The Healthy Birth Initiatives’ Father Involvement program shares their favorite books.
Look for these titles at your local library!
Child Abuse Prevention Reading List
Childhood Abuse Prevention Reading List (469.05 KB)
- Consent for Kids: Boundaries, Respect & Being in Charge of You by Rachel Brian
- Loving the You That You Are by Kristin Blomberg
- Let's Talk about Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach Children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors by Jayneen Sanders
Black History Reading List
Black History Reading List (504.82 KB)
Parents
- The Miseducation of the Negro, by Carter G. Woodson
- The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, by DK Publishing
- The African Origin of Civilization, by Cheikh Anta Diop
- The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah Jones
- They Came Before Columbus, by Ivan Van Sertima
- The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
- Africa, Amazing African Country by Country, by Atinuke
Children
- African History for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the History of Africa, by Captivating History
- Henry’s Freedom Box, by Ellen Lavine
- Overground Railroad, by Lisa Cline-Randome
- The ABCs of Black History, by Rio Cortez
