Social Justice Books

The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

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Elementary | Middle School | High School

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 Powells, an independent, union labor bookstore. Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).

Elementary

The Amazing Erik
By Mike Huber, Joseph Cowman (Illustrator)

 

Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
By Sally J. Pla
Be Quiet Marina!
By Kirsten de Bear, Laura Dwight (Photographer)

 

The Black Book of Colors
By Menena Cottin, Rosana Faria (Illustrator), Elisa Amado (Translator)

 

Different AbilitiesKeep Your Ear on the Ball
By Genevieve Petrillo, Lea Lyon (Illustrator)

 

Mama Zooms
By Jane Cowen-Fletcher

 

My Brother Charlie
By Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, Denene Millner

 

Ray Charles
By Sharon Bell Mathis
Singin' with Momma Lou
By Linda Jacobs Altman, Larry Johnson

 

We Can Do It!
By Laura Dwight
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
By Mem Fox, Julie Vivas (Illustrator)

Middle Grades

As Brave As You
By Jason Reynolds
El Deafo
By Cece Bell

 

Nelson Beats the Odds
By MR Ronnie Sidney II, Traci Van Wagoner (Illustrator), Kurt Keller (Designed by)

Tangerine
By Edward Bloor

Young Adult

Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability
By Sheila Black (Editor), Jennifer Bartlett (Editor), Michael Northen (Editor)

Crazy*
By Amy Reed

Dead Girls Society*
By Michelle Krys

Love from A to Z
By S. K. Ali

Queens of Geek*
By Jen Wilde

A Time to Dance *
By Padma Venkatraman

When We Collided*
By Emery Lord

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