Read Alouds - Social Justice Books

Roving Readers is a signature activity of Teaching for Change’s nationally recognized Tellin’ Stories approach to family engagement that brings multicultural and anti-bias children’s literature into the classroom through parent-led read alouds. Roving Readers equips families to participate in literacy instruction in schools, giving parents and other adults the opportunity to use multicultural books and storytelling to engage students in reading and literacy activities.

Below are some of the perennial favorites of parents, students, and teachers at Tellin’ Stories partner schools that are fun for read alouds and promote multiculturalism and/or messages of social justice.

All The Colors We Are: The Story Of How We Get Our Skin Color*

By Katie Kissinger

By Mike Huber, Joseph Cowman (Illustrator)

By Jorge Argueta, Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator)

By Zetta Elliott

By Pat Mora, Rafael Lopez (Illustrator)

By Kevin Henkes

By Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator), Alberto Jimenez Rioja (Translator)

By Doreen Cronin

By Cynthia Weill, The Aguilar Sisters (Illustrator)

By Thomas King, Gary Clement (Illustrator)

By Margarita Engle, Rafael Lopez (Illustrator)

By Sandra Cisneros

By Phillip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator)

By Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)

By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

By Yuyi Morales

Love*

By Matt de la Pena, Loren Long (Illustrator)

Mommy's Khimar*

By Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Ebony Glenn (Illustrator)

By Langston Hughes, Charles R. Smith Jr (Illustrator)

By Lynn Reiser, Lynn Reiser (Illustrator)

By Leo Lionni, Teresa Mlawer (Translator)

By Kathryn Otoshi

By Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)

By Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

By Peggy Moss, Lea Lyon (Illustrator)

By Wynton Marsalis, Paul Rogers (Illustrator)

By Leo Lionni

By Margaret H. Mason, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

By Shane W. Evans, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)

By Robert Skutch, Laura Nienhaus (Illustrator)

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