January

Anna May Wong's Birthday-January 3
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story

Zora Hurston's Birthday-January 7
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

Su Dongpo's Birthday-January 8
Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius

Ira Hayes' Birthday-January 12
Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story

Melba Doretta Liston's Birthday-January 13
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

Florence Mills' Birthday-January 25
Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

• As Fast As Words Could Fly
• Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
• Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
• Dear Mrs. Parks
• Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
• Frederick Douglass and the Last Day of Slavery
• Game Set, Match, Champion Arthur Ashe
• George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
• Hammering for Freedom
• Howard Thurman's Great Hope
• I and I Bob Marley
• It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
• John Lewis in the Lead
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Love to Langston
• Love Twelve Miles Long
• Midnight Teacher
• Night Golf
• Paul Robeson
• Ray Charles
• Richard Wright and the Library Card
• Seven Miles to Freedom
• The Bus Ride
• The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
• The Palm of My Heart
• The Secret to Freedom
• Up the Learning Tree

Chinese New Year, January 28th

• Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
• Confucius
• D is for Doufu
• Every Month is a New Year
• The Day the Dragon Danced
• The Dragon Lover and Other Chinese Proverbs
• Goldfish and Chrysanthemums
• Golden Dragon Parade
• Grandfather Counts
• The Great Voyages of Zheng He
• The Magical Monkey King
• Monster in the Mudball
• Only One Year
• Pie-Biter
• Sam and the Lucky Money
• Shanghai Messenger
• Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius
• Summoning the Phoenix
• The Wishing Tree
• Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
• The Story I'll Tell
• The Perfect Gift
• Be Water, My Friend
• Dragonsong
• Tofu Quilt
• Chinese History Volume 1
• Chinese History Volume 2

National Hobby Month
Art & The Arts:

• Rainbow Weaver
• Babu's Song
• Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
• Be Water, My Friend
• Bird
• Butterflies for Kiri
• Call Me Tree
• Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!
• Chess Rumble
• Cool Melons-Turn to Frogs! The Life and Poems of Issa
• David's Drawings
• Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
• Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars
• In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
• Ira's Shakespeare Dream
• It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
• Just Like Me
• Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates
• Life of a Genius
• Love to Langston
• Ole! Falmenco
• Poems in the Attic
• Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
• The Happiest Tree
• The Hula-Hoopin' Queen
• The Pot that Juan Built

Sports:

• Allie's Basketball Dream
• Around the World
• Baseball Saved Us
• Beisbol!: Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
• Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
• Game, Set, Match: Champion Arthur Ashe
• Get Set, Swim!
• Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
• King for a Day
• Louis Sockalexis
• Silent Star
• Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
• Strong to the Hoop
• Surfer of the Century
• The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
• The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
• There's No Base Like Home
• Willie Wins

Music:

• Calling the Water Drum
• Drumbeat in Our Feet
• Drummer Boy of John John
• Finding the Music
• I See the Rhythm
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Rainbow Joe and Me
• Ray Charles
• Summoning the Phoenix
• Sweet Music in Harlem
• Rent Party Jazz
• The Piano

Food and Cooking:

• Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
• Cora Cooks Pancit
• George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
• Hiromi's Hands
• Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji
• Rainbow Stew
• Sweet Potato Pie
• The Have a Good Day Cafe'

Additional Resources:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:

• How Was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Established?
• Voices from the Civil Rights Movement: Interview with Moses Teel, Jr.
• Black History Month: Why Remember Bill Traylor?
• Black History Month: Why Remember Florence "Baby Flo" Mills?
• Black History Month: Why Remember Arthur Ashe?
• Black History Month: Why Remember Toni Stone?
• 7 Core Values to Celebrate During Black History Month
• Blog post: Books for MLK Day & National Hobby Month

Chinese New Year:

• Jai Recipe for Chinese New Year
• Chinese New Year: Books and Activities for Year of the Monkey
• What is Chinese New Year?
• Books for the Holidays: MLK Day, Chinese New Year, and More