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Abuelita and Me
Leonarda Carranza - Annick Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this poignant, empowering picture book debut, a girl and her beloved abuelita lean on each other as they contend with racism while running errands in the city.Spending time at home with Abuelita means pancakes, puddle-jumping, and nail-painting. But venturing out into the city is not always... |
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Happy in our skin
Fran Manushkin - Candlewick Press (MA)
Format: Print book
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Bouquets of babies sweet to hold: cocoa-brown, cinnamon, and honey gold. Ginger-coloured babies, peaches and cream, too--splendid skin for me, splendid skin for you! A delightfully rhythmical read-aloud text is paired with bright, bustling art from the award-winning Lauren Tobia, illustrator... |
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The Talk
Alicia Williams - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very difficult conversation far too familiar to so many Black and Brown Americans in this gentle and ultimately hopeful picture book.Jay's most favorite things are hanging out with his pals,... |
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Skin Again
Bell Hooks
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The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin I'm in is just a covering. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide.Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about... |
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black is brown is tan
Arnold Adoff - HarperCollins Publishers [u.a.]
Format: Print book
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Brown-skinned mama, the color of chocolate milk and pumpkin pie. White-skinned daddy, not the color of milk or snow, but light with pinks and tiny tans. And their two children, the beautiful colors of both. For an all-American family, full of joy, warmth, and love,this is the way it is for us this... |
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The Skin You Live In
Michael Tyler - Chicago Children's Museum
Format: Hardcover
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With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward... |
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Noodlephant (Noodlephant, 1)
Jacob Kramer - Enchanted Lion Books
Format: Hardcover
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"I love Noodlephant - brilliant & necessary, and the parable we need now." - Dave Eggers, Best-Selling Author, Editor, Publisher, and Co-Founder of 826 NationalFamous for her pasta parties, Noodlephant is shocked when the law-loving kangaroos decide noodles are only for them!... |
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Carrot and Pea: An Unlikely Friendship
Morag Hood - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Colin is tall. He's orange. He's a carrot! He's nothing like Lee, a round green pea. He can't do any of the things Lee and his pea pals can do. How can Colin and Lee ever be friends? A charming celebration of embracing differences and standing out in a crowd. |
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Something Good
Marcy Campbell - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This kind of thing won't be tolerated at our school, the principal declares the day the "bad-something" is discovered written on a wall. The incident makes the kids nervous, giggly, and curious at first, but then they're worried, confused, sad and angry. Everyone is suspicious.... |
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Mirror
Jeannie Baker - Candlewick; Bilingual edition
Format: Hardcover
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An innovative, two-in-one picture book follows a parallel day in the life of two families: one in a Western city and one in a North African village.Somewhere in Sydney, Australia, a boy and his family wake up, eat breakfast, and head out for a busy day of shopping. Meanwhile, in a small... |
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That Flag
Tameka Fryer Brown - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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An affecting picture book from Tameka Fryer Brown and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Nikkolas Smith (The 1619 Project: Born on the Water) that challenges the meaning behind the still-waving Confederate flag through the friendship of two young girls who live across the street... |
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Be who you are
Todd Parr - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In a brand-new companion to his beloved classic It's Okay to Be Different, New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr encourages kids to be proud of who they are inside. Be who you are!Be proud of where you're from.Be a different color. Speak your language.Wear everything you need to be you.... |
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
Cynthia Levinson - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference.Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard... |
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
Robert Coles - Scholastic
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Capturing the courage and faith of a little girl facing racism and hatred alone, the true story of Ruby Bridges reveals how she helped shape American history as the first African-American child sent to first grade in a white school. |
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The Other Side
Jacqueline Woodson - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together. With the addition of a brand-new... |
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Where Are You From?
Yamile Saied Méndez - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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This resonant picture book tells the story of one girl who constantly gets asked a simple question that doesn't have a simple answer. A great conversation starter in the home or classroom - a book to share, in the spirit of I Am Enough by Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo.When a girl is asked... |
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Let's Talk About Race
Julius Lester - Amistad; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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I am a story. So are you. So is everyone. Julius Lester says, "I write because our lives are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the same story. The differences are merely in the details." Now Mr. Lester shares his own story... |
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The Soccer Fence: A story of friendship, hope, and apartheid in South Africa
Phil Bildner - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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In a country struggling with acceptance, hope can come in many different forms. As a boy, Hector loved playing soccer in his small Johannesburg township. He dreamed of playing on a real pitch with the boys from another part of the city, but apartheid made that impossible. Then, in 1990,... |
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Goodnight Racism
Ibram X Kendi - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi (How to Be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby) returns with a new picture book that serves as a modern bedtime classic.As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows... |
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Why?: A Conversation about Race
Taye Diggs - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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A piercing picture book about racial injustice from a child's perspective from Taye Diggs and Shane Evans.. "Daddy?""Yes, my sweet boy.""Why are those people shouting?""Our people are shouting because we need to be heard. We need to be heard."Why?... |
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Let the Children March
Monica Clark-Robinson - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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I couldn't play on the same playground as the white kids. I couldn't go to their schools. I couldn't drink from their water fountains. There were so many things I couldn't do. In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered... |
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