5 activity books. 20+ untold stories. Real biographies, coloring pages, critical thinking — and a FREE live community event every month. For kids ages 7–11.
Your child knows Rosa Parks. Maybe Martin Luther King Jr.
But what about the man who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box?
The soldiers who protected America's first national parks?
The doctors who built hospitals when hospitals refused to treat them?
The artists who started a cultural revolution in Harlem?
These heroes changed America. Your child deserves to know their names.
Each book in the Untold Stories Series goes where school textbooks don't.
Bravery. Ingenuity. Freedom.
Meet the unsung heroes who refused to accept what the world told them was impossible — Henry Box Brown, the man who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box, and more.
48 pages · 8.5×11 · Grades 3–7
The story continues. More heroes. More courage.
Volume II goes deeper — more stories, more heroes, more of the untold truth about ordinary people who did extraordinary things to build a path to freedom.
8.5×11 · Softcover · Grades 3–6
The men who protected a nation that almost didn't want them.
After the Civil War, Black men entered the U.S. Army and became the Buffalo Soldiers — the regiment that protected America's first national parks. Told through rhyming narratives kids love.
44 pages · 8.5×11 · Grades 2–6
Art, identity, and the movement that changed America.
In the 1920s, Black educators, artists, and activists came together in Harlem and used culture to spark a revolution. Featuring Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and more.
33 pages · 8.5×11 · Grades 2–6
The doctors who built medicine when medicine shut them out.
Before modern medicine, when hospitals refused Black patients, Black doctors built their own solutions. Real biographies of Daniel Hale Williams, Madam C.J. Walker, and more.
38 pages · 8.5×11 · Grades 3–7
Own the complete Untold Stories Series. 5 books. 20+ heroes. Free Sip Juice event included. Ships free.
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Every Untold Stories book gives your child five things at once — so learning feels like play, not homework.
Short, compelling biographies of Black history heroes your child will never find in a school textbook.
Beautiful illustrations designed for watercolors, colored pencils, or crayons — art is the entry point, facts always follow.
Vocabulary, writing exercises, crossword puzzles, wordsearches, drama activities — learning that goes deeper than the page.
Every month, we host a live Zoom coloring party — free for every family who owns a Color History book. Kids color. Parents connect. Families celebrate Black history together in real time.
No other Black history book does this. The Sip Juice event is the community moat — a living, breathing experience that keeps your family connected to Black history every single month.
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Real people. Extraordinary lives. Stories that changed America — and were left out of school.
Escaped slavery by mailing himself in a wooden box. One of history's most daring acts of ingenuity.
Underground RailroadBroke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. Number 42 retired across all of MLB — forever honoring his legacy.
Featured HeroBlack military regiment that served with distinction — and protected America's first national parks.
Buffalo SoldiersJazz legend who emerged from the Harlem Renaissance to become one of America's greatest musicians.
Harlem RenaissanceAuthor, anthropologist, and Harlem Renaissance icon whose work defined a generation of Black literature.
Harlem RenaissanceThe first person to die in the American Revolution — fallen at the Boston Massacre in 1770. A founding hero erased from most textbooks.
Featured HeroInvented the first home security system in 1966. Her patented closed-circuit TV design is the foundation of all modern security technology.
Featured HeroDaniel Hale Williams, Aaron Douglas, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass…
Full CollectionThe proof isn't our words — it's what happens the day the box arrives.
"She called me the same day it arrived, so excited. She said, 'Grandma, they don't teach us ANY of this at school!' That phone call alone was worth every penny. She's already asked for more."
Why families choose the Untold Stories Series:
It leads with triumph and ingenuity — never trauma. Art is the doorway, so kids finish the books instead of abandoning them. And the heroes inside are the ones school never covers.
Every month, families across the country join the free Sip Juice & Color History live event — kids grab a juice box, open their books, and color together. It's the part of the series parents tell us their kids count down to.
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See School & Classroom Pricing ↓If your child doesn't discover at least 3 Black heroes they've never heard of before — we'll refund every penny. No questions asked. No hoops to jump through.
We believe in these stories that much.
Pick the bundle that fits your family. Every order includes free shipping, the History Hero Guarantee, and your free Sip Juice event access.
Start with one hero — pick any title from the collection.
Go deeper — pick any 3 books from the series.
Own the complete Untold Stories Series — all 5 books.
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Classroom sets built for grades 2–7 — with purchase orders, same-day invoicing, and a free Teacher's Discussion Guide. Title I, classroom library, and cultural diversity curriculum budgets all qualify.
The right starting point — review all 5 titles before committing to a full set, or stock a classroom library and reading corner.
One book per student. Perfect for a focused Black history unit — every child colors, reads, and discusses the same heroes together.
Enough for a full grade level. We invoice your school directly — purchase orders accepted, no credit card required.
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Everything parents ask before ordering — answered honestly.
Color History was created because the standard curriculum leaves out the stories that make Black children feel seen, proud, and powerful.
Every book in our Untold Stories series is a promise: your child will know these heroes. Their stories will not be erased on our watch.
"Color the past, illuminate the present, and shape a brighter future."