Titles that we recommend are featured below. The ones with reviews are noted with an asterisk (*). Some titles are recommended with a caveat.
Also see these related booklists: Environment / Climate Justice, Food and Water Justice, and Healthcare
Fatima’s Great Outdoors*
By Ambreen Tariq and Stevie Lewis (Illustrator)
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration
By Cynthia Harmony and Devon Holzwarth (Illustrator)
Mnoomin Maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin
By Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Illustrator)
Rise Up and Write It: With Real Mail, Posters, and More!
By Nandini Ahuja and Anoosha Syed (Illustrator)
Stand Like A Cedar
By Nicola I. Campbell and Carrielynn Victor (Illustrator)
Still This Love Goes On *
By Buffy Sainte-Marie and Julie Flett (Illustrator)
Tanna's Owl
By Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, and Yong Ling Kang (Illustrator)
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
By Cathy Camper and Kenard Pak (Illustrator)
Spanish edition available: Diez maneras de escuchar la nieve
A Walk in the Woods
By Nikki Grimes, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), and Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Where Wonder Grows
By Xelena Gonzalez
Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia y el huracán: A Story of Puerto Rico / Un cuento de Puerto Rico *
By Leslea Newman, Elizabeth Erazo Baez (Illustrator), and Georgina Lazaro (Translator)
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
By Janice N. Harrington and Theodore Taylor (Illustrator)
The First Blade of Sweetgrass
By Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey, and Nancy Baker (Illustrator)
The Lion Queen: Rasila Vadher, the First Woman Guardian of the Last Asiatic Lions
By Rina Singh and Tara Anand (Illustrator)
Mothers of Xsan series
By Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)
We Dream Medicine Dreams
By Lisa Boivin
Saving Sunshine *
By Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan (Illustrator)
Wild Dreamers
By Margarita Engle
Where Have All the Birds Gone? Nature in Crisis
By Rebecca E. Hirsch
Learn about our criteria for selecting titles at Social Justice Books. Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome.
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