LuzDelMes Book of the Month
What is Black History Month?
Months are used by various groups and organizations to raise awareness
of an issue, event, or celebrate something. This celebration started when Dr. Carter G. Woodson noticed that there were no academic journals to counter racist scholarship and no professional presses would accept materials about African Americans. He founded Black History Week in 1926.
In the United States and Canada, February is Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, it is an annual observance for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African Diaspora.
There are so many amazing books from which to choose, visit:http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/black-history-month-2016/
In honor of Black History Month, I have selected Sanders’ Kids guide since it includes a host of activities, games and songs to engage the reader and to help him better appreciate the contributions of the people highlighted in the book.
A Kid’s Guide to African American History: More than 70 Activities (A Kid’s Guide series) Written by Nancy Sanders
For me, Vanilla and Chocolate is a useful tool to read to k-1st graders to introduce Black History. It is an easy to read story to understand the topic of discrimination and segregation with a simple connection with Ice-cream flavors.
Vanilla and Chocolate Recognition by The White House Library.
Maritza Martínez Mejía
Mother, Educator, Bilingual Author and Translator
Website:www.luzdelmes.com
Recipient of the Crystal Apple Award 2006, VCB Poetry Winner 2015, Author’s Talk Book Award 2016, The Latino Book Awards 2016 and Author’s Talk Book Show 2017.
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