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Diverse Children's Books

6/16/2020

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If you are looking for children’s books that help initiate conversations about race, racism, inclusion, and action, or support and amplify Black, Indigienous, and people of color’s voices, check out the list below. We will be ordering some of these books for our clinic.  Should you want to borrow a book, please ask your individual clinician. If you have any great books we missed, please leave the title & author in the comments. 

Children’s books (not specifically about racism/inclusion/activism, but with main characters of different races): 
  • Different: A Story About Loving Your Neighbor- by Chris Singleton
  • Green Green: A Community Gardening Story- by Marie Lamba and Baldev Lamba
  • The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh- Supriya Kelkar
  • Princess Hair- Sharee Miller
  • We Are Together- Britta Teckentrup
  • Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X - by Ilyasah Shabazz, illustrated by AG Ford
  • The Day You Begin - by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López
  • My Hair is a Garden - Cozbi A. Cabrera
  • The Legendary Miss Lena Horne - by Carole Boston Weatherfo, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
  • I am Not a Number - by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland
  • Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills - by Renée Watson, illustrated by Christian Robinson
  • Bedtime Bonnet - by Nancy Redd, illustrated by Nneka Myers
  • Saturday- by Oge Mora​​

Children’s books (about racism/inclusion/activism):
  • A is for Activist- by Innosanto Nagara
  • Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America- by Emily Easton
  • Freedom on the Menu- by Carole Boston Weatherford 
  • Let The Children March- by Monica Clark-Robinson
  • Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters - by Andrea Davis Pinkeny, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
  • Separate is Never Equal - Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
  • Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! - by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
  • Something Happened in Our Town - by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
  • When We Were Alone - by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett
  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History - by Vashti Harrison
  • Say Something- by Peggy Moss
  • Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story - by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Lin Wang
  • Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up - by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
  • The Youngest Marcher- by Cynthia Levinson
  • These Hands- by Margaret H. Mason 
  • Last Stop on Market Street- by Matt De La Pena
  • All Are Welcome- by Alexandra Penfold
  • We March- by Shane W. Evans
  • The Other Side- by Jacqueline Woodson
  • We Rise, We Resist, We Raise our Voices- by Ashley Bryan
  • Let’s Talk About Race- by Julius Lester
  • V Is For Voting- by Kate Farrell​

Books for older children/young adults about racism/inclusion/activism:
  • Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice- Mahogany L. Browne
  • We Are The Change
  • This Book Is Anti-Racist- Tiffany Jewell
  • All American Boys - Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
  • Piecing Me Together - Renée Watson
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