Jacqueline Woodson’s story of the strong women in her family who used their gifts of sewing to make quilts that showed the way North to slaves in the South.  Colorfully illustrated by Hudson Talbott, this book uses quilting to illustrate Woodson’s historical tale.

Richard Michelson’s picture book Happy Feet (illustrated by E.B. Lewis) brings to life Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom through the eyes of Happy Feet.  Through Happy Feet’s eyes we meet Stretch, Musclehead, Whitey, Long-Legged George and Big Bea, who were famous Lindy Hop dancers at the Savoy Ballroom.  Celebrate dance and a bit of the history of Harlem in the 1920s by checking this out.

Shane Evans’s picture book We March follows a family as they participate with more than 250,000 other people gathering peacefully in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 with hopes of moving our country toward racial equality.  On this day in history, the protesters marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to listen to famous musicians and speakers.  It was on this date that Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.