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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(*).
The Story of the Blue Planet
By Andri Snaer Magnason, Aslaug Jonsdottir (Illustrator)
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Million Trees
By Franck Pravot
Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet
By Harriet Rohmer, Julie McLaughlin (Illustrator)
Coal Mountain Elementary
By Mark Nowak, Ian Teh (Photographer)
Cowed: The Hidden Impact of 93 Million Cows on America's Health, Economy, Politics, Culture, and Environment
By Denis Hayes, Gail Boyer Hayes
Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
By Vandana Shiva
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology
By Melissa Tuckey (Editor), Camille Dungy (Foreword by)
Mean Spirit
By Linda Hogan
A People's Curriculum for the Earth Teaching about the Environmental Crisis
By Bill Bigelow (Editor), Tim Swinehart (Editor)