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Curl Up With a Good Book

February 1, 2022

This time of year, there’s nothing like curling up in front of the fire with a cup of hot cocoa and a good book. With winter break right around the corner, check out these reading recommendations for teens and children from our friends at the library, who also share some great selections for Black History Month. Remember, the North Cobb Regional Library also offers titles in eBook and audiobook.

Winter Reads

Preschool (ages 2-5)
• “Snow Globe Wishes” by Erin Dealey
• “Best in Snow” by April Pulley-Sayre
• “A Big Bed for Little Snow” by Grace Lin
• “Bunny Slopes” by Claudia Rueda
• “Here Comes Jack Frost” by Kazuno Kohara

K-2nd Grade
• “Over and Under the Snow” by Randi Sosny-Handler
• “Penguin Problems” by Jory John
• “No Yeti Yet” by Mary Ann Fraser
• “Meet the Bigfeet” by Kevin Sherry
• “Ten Ways to Hear Snow” by Cathy Camper

3rd-5th Grade
• “Peril at Owl Park” by Marthe Jocelyn
• “Winterhouse” by Ben Guterson
• “Breadcrumbs” by Anne Ursu
• “Race to the Sun” by Rebecca Roanhorse
• “Forgotten Girl” by India Hill Brown

Middle and High School
• “Icebreaker” by Lian Tanner
• “Shiver” by Maggie Stiefvater
• “Fracture” by Megan Miranda
• “Nuclear Winter” graphic novel series by Cab
• “Winterwood” by Shea Ernshaw

Black History Month

Preschool (ages 2-5)
• “Mae Among the Stars” by Roda Ahmed
• “Follow Your Dreams, Little One” by Vashti Harrison
• “Dream Big, Little One” by Vashti Harrison
• “Firebird” by Misty Copeland
• “Black Is a Rainbow Color” by Angela Joy

K-2nd Grade
• “The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage” by Selina Alko
• “Big Papa and the Time Machine” by Daniel Bernstrom
• “Shirley Chisholm is a Verb!” by Veronica Chambers
• “The ABCs of Black History” by Rio Cortez
• “Let the Children March” by Monica Clark-Robinson

3rd-5th Grade
• “Henry’s Freedom Box” by Ellen Levine
• “The Undefeated” by Kwame Alexander
• “Hidden figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space” [Young Reader’s Edition] by Margot Lee Shetterly
• “Young, Gifted, and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes From Past and Present” by Jamia Wilson
• “What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors” by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Middle and High School
• “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” [Young Adult remix of “Stamped From the Beginning”] by Jason Reynolds
• “March” graphic novel trilogy by John Lewis
• “X: A Novel” by Ilyasah Shabazz
• “A Matter of Souls” by Denise Lewis Patrick
• “Call Us What We Carry: Poems” by Amanda Gorman
• “African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History” by Tracey Baptiste

In addition to these great Black History Month reads, North Cobb Regional Library is offering an outdoor Black History Month Scavenger Hunt on the grounds of the library throughout the month. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3tAZ1eX.

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