(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King J., and the March on Washington– Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
March On! The Day My Brother Changed the World– Christine King Farris
9- Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves– Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice– Marianne Celano

(Black History Month)
28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World– Charles R. Smith
ABC’s of Black History– Rio Cortez and Lauren Semmer
Black Heroes: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A.- Arlisha Norwood 
Don’t Touch My Hair!– Sharee Miller
Sulwe– Lupita Nyong 

(Women’s History Month)
A Computer Called Katherine– Suzanne Buckingham Slade
Hair Love– Matthew A. Cherry and Vashti Harrison
I Am Enough– Grace Byers
I Am Truly– Kelly Greenawalt and Amariah Rauscher
One Riddle, One Answer– Lauren Thompson and Linda S. Wingerter
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World– Chelsea Clinton
Ruby’s Wish– Shirin Yim Bridges
(Music in Our Schools Month)
Charlie Parker Played be bop– Chris Raschka
Sweet Music in Harlem– Debbie A. Taylor and Frank Morrison
Little Man– Dionne Warwick
Uptown– Bryan Collier
March Madness (basketball)
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game– John Coy
2- Dr. Seuss Day/National “Read Across America” Day
Goin’ Someplace Special– Patricia McKissack
Richard Wright and the Library Card– William Miller
Schomburg: The Man Who Built the Library– Carole Boston Weatherford

2- Autism Awareness Day
My Brother Charlie– Holly Robinson Peete
10- Siblings Day
Do Like Kyla– Angela Johnson
Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams– Howard Bryant
22- Earth Day
Just a Dream– Chris Allsburg
The Great Kapok Tree– Lynne Cherry

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre– Carole Boston Weatherford
(Mental Health Month)
Brave– Stacy McAnulty
I Am Human: A Book about Empathy– Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds
The Power Of One: Every Act of Kindness Counts– Trudy Ludwig
Teacher Appreciation Week
The Best Teacher in the World– Bernice Chardiet
The Teacher’s March– Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace

Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away- Meg Medina

Father’s Day
There’s No Place I’d Rather Be– Demetrius Scott 
(Summer and family vacations)
Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)– Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Boundless Grace– Mary Hoffman
In My Momma’s Kitchen– Jerdine Nolen
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo and His Green Book– Keila V. Dawson
Ruth and the Green Book– Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Summer Ball– Mike Lupica
19- Juneteenth
Freedom– Gary D. Schmidt
Freedom Bird– Jerdine Nolen
Henry’s Freedom Box– Ellen Levine So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt– Deborah Hopkinson
The Story of Harriet Tubman– Christine Platt

4- Fourth of July
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent– Anne Rockwell
Blue Sky, White Stars– Sarvinder Naberhaus
Coming On Home Soon– Jacqueline Woodson
Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence- Gretchen Woelfle
Pink and Say- Patricia Polacco
(July/August- Olympics)
A Picture Book of Jesse Owens– David A. Adler
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman– Kathleen Krull

(beginning of school)
All Are Welcome– Alexandra Penfold
Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong– Frances Park and Yangsook Choi
Let’s Go to School!–
Mr. Lincoln’s Way– Patricia Polacco
The Day You Begin– Jacqueline Woodson
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read– Rita L. Hubbard
The Story of Ruby Bridges– Robert Coles
The Two Tyrones– Wade Hudson and Mark Page
Think Again– Doug E. Fresh

(Hispanic Heritage Month)
Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas who made U.S. History– Naibe Reynoso
Frida– Jonah Winter
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez– Kathleen Krull
My House, Mi Casa– Rebecca Emberley
My Very Own Room– Amada Irma Perez
Salsa Stories- Lulu Delacre
Say Hola to Spanish– Susan Middleton Ely
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation– Duncan Tonatiuh
Too Many Tamales– Gary Soto and Ed Martinez

 25- Art Appreciation Day
Horace Pippin: Getting to know the World’s Greatest Artists– Mike Venezia

(Native American/Indigenous Peoples’ Month)
Dancing Drum: A Cherokee Legend- by Terri Cohlene
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush– retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
The Mud Pony- retold by Caron Lee Cohen
Election Day (first Tuesday)
I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference– Mark Shulman
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box– Eric Stein
Granddaddy’s Gift– Margaree King Mitchell
Folktale Week
John Henry– Julius Lester

25- Christmas
The Black Snowman– Phil Mendez