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📚❤️🖤💚 Celebrate Juneteenth through the power of stories.
Whether you're discovering the history of Juneteenth for the first time or looking to deepen your understanding, we've gathered 22 books and movies for all ages that honor Black history and culture.

Please note that all Anythink libraries and administrative offices are closed today in observance of Juneteenth.

For Adults & Teens
📖 "Conjure Women" by Afia Atakora
📖 "Let Us Descend" by Jesmyn Ward
📖 "Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi
📖 "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson
📖 "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
📖 "A Black Women's History of the United States" by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

For Middle Grade Readers
📖 "How High the Moon" by Karyn Parsons
📖 "Sugar" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
📖 "I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly" by Joyce Hansen
📖 "Freedom Over Me" by Ashley Bryan
📖 "Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American Poetry" by Ashley Bryan

For Younger Readers & Families
📖 "The Juneteenth Story" by Alliah L. Agostini
📖 "Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem" by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
📖 "The ABCs of Black History" by Rio Cortez
📖 "All Different Now" by Angela Johnson
📖 "Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free" by Alice Faye Duncan

Movies to Watch
🎬 "Fences"
🎬 "Night Catches Us"
🎬 "Freedom Hill"
🎬 "The Long Song"
🎬 "The Beauty of Blackness"
🎬 "Solomon Northup's Odyssey"

Visit your local Anythink library or explore our Digital Library to discover these stories and keep learning all year long.

Celebrate Pride Month with 57 books that highlight LGBTQIA+ voices, stories and experiences for readers of all ages. Here are just a few of our picks:

✨ Adult Fiction
“John of John” by Douglas Stuart
“Ascension” by S.T. Gibson
“Black Flame” by Gretchen Felker-Martin
“Star Shipped” by Cat Sebastian
“A Lady for All Seasons” by T.J. Alexander
“The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne” by Summer N. England

✨ Adult Nonfiction
“Bending the Rules” by Camille Benda
“Mighty Real” by Barry Walters
“Supergay!” by Frankie Grande
“Transgender History” by Susan Stryker
“Transcendent” by Laverne Cox
“A Q***r History of the United States” by Michael Bronski

✨ Teen/YA
“One of the Boys” by Victoria Zeller
“He's So Possessed with Me” by Corey Liu
“Sometimes the Girl” by Jennifer Mason-Black
“Bad Q***r” by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan
“Q***rleaders” by Olivia A. Cole
“Meet Me at the Picket Line” by Jasper Sanchez

✨ Kids
“Ollie in Between” by Jess Callans
“A World Worth Saving” by Kyle Lukoff
“Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!” by Lindz Amer
“A Child's Introduction to Pride” by Sarah Prager
“Princess Pete” by Zoey Allen
“Under One Rainbow” by Chris Ayala-Kronos
Whether you're looking for fiction, memoirs, history, romance or books for young readers, you'll find something to add to your reading list.

Explore all 57 titles: https://www.anythinklibraries.org/blog/57-books-that-celebrate-pride-and-the-lgbtqia-community/