Cybils Finalists for Black History Month

Source: NAACPReaders, February is Black History Month. We've admittedly been a bit busy around here with Cybils reading and judging and whatnot, but while I was trying to settle on today's post topic, I thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight some of the many diverse titles that made it to the second round as Cybils finalists. We've had more diverse books than ever before, which is lovely, and they are all of high quality with fabulous kid appeal, of course.

Without further ado, here's a list (to the best of my knowledge, and in no particular order) of finalists that feature African American protagonists, themes, and/or authors.

For Kids and Tweens:

Lulu and the Rabbit Next Door
by Hilary McKay

The Lion Who Stole My Arm by Nicola Davies
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Boys of Blur by N. D. Wilson
For Teens:
Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History by Joel Christian Gill and Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks, illustrated by Canaan White
The Freedom Summer Murders by Don Mitchell
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
Pointe by Brandy Colbert
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
While We Run (African-Australian)by Karen Healey

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