Social Justice Books

Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

Cuba

Elementary / Middle School | High School | Adult Nonfiction

Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles. Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome. Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Bookshop (an indie bookstore platform) and / or Powells.com (an independent, unionized bookstore). A small percentage from book sales through these links goes to Teaching for Change.

Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).

Elementary / Middle School

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina
By Carmen Bernier-Grand
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
By Margarita Engle, Rafael Lopez (Illustrator)

Forest World*
By Margarita Engle
Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba
By Alma Flor Ada, Antonio Martorell (Illustrator), Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)

Singing with Elephants
By Margarita Engle

A Song of Frutas
By Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios (Illustrator)

Water Day
By Margarita Engle and Olivia Sua (Illustrator)
The Wild Book
By Margarita Engle

High School

Burnt Sugar: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish
By Lori Marie Carlson (Editor), Oscar Hijuelos (Editor)
Che Guevara Talks to Young People
By Ernesto Che Guevara
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
By Margarita Engle, Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)

Moving North: Caribbean Connections*
By Keith Warner, Catherine Sunshine

Adult Nonfiction

Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution
By Louis a. Jr. Perez
The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics
By Aviva Chomsky (Editor), Pamela Maria Smorkaloff (Editor), Barry Carr (Editor)

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