Are you looking for a wonderful list of children’s books set in Alabama? Here are some of our favorites! Each of these children’s books is either set in Alabama or features a person who has close ties to the state of Alabama. Alabama has a rich history particularly in the Civil Rights movement, and it has been home to many noted people in history, including George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Jesse Owens, and Sequoyah. If you’d like more information on each book, read more by clicking on the affiliate links listed below.
A Picture Book of Jesse Owens
An introduction to the life of track phenom Jesse Owens, who grew up in a family of sharecroppers in Alabama.
A Weed is a Flower
An introduction to the incredible life of horticulturist George Washington Carver, an Alabama native.
Alabama Spitfire
The inspiring true story of Harper Lee, who grew up in Monroeville, Alabama and went on to write To Kill a...
Back of the Bus
A young boy witnesses Rosa Parks stand up for her civil rights as he rides in the back of the...
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights...
The story of Belle, a mule who was chosen to pule the casket of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
A leveled reader about the life of Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
A young girl joins the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
15-year-old Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Gone Crazy in Alabama
A follow-up to One Crazy Summer, the Garcia sisters are back to spend the summer in Alabama to visit their Grandmother,...
Helen Keller
The biography of blind and deaf Helen Keller, who made history by learning to talk, read, and graduate from college.