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We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, Carole Lindstrom's bold and lyrical picture book We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguarding the Earth's water from harm and corruption.Water is the first medicine.It affects and connects... |
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The Breaking News
SARAH LYNNE REUL - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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When devastating news rattles a young girl's community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers -- the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. She wants... |
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Don't Touch My Hair!
Sharee Miller - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining picture book that teaches the importance of asking for permission first as a young girl attempts to escape the curious hands that want to touch her hair. It seems that wherever Aria goes, someone wants to touch her hair. In the street, strangers reach for her fluffy curls;... |
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I Am Perfectly Designed
Karamo Brown - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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"With tenderness and wit, this story captures the magic of building strong childhood memories. The Browns and Syed celebrate the special bond between parent and child with joy and flair...Syed's bright, cartoon illustrations enrich the tale with a meaningful message of kindness and inclusion."... |
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Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
Beth Anderson - Calkins Creek
Format: Hardcover
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In 1854, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was unjustly denied entry to a New York City streetcar, sparking the beginnings of the long struggle to gain equal rights on public transportation.One hundred years before Rosa Parks... |
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Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness
ANASTASIA HIGGINBOTHAM - Dottir Press
Format: Hardcover
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Not My Idea, the latest in the critically-acclaimed Ordinary Terrible Things series, is a book about whiteness.A white child sees TV news coverage of a white police officer shooting a brown person whose hands were up. Upset, he asks his mother why; she deflects, assuring him that he is safe.... |
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On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice
Jillian Roberts - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice focuses on introducing children to the complex topic of prejudice. Crafted around a narrative between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book will help children shape their understanding of diversity so they are better... |
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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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Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano - Magination Press
Format: Hardcover
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Something Happened in Our Town describes a traumatic event - a police shooting - from the perspective of a White family and an African American family. This story models productive conversations around racial-ethnic socialization and social-emotional learning, and provides an excellent... |
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The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander - Versify
Format: Hardcover
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The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable... |
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What's the Difference?: Being Different Is Amazing
DOYIN RICHARDS - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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What's the difference if she has light skin and yours is a little darker? All that matters is the artwork you create together is as colorful as possible . . .As he did in I Wonder, Upworthy.com and Today Show parenting expert parenting guru Doyin Richards... |
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Digital books - Let's Talk About Race: Kids
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Yoga Baby
Amy Hovey - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Board book
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Can you roar like a lion? Flutter like a butterfly? Stand strong and tall like a mountain? Then you can do yoga! This exuberant rhyming board book celebrates the simple joy of yoga and the natural shapes that even the littlest yogis and yoginis can make with their bodies. Poses such as happy... |
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All Are Welcome
Alexandra Penfold - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding
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A warm, welcoming picture book that celebrates diversity and gives encouragement and support to all kids.Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yamulkes play side-by-side with friends... |
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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Carole Boston Weatherford - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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A 2016 Caldecott Honor BookA 2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor BookA 2016 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award WinnerStirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of equal voting rights."I am sick and tired of being... |
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AntiRacist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi - Kokila
Format: Board book
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From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist comes a fresh new board book that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves.Take your first steps with Antiracist Baby! Or rather, follow Antiracist... |
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Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
Irene Latham - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Library Binding
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How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to.Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, use this fictional setup to delve into different experiences of race in a relatable... |
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Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within.Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school.... |
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Hands Up!
Breanna J. McDaniel - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march.A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun,... |
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