It’s the last week of Black History Month, to finish it out with fanfare, and we’re celebrating a different aspect of Black children’s literature for the next few days. Today’s theme: fantasy and folklore!

From traditional folktales to fairy tale reimaginings, from modern fantasies to Afrofuturism, these are just a few of the marvelous books that embody the rich tradition and contemporary landscape of Black narratives in fantasy and science fiction.

The Star of Moon Village by Jennifer Ann Richter

Sleeping Beauty by Hannah Eliot, illus. by Netsanet Tesfay

Night Flight by David Barclay Moore, illus. by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu

Nani and the Lion by Alicia D. Williams, illus. by Anna Cunha

Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

Thank you so much to Holiday House, Candlewick Press, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, Atheneum BFYR, Little Simon, and SimonKIDS for copies of these!