adeyemi.

by Adeyemi, Tomi [author.].

Series: Adeyemi, Tomi. Legacy of Orisha ; v. 2.Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2019Copyright date: �2019Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A ADE.
Compliments to my mommy written by Dorrett Homer; illustrated by Jerry Emily

by Dorrett Homer.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J P HOM.
Concrete rose / Angie Thomas.

by Thomas, Angie [author.] | Thomas, Angie. Hate u give.

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Copyright date: �2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A THO.
Don't cry for me : a novel / Daniel Black.

by Black, Daniel [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Availability: Not available: Shelburne Public Library: Checked out (1).
Driven to succeed Steve D. Anderson /

by Anderson, Steve D [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction Bolton, ON Amazon.ca c 2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (3)Call number: 158.1 AND, ...
Excuse me while I ugly cry Joya Goffney /

by Goffney, Joya.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Language: English Publisher: Canada : HarperCollins, 2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A GOF.
Five notable inventors / by Wade Hudson ; illustrated by Ron Garnett.

by Hudson, Wade | Garnett, Ron.

Series: Great Black heroes | Hello reader!. Level 4. Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publication details: New York : Scholastic, c1995Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J 609.22 HUD.
Grand union : stories / Zadie Smith.

by Smith, Zadie [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Short stories Publisher: [Toronto] : Hamish Hamilton, 2019Copyright date: �2019Availability: Not available: Shelburne Public Library: Checked out (1).
Hell of a book : or the altogether factual, Wholly Bona Fide story of a big dreams, hard luck, American-Made Mad Kid / Jason Mott.

by Mott, Jason [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: [New York] : Dutton, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Availability: Not available: Shelburne Public Library: Checked out (1).
How beautiful we were / by Imbolo Mbue.

by Mbue, Imbolo [author.].

Edition: First large print edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: large print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: LP FIC MBU.
How to be an antiracist / Ibram X. Kendi.

by Kendi, Ibram X [author.].

Edition: First Edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction Publisher: New York : One World, 2019Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (2)Call number: 305.8 KEN, ...
I am enough / Grace Byers ; pictures by Keturah A. Bobo.

by Byers, Grace [author.] | Bobo, Keturah A [illustrator.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J P BYE.
I'm still here : black dignity in a world made for whiteness / Austin Channing Brown.

by Brown, Austin Channing [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction Publisher: New York : Convergent Books, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Other title: I am still here.Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: 305.896 BRO.
Let me hear a rhyme / Tiffany D. Jackson with lyrics by Malik "Malik-16" Sharif.

by Jackson, Tiffany D [author.] | Sharif, Malik [lyricist.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Novels ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, [2019]Copyright date: �2019Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A JAC.
Long way down : the graphic novel / Jason Reynolds ; with art by Danica Novgorodoff.

by Reynolds, Jason [author.] | Novgorodoff, Danica [illustrator.] | Reynolds, Jason. Long way down.

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: New York : Atheneum, [2020]Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A REY.
Memphis : a novel / Tara M. Stringfellow.

by Stringfellow, Tara M [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction Publisher: New York : The Dial Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: FIC STR.
On the come up / Angie Thomas.

by Thomas, Angie [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A THO.
Parker looks up : an extraordinary moment / by Parker Curry & Jessica Curry ; illustrated by Brittany Jackson.

by Curry, Parker [author.] | Curry, Jessica [author.] | Jackson, Bea, 1986- [illustrator.].

Edition: First Aladdin hardcover edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York : Aladdin, 2019Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J P CUR.
Relationship goals : how to win at dating, marriage, and sex / Michael Todd with Eric Stanford.

by Todd, Michael (Pastor) [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publisher: [Colorado Springs] : WaterBrook, 2020Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: 248.4 TOD.
Rise to the sun Leah Johnson /

by Johnson, Leah.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Language: English Publisher: Canada : Scholastic Inc., 2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A JOH.
Ruby Bridges / written by Kekla Magoon ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint.

by Magoon, Kekla [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, 2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J 379.263 MAG.
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you : a remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the beginning. / written by Jason Reynolds ; adapted from Stamped from the beginning by and with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi.

by Reynolds, Jason [author.] | Kendi, Ibram X [writer of introduction.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A 305.8 REY.
Such a fun age : a novel / Kiley Reid.

by Reid, Kiley [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2019]Copyright date: �2019Availability: Not available: Shelburne Public Library: Checked out (1).
The beautiful struggle / Ta-Nehisi Coates.

by Coates, Ta-Nehisi [author.].

Edition: First Edition.[Young reader's edition].Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A 305.896 COA.
The hate u give / Angie Thomas.

by Thomas, Angie [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Other title: Hate you give.Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A THO.
The oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read / written by Rita Lorraine Hubbard ; illustrated by Oge Mora.

by Hubbard, Rita L [author.] | Mora, Oge [illustrator.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publisher: New York City : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020]Copyright date: �2020Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J 306.36 HUB .
The other black girl : a novel / Zakiya Dalila Harris.

by Harris, Zakiya Dalila [author.].

Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: FIC HAR.
The poet X : a novel / by Elizabeth Acevedo.

by Acevedo, Elizabeth [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A ACE.
The skin we're in / Desmond Cole.

by Cole, Desmond, 1982- [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2020Other title: Skin we are in.Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (2)Call number: 305.896 COL, ...
The taking of Jake Livingston / Ryan Douglass.

by Douglass, Ryan [author.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Novels ; Audience: Pre-adolescent; Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A DOU.
The three mothers : how the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin shaped a nation / Anna Malaika Tubbs.

by Tubbs, Anna Malaika [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction Publisher: New York, NY : Flatiron Books, [2021]Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: 306.874 TUB.
This book is anti-racist / by Tiffany Jewell ; illustrated by Aurelia Durand.

by Jewell, Tiffany [author.] | Durand, Aur�elia [illustrator.].

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Pre-adolescent; Publisher: Minnneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2020Copyright date: �2020Other title: This book is antiracist.Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: Y A 305.8 JEW.
Viola Desmond won't be budged! / Jody Nyasha Warner ; pictures by Richard Rudnicki.

by Warner, Jody Nyasha, 1969- | Rudnicki, Richard.

Material type: Text Text; Format: print regular print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publication details: Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2010Availability: Items available for loan: Shelburne Public Library (1)Call number: J 971.6 WAR.

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