Food and Water Justice - Social Justice Books

Elementary | Middle School | High School / Adult

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(*).

Also see these related booklists:

Environment / Climate Justice
Healthcare
Nature

Elementary

Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Eric Larkin

By Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul

By Nandini Ahuja and Anoosha Syed (Illustrator)

By Diane O'Neill and Brizida Magro (Illustrator)

The Water Walker*

By Joanne Robertson

Protectors *

By Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrator)

Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock *

By Aslan Tudor and Kelly Tudor

Middle School

By Claudia Davila

By Michael Pollan

Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation *

By Candy J. Cooper with Marc Aronson

By Nancy F. Castaldo

High School / Adult

By Vandana Shiva

By Bobby J. Smith II

By Michael Pollan

By Vandana Shiva

By Vandana Shiva

By Vandana Shiva

By Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

By Frances Moore Lappe, Peter Rosset, Luis Esparza

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