Family learning
Be inspired by black authors and artists and discover our black history and culture themed, books, crafts and quiz.
Family activities
Family arts and craft packs
Get hands on with a selection of creative arts and craft activities from Haringey Libraries and Bruce Castle Museum.
Bwa butterfly mask
Sun and moon mask
Massai necklace
Katherine Johnson rocket
Train guard hat
Mae Jemison rocket
Rosa Parks bus
'I Have a Dream' mobile
Althea McNish printing
African drum
Woven mat
Adinkra Printing
Zulu hat
African style spin drum
African mask
Afro comb art
Carnival headress
Children's quiz
Download our children's quiz, get your thinking caps on and discover more about black history.
Children's book list
Discover some new stories with the below book list for children and young adults, from the Haringey Library Service. Click on the links to see if the book is available or to reserve a copy. You can also see if there's an ebook or audiobook available.
Children's fiction
- Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston
- Amari and the Night Brothers by BB. Alston
- Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke
- Clean Up and Look Up by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola
- Diver’s Daughter by Patrice Lawrence
- Elemental Detectives by Patrice Lawrence
- Empire’s End by Leila Rasheed
- Freedom by Catherine Johnson
- Full Full Full of Love by Trish Cooke
- Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush by Patrice Lawrence
- Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
- Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
- High Rise Mystery & Mic Drop by Sharma Jackson
- How Anansi Got His Stories by Trish Cooke
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers
- Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall
- Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story by Catherine Johnson
- Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices by Dapo Adeola
- Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
- Look Up by Nathan Bryon
- Malu Kangaroo by Judith Morecroft and Bronwyn Bancroft
- Mia and the Lightcasters by Janelle McCurdy
- My Dad is a Grizzly Bear by Swapna Haddow and Dapo Adeola
- My Hair by Hannah Lee
- My Two Grannies by Floella Benjamin
- Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu
- Our Story starts in Africa by Patrice Lawrence
- Race to the Frozen North by Catherine Johnson
- Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
- So Much! by Trish Cooke
- Something I Said by Ben Bailey Smith
- Son of the Circus by E.L. Norry
- Space Detectives by Mark Powers and Dapo Adeola
- The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence by Marcus Rashford
- The Boy with Wings by Lenny Henry
- The Colour of Home by Mary Hoffman
- The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson
- The Infinite by Patience Agbabi
- The Lightning Catcher by Clare Weze
- Too Small Tola Gets Tough by Atinuke
- We’re Going to Find the Monster by Malorie Blackman and Dapo Adeola
- We Sang Across the Sea: The Empire Windrush and Me by Benjamin Zephaniah
- When a Dragon Goes to School by Caryl Hart
- Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah
- Wondrous Prune by Ellie Clements
Children's non-fiction
- A Life Story… Katherine Johnson by Leila Rasheed
- Aretha Franklin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- Black History Matters by Robin Walker
- Black in Time by Alison Hammond
- Hidden Figures: The Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (children’s edition) by Margot Shetterly
- Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison
- Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
- My Skin, Your Skin by Laura Henry-Allain
- Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica by Catherine Johnson
- Story of Britain’s Black Airmen by K.N. Chimbiri
- The Place for me: Stories about the Windrush by K.N. Chimbiri
- The Story of Afro Hair by K.N. Chimbiri and Joelle Avelino
- The Story of the Windrush by K.N. Chimbiri
- Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies by DK
- Women who Led the Way: Great Explorers and Adventurers by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
- You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be by Marcus Rashford
- Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present by Jamia Wilson
Young adult fiction and poetry
- A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars by Yaba Badoe
- Ace Of Spades by Faridah Abike-Lyimide
- Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell
- Children of the Quick Sands by Efua Traore
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Crongton Knights and Home Girl by Alex Wheatle
- Endgame by Malorie Blackman
- Freedom by Catherine Johnson
- Indigo Donut, Orangeboy and Rose Interrupted by Patrice Lawrence
- Kemosha of the Caribbean by Alex Wheatle
- Legondborn by Tracy Deonn
- Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
- Needle by Patrice Lawrence
- Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Rebound by Kwame Alexander
- Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen
- Splinters of Sunshine by Patrice Lawrence
- Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
- The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Upper World by Femi Fadugba
- Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Poetry
