Creator
Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford is featured here for picture books with strong connections to Black history, biography, poetry, music, and civic memory. Her books are useful for classrooms and libraries looking for history-rich read-alouds that can support discussion across elementary grades.
Carole Boston Weatherford
Books by or featuring Carole Boston Weatherford
This lyrical historical picture book centers the weekly gathering place where enslaved Africans in New Orleans sustained culture and community.
Art and text together introduce Arturo Schomburg and his lifelong work collecting Black history the world tried to erase.
Poetic text and collage bring Fannie Lou Hamer's life, courage, and civil-rights activism into view for young readers.