Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to mark the end of slavery in the United States. In 2017 it became a nation holiday. For more information on Juneteenth, you can visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Below are both digital and print versions of our Golden Libraries Celebrating Juneteenth book list.

You can also check out these books using the WorldCat Celebrating Juneteenth we created.

One of the primary goals of Golden Libraries, in addition to supporting libraries and librarians, is to support the organizations, particularly in California, who support the reading communities.

Below are links for membership organizations and subscription links for library media organizations.

We are open to other memberships and subscriptions. Send emails to info(at)GoldenLibraries.com to provide information.

MEMBERSHIPS

California School Library Association

California Library Association

California Reading Association

The Reading League California

American Association of School Librarians

American Library Association

SUBSCRIPTIONS

School Library Journal

Library Journal

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For Rainbow Book Month in June 2024 we are celebrating families of all kinds. The eighteen books on the list below represent some of the very best of these books. Please consider sharing this list with others.

Below are a graphic from BookShop.org that provides great information about each title. Below that is a PDF file that you can use to print and/or email this list.

A couple of things:

• Each book has an age range assigned to it but it is up to adults to decide which books are reasonable choices for which child; and
• On the print version research sources are provided to assist you with finding additional title.