It’s nearing the end of the year. After Christmas, the celebration is not over. December 26 ushers in the observation of Kwanzaa, which coincides with the coming of a new year. The children’s books featured on the list offer fiction and nonfiction stories about Kwanzaa and the new year.
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The People Remember
Ibi Zoboi | Loveis Wise | Balzer + Bray | September 28, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop
The Night Before Kwanzaa
Natasha Wing | Kirsti Jewel | Amy Wummer | Grosset & Dunlap | October 17, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa
Donna L. Washington | Shane W. Evans | Katherine Tegen Books | September 28, 2010 | Amazon | Bookshop
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story
Angela Shelf Medearis | Daniel Minter | Albert Whitman | January 1, 2000 | Amazon | Bookshop
My Kwanzaa Wish
Yolanda T. Marshall | Jamie Ellis Pasquale | Chalkboard | October 8, 2024 | Amazon | Bookshop
Kwanzaa
Artika R. Tyner | Pebble Books | August 1, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop
Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom
Glenda Armand | Steffi Walthall | Crown BYR | September 6, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
Shanté Keys and the New Year’s Peas
Gail Piernas-Davenport | Marion Eldridge | Albert Whitman & Company | January 1, 2007 | Amazon | Bookshop
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