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.

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.

June is Rainbow Book Month in Library World (and beyond).

The American Library Association describes this month as:

“Rainbow Book Month™ is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, and asexual community. Originally established in the early 1990s by The Publishing Triangle as National Lesbian and Gay Book Month, this occasion is an opportunity for book lovers and libraries with the very best in LGBTQIA+ literature.” (Source: Rainbow Book Month.)

The Rainbow Book Month website offers a wide variety of resources for libraries and others to celebrate this month including:

• Customizable publicity materials and templates
• Rainbow Book Month social media graphics
• Libraries Transform social media/promotional graphics
• LGBTQIA+ Book Awards and Bibliographies from ALA
• Tools for Library Workers

You can dig deeper into these resources by heading over to ALA’s Rainbow Book Month page.

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