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PA Promise for Children has released a list of books to read to children to celebrate Black History Month in February.

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The printable list includes nine titles from such authors as Ezra Jack Keats and actress Lupita Nyong’o to former President Barack Obama.

The list, which was unveiled in PA Promise for Children’s Kindergarten Here I Come newsletter, also includes resources on how to celebrate with and teach a child about Black History Month.

The list of books includes:

• Henry’s Freedom Box (Ellen Levine)
• Mae Among the Stars (Roda Ahmed)
• Before She Was Harriet (Lesa Cline-Ransome)
• Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills (Renee Watson)
• Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters (Barack Obama)
• Sulwe (Lupita Nyong’o)
• Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison)
• The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
• The Story of Ruby Bridges (Robert Coles)