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Black History Month Reading Challenge

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Black History Month Reading Challenge

January 19-February 28, 2026

 

One Dozen Who Care, Inc in collaboration with Nantahala Regional Library is hosting their 6th annual reading challenge for children in kindergarten through 12th grade from January 19th until February 28th. This event promotes picture books, biographies, novels, and history books in the Purel Miller African American Book Collection. Named for a beloved former Andrews resident, the Collection encourages greater cultural understanding and is currently housed at Andrews Public Library. Children are asked to read and review age-appropriate books in the Miller Collection. Younger children (K-4th grade) should read their books with or to an adult older than eighteen. Older children (5th-12th grades) should discuss what they’re reading with an adult. For each review, the children will receive $5 with a maximum of $20 awarded per child. Book lists and review forms can be found on the library’s website here: https://www.nrlibrary.org/pmc. Reviews must be submitted no later than Saturday, February 28th to the following email address: pmcreadingchallenge@gmail.com. Incentives will be awarded in March. For more information about the reading challenge, contact Bridget at 828-837-2025 or Janell at 305-467-3478. 

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Picture Books in the Purel Miller Collec
Juvenile Fiction Books in the Purel Mill
Young Adult Books in the Purel Miller Co
Children's Titles in the Purel Miller Collection

Scroll through the titles in the table below:

Locations: A (Andrews), B (Bookmobile), GR (Graham), M(Murphy), MH(Moss Hayesville)

Call Number
Title
Author
Location
Collection Type
YA F STO
Chaos theory
Stone, Nic
GR
Honor Books
J F WOO
Remember us
Woodson, Jacqueline
MH
Honor Books
E WOO
The world belonged to us
Woodson, Jacqueline
A
Honor Books
E WIL
Homegrown
Wiley, DeAnn
GR
Honor Books
J B BALDWIN
Jimmy's rhythm & blues : the extraordinary life of James Baldwin
Meadows, Michelle
M
Honor Books
E KEL
Do you know them?
Keller, Shana
A
Honor Books
E OSO
My hair is a book
Oso, Maisha
A
Honor Books
J B HAMILTON
Extraordinary magic : the storytelling life of Virginia Hamilton
Crews, Nina
A
Honor Books
J 709.2396 JAC
Black artists shaping the world : 14 stories of creativity
Jackson, Sharna
A
Honor Books
J F RIC
Bird nerd
Richter, Jennifer
A
Honor Books
ER LYO
Ty's Travels: Showtime!
Lyons, Kelly Starling
A
Honor Books
J B MORRISON
A crown of stories : the life and language of Beloved writer Toni Morrison
Weatherford, Carole Boston
M
Honor Books

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