Titles that we recommend are featured below. The ones with reviews are noted with an asterisk (*). Some titles are recommended with a caveat. At the end of this page, we provide a list of titles on this theme, with reviews, that we do not recommend.
Here are two Juneteenth articles: Juneteenth in Picture Books and Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook.
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
By Angela Johnson, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
The Christmas Gift: El regalo de Navidad
By Francisco Jiménez
Out of Print
Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long
By Liz Kleinrock and Chaaya Prabhat (Illustrator)
Dreams of Green: A Three Kings' Day Story
By Mariel Jungkunz and Mónica Paola Rodriguez (Illustrator)
Spanish edition: El verde de mis sueños
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem
By Sojourner Kincaid Rolle and Alex Bostic (Illustrator)
Hooray, It's Three Kings Day! A Picture Book for Epiphany
By Annette M. Clayton and Jone Leal (Illustrator)
Spanish: ¡Genial, Llegó El Día de Reyes!
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story *
By Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis Bunten, and Garry Meeches (Illustrator)
Measuring a Year: A Rosh Hashanah Story
By Linda Elovitz Marshall and Zara González Hoang (Illustrator)
Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices
By S. K. Ali (Editor), Aisha Saeed (Editor), Iman Rasheed (Illustrator)
Zahra's Blessing: A Ramadan Story
By Shirin Shamsi and Manal Mirza (Illustrator)
Spanish edition available: La bendición de Zahra: un relato de Ramadán
Not recommended
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