The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison has started to release the 2017 publishing statistics on children’s books about people of color and first/native nations and by people of color and first/native nations. The CCBC’s tracking information doesn’t consider the quality of the titles but does indicate the […]
Why is the Monster Black in Islandborn?
Update: The editorial director at Dial (the publishing house for Islandborn) called the Teaching for Change office on February 6 to say that in response to the concerns surfaced in the article below, a new version of the first edition of the book is being printed. She noted that this decision was made to meet the goal of having a book […]
Dragons in a Bag Cover Reveal
The See What We See (SWWS) coalition is thrilled to introduce the cover for Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott. Random House will release Dragons in a Bag in October of 2018. It is a wonderful middle grade novel, the first in a series, that will leave you clamoring for the sequel. This is […]
Puerto Rican Children’s Literature for Social Justice: A Bibliography for Educators
By Marilisa Jimenez Garcia, Ph.D. Since this list debuted last year, Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico, and the island’s devastation, along with its gradual recovery, further exposed the erasure of Puerto Rico’s history as a U.S. colony and the laws and policies governing its people. Yet, this list has also generated excitement and […]
2017 Summer Reading List
For summer reading, Teaching for Change encourages young people to select multicultural and social justice books. Here are some recommendations of new (2016 and 2017) titles. For many more suggestions, see our full collection of recommended booklists and the We’re the People summer reading list. Early Elementary | Middle Grades | Young Adult EARLY ELEMENTARY Creekfinding: A True […]
Selecting and Rating Titles for Social Justice Books
How do we select titles for the book lists at Social Justice Books? How do writers assess the books they are reviewing? There is no one single article nor checklist that any of us can rely on. The Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books is a good start. However, there are many more articles about bias in children’s […]
