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Juneteenth – 7 Books for Kids !


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Tomorrow (June 19) is Juneteenth…
A number of writers of color have noted that, when teaching kids about racism, talk about violence and oppression, but don’t dwell too much on that. Also celebrate diversity, and read books with kids of color doing normal, fun things. And what’s more fun than celebrating a holiday like Juneteenth?!?!!

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger’s reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on 19 June 1865, proclaiming that all enslaved persons in the U.S. state of Texas were now free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them almost two and a half years earlier, and the American Civil War had largely ended with the defeat of the Confederate States in April, Texas was the most remote of the slave states, with a low presence of Union troops, so enforcement of the proclamation had been slow and inconsistent. (Via Wikipedia)

Here are seven superb books for kids about Juneteenth!

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Juneteenth Books for Kids

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

Angela Johnson

Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.

Through the eyes of one little girl, All Different Now tells the story of the first Juneteenth, the day freedom finally came to the last of the slaves in the South. Since then, the observance of June 19 as African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. This stunning picture book includes notes from the author and illustrator, a timeline of important dates, and a glossary of relevant terms.

Told in Angela Johnson’s signature melodic style and brought to life by E.B. Lewis’s striking paintings, All Different Now is a joyous portrait of the dawn breaking on the darkest time in our nation’s history.

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