Thank you to our partners for creating read aloud videos to celebrate the 7th annual African American Read-In Week! We are grateful to be able to highlight literature by and about the Black community and contribute to distance learning.
- Authors:
- Nonprofit Partners: Oakland Public Library, Safe Passages, Tandem Partners in Early Learning
- Corporate Partners:
STUDENTS! Please enjoy the videos below from some awesome Oaklanders and celebrate Black History Month! Make sure to watch videos with supervision.
EVERYONE! We encourage you to engage in some follow-up activities after watching the videos to take learning to the next level. Please take a look at these Activity Guides for ideas to make read-aloud videos meaningful and extend learning:
Local Authors!
“Can’t Let Nobody Ride My Bike” by Robert Mossi Alexander
“She Hit Me First” by Robert Mossi Alexander
“Little Brother” by Dr. Khalid White
Read Alouds from Community Volunteers
Listed in grade-level order:
“Hair Love” by Matthew Cherry (TK – 2)
“Bippity Bop Barbershop” by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley (TK – 1)
“Jake Makes a World” by Sharifa Rhodes- Pitt (TK – 2)
“Every Little Thing” by Cedella Marley (TK – 1)
“Trombone Shorty” by Troy Andrews (TK – 2)
“Grandma’s Purse” by Vanessa Brantley-Newton (TK – 2)
“The Honest-to-Goodness Truth” by Patricia C. McKissack (TK – 3)
“Where’s Rodney?” by Carmen Bogan (TK – 2)
“My Mom Hugs Trees” by Robyn Ringgold
“Mae Among the Stars” by Roda Ahmen (TK – 2)
“My City is Oakland” by Kamaria Lofton (TK – 1)
“Knock Knock My Dad’s Dream for Me” by Daniel Beaty (TK – 2)
“Cassie’s World Quilt” by Faith Ginggold (TK – 3)
“When I Am Old With You” by Angela Johnson (TK – 3)
“Puffy: People Whose Hair Defies Gravity” by Aya de Leon (TK – 2)
“50 Cents and a Dream” by Jabari Asim (TK – 1)
“Jazz Baby” by Carole Boston Weatherford (TK – 2)
“The Day You Begin” by Jacqueline Woodson (TK – 2)
“The Adventures of Sparrowboy” by Brian Pinkney (TK – 2)
“Lottie Paris and the Best Place” by Angela Johnson (TK – 2)
“A Dance Like Starlight” by Kristy Dempsey (TK – 2)
“Harlem’s Little Blackbird” by Renee Watson and Christian Robinson (TK – 2)
“Nelson Mandela” by Kadir Nelson (TK – 3)
“Beautiful Blackbird” by Ashley Bryan (TK – 3)
“Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly (TK – 2)
“Tar Beach” by Faith Ringgold (K – 4)
“We March” by Shane Evans (K – 3)
“Max and the Tag Along Moon” by Floyd Cooper (K – 2)
“Sing to the Moon” by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl (K – 2)
“Boonoonoonous Hair” by Oliver Senior (K – 2)
“Mr. Okra Sells Fruits and Vegetables” by Lashon Daley
“Jabari Jumps” by Gaia Cornwall
“Sulwe” by Lupita Nyong’o
“Martin Luther King Jr.” by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara (TK – 2)
“Justice pon di Road” by Aliona Gibson (TK – 1)
“Little Melba and Her Big Trombone” by Kathryn Russell-Brown (K – 4)
“Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat” by Javaka Steptoe (K – 5)
“The Undefeated” by Kwame Alexander (1 – 3)
“My Brother Charlie” by Holly Robinson (K – 5)
“Indigo Blume and the Garden City” by Kwame Alexander (1 – 3)
“Finding Langston” by Lesa Cline Ransome (2 – 7)
“I Got the Rhythm” by Connie Schofield-Morrison (1 – 4)
“Through My Eyes” by Ruby Bridges (2 – 6)
“Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison (2 – 6)
“The Season of Styx Malone” by Kekla Magoon (2 – 6)
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy” by Tony Medina (3 – 5)
“Betty Before X” by Ilyasah Shabazz (3 – 5)
~ Includes sensitive content ~
“How High the Moon” by Karyn Parsons (3 – 7)
“A Good Kind of Trouble” by Lisa Moore Ramée (3 – 7)
“Some Places More Than Others” by Renée Watson (3 – 7)
“Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali” by Charles R. Smith Jr. (4 – 10)
“The Stars Beneath Our Feet” by David Barcley Moore (5 – 8)
“Dear Martin” by Nic Stone (9 – 12) ~ Includes sensitive content ~
“X” by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon
“Stop That Yawn” by Caron Lewis
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“Hip Hop Lollipop” by Susan Montanari (Click title to watch in new tab on Vimeo)
“Jabari Jumps” by Gaia Cornwall (Click title to watch in a new tab on Vimeo)
“Jabari Salta” por Gaia Cornwall (Click title to watch in new tab on Vimeo)
“Just Like a Mama” by Alice Faye Duncan (Click title to watch in new tab on Vimeo)
“Thank You, Omu!” by Oge Mora (Click title to watch in new tab on Vimeo)
“Homemade LOVE” by Bell Hooke (Click title to watch in new tab on Vimeo)
“My City is Oakland” by Kamaria Lofton (Click title to watch in new tab on Vimeo)
Thank you partners!
