Celebrating Juneteenth with Your Child

Reading books and watching videos are a couple of fun and easy ways to help introduce children to new cultures, experiences and events in history. It is important for children not only to see themselves, but others represented in the stories we read to them. When parents promote values of acceptance, children will take pride in their identity and love the unique parts of themselves that they contribute to the world.

Resources to Help Celebrate and Honor Juneteenth

Here are age-appropriate book recommendations and a celebratory Juneteenth song to share with your little one:

Read:

• My First Juneteenth High Contrast Baby Book by Gisbert Weber (recommended for infants)
• The Story of Juneteenth by Dorena Williamson (recommended for toddlers)
• Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (recommended for children in pre-K or kindergarten). You can also listen to this story read aloud.
• Tune into this Juneteenth read-aloud of I’m Gonna Push Through by Jasmyn Wright.

Listen:

• Fyütch and the Alphabet Rockers created Juneteenth Song for Kids, a song about what Juneteenth is and why we celebrate Black freedom and liberation.