Book Nook: Opal Lee and What it Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth

If you're looking for a history book about a sometimes-overlooked event in history, you might be interested in Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth. This picture book celebrates the vision and tenacity of activist Opal Lee with a message of hope, unity, joy, and strength. The educational and artistic resources explaining Juneteenth are hard to find sometimes, but this Alice Faye Duncan's (NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work for Children) book helps fill that gap.

Intended for children ages four to eight, with illustrations from New York Times bestselling illustrator Keturah A. Bobo (I Am Enough), Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free can be a great resource for school and home libraries alike.