Each year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chooses a theme for Black History Month. The theme for 2022 is Black Health & Wellness, honoring Black contributors to all types of medicine and wellness, as well as activities and initiatives that Black communities have done to be well.
Visit the Youth Services Department all month long to browse our Black History Month display of picture books & picture book biographies in the children’s seating area, and find chapter books & nonfiction for older readers on display in our New Books section.
Here are a few books for all ages focusing on this year’s theme of Black Health & Wellness – including mental health and mindfulness – to get you started!
Black Boy Joy, edited by Kwame Mbalia
Genesis Begins Again, by Alicia D. Williams
The Me I Choose to Be, by Natasha Tarpley
My Heart Flies Open, by Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis
Patricia’s Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight, by Michelle Lord
Stuntboy, in the Meantime, by Jason Reynolds
Your Name is a Song, by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Happy Reading!
-Melanie Bruchet, Youth Services Librarian