Reviews by Source - Social Justice Books

Acornmush

Mary and the Trail of Tears by Andrea L. Rogers

Africa Access

Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger
Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight, Mark Melnicove
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Bottle Tops by Alison Goldberg
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Crossing the Stream by Elizabeth Irene-Baitie
Door of No Return, The by Kwame Alexander
Egyptian Lullaby by Zeena M. Pliska
Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson
Fly High, Lolo by Niki Daly
Gbagba by Robtel Neajai Pailey
Grandpa Cacao by Elizabeth Zunon
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
Hope Springs by Eric Walters
Jahohora by Mari Serebrov
King Shaka by Luke W. Molver
Mirage by Somaiya Daud
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson
Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker
Nile Crossing by Katy Beebe
Noko and the Kool Kats by Fiona Moodie
One Shadow on the Wall by Leah Henderson
Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide
Passion for Elephants, A by Toni Buzzeo
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Shaka Rising by Luke W. Molver
Solo by Kwame Alexander
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
Arabic Quilt, The by Aya Khalil
Best Beekeeper of Lalibela, The by Cristina Kessler
Bitter Side of Sweet, The by Tara Sullivan
Boy who Harnessed the Wind, The by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye, The by Manu Herbstein
Night Before Eid, The by Aya Khalil
Tortoise and the Princess, The by Oke, Ikeogu
World Beneath, The by Janice Warman
Too Small Tola by Atinuke
Walking for Water by Susan Hughes
Walking Home by Eric Walters
Wangari Maathai by Franck Prévot
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
We Kiss Them with Rain by Futhi Ntshingila
When I Get Older by K'Naan
When Morning Comes by Arushi Raina
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonOmar Mohamed

African American Lit Book Club

Johnny's Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema
Round & Round Together by Amy Nathan

American Indians in Children's Literature

Mittens and Mukluks! Winter in Alaska by Joni Spiess
Day with Yayah, A by Nicola I. Campbell
Girl Called Echo, A by Katherena Vermette
Letter for Bob, A by Kim Rogers
Ajijaak - Crane by Cecelia LaPointe
Apple by Eric Gansworth
Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley
At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Behind Every Rug by Daniel W. Vandever
Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged by Zetta Elliott
Biindigen! Amik Says Welcome by Nancy Cooper
Birdsong by Julie Flett
Boozhoo: Come Play With Us by Fond du Lac Headstart
Charles Albert Bender by Kade Ferris
Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting
Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers
Contenders by Traci Sorell
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older
Deb Haaland by Matthew J. Martinez, Jill Doerfler
Dragonfly Kites by Tomson Highway
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Dreaming in Indian by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
Ella Cara Deloria by Diane Wilson
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
I Am Birch by Scott Kelley
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis, Kathy Kacer
I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
I See Me by Margaret Manuel
I'm Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas
In My Anaana's Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words by Melanie Florence
Kiska by John Smelcer
Kiss by Kiss / Ocêtôwina by Richard Van Camp
Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life by Shelley Tougas
Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! by Art Coulson
Mission to Space by John Bennett Herrington
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection - Volume 2 by Hope
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
DK Super Readers Level 4 Navajo Code Talkers by Danielle C. Burbank
Nibi Is Water by Joanne Robertson
Nipehon / I Wait by Caitlin Nicholson
Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale
On the Trapline by David A. Robertson
Peggy Flanagan by Jessica Engelking
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Remember by Joy Harjo
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
Rock and Roll Highway by Sebastian Robertson
Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck
Saltypie by Tim Tingle
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
She Sang Promise by Jan Godown Annino
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Spílexm by Nicola I. Campbell
Spotted Tail by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition) by Marcie Rendon
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow
Thanku by Miranda Paul
Blue Raven, The by Richard Van Camp
Case of the Burgled Bundle: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery: Book 3, The by Michael Hutchinson
Diné Reader, The by Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Connie A. Jacobs
Fire, The by Thomas Peacock
Frog Mother, The by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson
Great Bear, The by David A. Robertson
Grizzly Mother, The by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson
Marrow Thieves, The by Cherie Dimaline
Medicine Wheel, The by Teddy Anderson
Miseducation of Cameron Post, The by Emily M. Danforth
People Shall Continue, The by Simon J. Ortiz
Quest for Z, The by Greg Pizzoli
Range Eternal, The by Louise Erdrich
Sea in Winter, The by Christine Day
Secret Project, The by Jonah Winter
This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild
This Land by Ashley Fairbanks
Urban Tribes by Lisa Charleyboy
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
We Are a Garden by Lisa Westberg Peters
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
We Still Belong by Christine Day
What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses? by Richard Van Camp
When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-FentonMargaret Pokiak-Fenton
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry by Joy Harjo
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast by Andrea L. Rogers
When We Were Alone by David Robertson
Wings of an Eagle by Billy Mills, Donna Janell Bowman
Wolf Mark by Joseph Bruchac
Young Water Protectors by Aslan Tudor, Kelly Tudor
Zoe and the Fawn by Catherine Jameson

Bank Street College of Education

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

Book Dragon

Mali Under the Night Sky by Youme Landowne

Booktoss

Stonewall by Rob Sanders
Best We Could Do, The by Thi Bui

Broad Street Review

Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Brown Girl Bookshelf

If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar

Children's Literature in Education

Drama: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier

Climate Lit

Bigger Picture, A by Vanessa Nakate
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

Cooperative Children's Book Center

Morning with Grandpa, A by Sylvia Liu
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
Baby's First Words by Stella Blackstone, Sunny Scribens
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Flying Lessons & Other Stories by Ellen Oh
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, The by Pablo Cartaya
Harlem Charade, The by Natasha Tarpley

Cotton Quilts

Werewolf Named Oliver James, A by Nicholas John Frith
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Just Jerry by Jerry Pinkney
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Man Up! by Riley Campbell, London Jones, Shirelle Hurt
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
So Done by Paula Chase
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
Bridge Home, The by Padma Venkatraman
Compassionate Warrior, The by Elsa Marston
Great Wall of Lucy Wu, The by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Jumbies, The by Tracey Baptiste
Whole Story of Half a Girl, The by Veera Hiranandani
Troublemaker by John Cho
We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson, Tonya Bolden

De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children

Movie in My Pillow, A by Jorge Argueta
Mystery Bigger Than Big / Un Misterio Mas Grande Que Grandisimo: A Mickey Rangel Mystery / Coleccion Mickey Rangel, Detective Privado, A by René Saldaña Jr.
Thunderous Whisper, A by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
ABC El Salvador by Holly Ayala, Elizabeth Gómez
Alfredito Flies Home by Jorge Argueta
All Around Us by Xelena Gonzalez
Best Mariachi in the World by J. D. Smith
Call Me Tree by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera
Caravan to the North by Jorge Argueta
César by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Counting Kindness by Hollis Kurman
Dos Conejos Blancos by Jairo Buitrago
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo
Joelito's Big Decision by Ann Berlak
Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegrino
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales
Little Skeletons/ Esqueletitos by Susan Jaramillo
Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
Marti's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
My Shoes and I by René Colato Laínez
My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver
On the Other Side of the Garden by Jairo Buitrago, Elisa Amado
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Pig Park by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
Rudas: Nino's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales
Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García
Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta
Girl from Chimel, The by Rigoberta Menchú
Honey Jar, The by Rigoberta Menchú
Secret Legacy, The by Rigoberta Menchú
Woman Who Outshone the Sun, The by Alejandro Cruz Martinez
They Call Me Güero by David Bowles
Train called Hope by Mario Bencastro
Uninterrupted View of the Sky, An by Melanie Crowder
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults by Susan Kuklin
Wounded Falcons by Jairo Buitrago
Yo Soy Muslim by Mark Gonzales

Disabilities in Kid Lit

Boy Called Bat, A by Elana K. Arnold
Time to Dance, A by Padma Venkatraman
Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

disruptivenarratives

Rocket Says Speak Up! by Nathan Bryon

Diverse Books.org

Assignment, The by Liza Wiemer

Electric Lit

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Games for Young Minds

Sometimes We Do by Omowale Moses

Grace Lin Blog

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

Graphic Novel Resources

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Hijabi Librarians

Amira's Picture Day by Reem Faruqi
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets by Hena Khan
Hannah and the Ramadan Gift by Qasim Rashid
Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
More to the Story by Hena Khan
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan
Proudest Blue, The by Ibtihaj Muhammad
We're in This Together by Linda Sarsour

Horn Book

My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

Huffington Post

Tattooed Soldier, The by Héctor Tobar

I Dream Library

Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond, The by Rachel Kehoe

Independent

10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
Path of Stars, A by Anne Sibley O'Brien
A-to-Z: The Real DC by Reach Incorporated
Abigail the Whale by Davide Cali
Ada's Violin by Susan Hood
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend by Calvin A. Ramsey, Bettye Stroud
Different Differenter by Jyoti Gupta
Down To Earth by Nikki Tate
Dream Builder by Kelly Starling Lyons
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Home at Last by Vera B. Williams
It Jes' Happened by Don Tate
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva
Lift as You Climb by Patricia Hruby Powell
Mama The Alien/Mama la Extraterrestre by René Colato Laínez
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt
Mississippi Morning by Ruth Vander Zee
Music of What Happens, The by Bill Konigsberg
My Shadow Is Purple by Scott Stuart
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady
Olita and Manyula by Jorge Argueta
Queer History of the United States for Young People, A by Michael Bronski
Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Satchel Paige by James Sturm
Big Bed, The by Bunmi Laditan
Gravedigger's Archaeology, The by William Archila
Radius of Us, The by Marie Marquardt
When Rosa Parks Went Fishing by Rachel Ruiz
Where's Rodney? by Carmen Bogan

Indigo's Bookshelf: Voices of Native Youth

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

International Examiner

Journey for Justice by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Gayle Romasanta

Islamic School Librarian

Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu
Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Kirkus Reviews

Our Celebracin!: La Celebracion! by Susan Middleton Elya
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Creekfinding by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman
Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson
Old Man, The by Sarah V

Lambda Literary

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Latinx in Kid Lit

Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle by Hilda Eunice Burgos
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Caminar by Skila Brown
Dalia's Wondrous Hair (El Cabello Maravilloso de Dalia) [eBook - NC Kids Digital Library] by Laura Lacámara
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle
Gabi, fragmentos de una adolescente by Isabel Quintero
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes
Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
Love by Matt de la Peña
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Davila
Bosque de Don Margarito by Andy Carter
Max Loves Muñecas! by Zetta Elliott
Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera by Jorge Argueta
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh
Pelo Bueno by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Photographic by Isabel Quintero
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Por ahí viene el huracán: Una aventura de Isa y Mau by Laura Rexach Olivencia
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
Shame the Stars by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Side by Side/Lado a lado by Monica Brown
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Las Mañanitas/the Birthday Book by Susie Jaramillo
First Rule of Punk, The by Celia C. Pérez
Lost Dreamer, The by Lizz Huerta
Only Road, The by Alexandra Diaz
Poet X, The by Elizabeth Acevedo
Smoking Mirror, The by David A. Bowles
Year We Learned to Fly, The by Jacqueline Woodson
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey Del Mambo by
Under the Royal Palms by Alma Flor Ada
Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth by Jeff Anderson

Notes from an Islamic School Librarian

Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye

NPR

Calvin by Vanessa Ford, JR Ford
My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom
Un día de nieve by Ezra Jack Keats

Pirate Tree

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Code Name: Butterfly by Ahlam Bsharat
Forest World by Margarita Engle
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi
My Night in the Planetarium by Innosanto Nagara
One Last Word by Nikki Grimes
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Rooster Joe and the Bully / Gallo Joe Y El Abuson by Xavier Garza
Door at the Crossroads, The by Zetta Elliott
Hate U Give, The by Angie Thomas
Knife and the Butterfly, The by Ashley Hope Pérez
Yummy by Greg Neri

Poets & Writers

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Reading Is Resistance

Day With No Words, A by Tiffany Hammond
Alma y Cómo Obtuvo Su Nombre / Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Areli Is a Dreamer by Areli Morales
Black, White, Just Right! by Marguerite W. Davol
Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers
Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild
My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons
Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin
GREAT BANNED BOOKS BAKE SALE by Aya Khalil
Rainbow Parade, The by Emily Neilson
World Needs More Purple Schools, The by Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
Viva's Voice by Raquel Donoso
We Are Gems: Healing from Anti-Asian Microaggressions Through Self-love & Solidarity by Ko Kim
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan

Reading While White

Different Pond, A by Bao Phi
Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White, Laura Atkins
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
First Snow by Bomi Park
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan
Marisol McDonald and the Monster by Monica Brown
Salsa by Jorge Argueta
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp

Rethinking Schools

Child's View from Gaza, A by Middle East Children's Alliance
All the Colors We are by Katie Kissinger
Baghdad Burning by Riverbend
Ballad of an American by Sharon Rudahl
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson
Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
Black Lives Matter at School by Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami
Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens
Celebrate People's History! by Josh MacPhee
Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden
Evicted! by Alice Faye Duncan
Fannie Never Flinched by Mary Cronk Farrell
Finding Melody Sullivan by Alice Rothchild
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur by Rene Lainez
Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle
Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester Murad
Jazz Owls by Margarita Engle
Keepunumuk by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis Bunten
Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty
Lessons in Liberation by Collective the Education for Liberation
Milo's Museum by Zetta Elliott
Missing Daddy by Mariame Kaba
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle
No Voice Too Small by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradley
One by Kathryn Otoshi
One by Kathryn Otoshi
Portraits of Racial Justice by Robert Shetterly
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey
See You Soon by Mariame Kaba
Sing a Song by Kelly Starling Lyons
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown
Coquíes Still Sing, The by Karina Nicole González
Day You Begin, The by Jacqueline Woodson
Great Kapok Tree, The by Lynne Cherry
Great Migration, The by Eloise Greenfield
Women Who Caught the Babies, The by Eloise Greenfield
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
William Still and His Freedom Stories by Don Tate

ReVista - Harvard Review of Latin America

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Rich in Color

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler
Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

School Library Journal

Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice by Anna Lapera
They, She, He, Me by Maya Christina Gonzalez, Matthew Sg
Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp

Shelf Awareness

Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Debbie Reese, Jean Mendoza
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

Social Education

Call Me Miss Hamilton by Carole Boston Weatherford

Teaching for Change

13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance by Melissa Cardoza
42 Is Not Just a Number by Doreen Rappaport
Roof!, A by Stephanie Ellen Sy
President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern
A-Train Allen by Lesley Younge
Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Castaeda
Alicia and the Hurricane by Lesléa Newman
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel
Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth
Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom by Katie Kissinger
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins
Black was the Ink by Michelle Coles
Borderless by Jennifer De Leon
Boys Dance! (American Ballet Theatre) by John Robert Allman
Bravo Anjali! by Sheetal Sheth
Breonna Marches Through Time by Shatyia Givens, Geralyn Hooks
Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton
Choosing Brave by Angela Joy
Destiny's Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Eleven Words for Love by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons
Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss by Azam Mahdavi
Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq
For All by Alejandra Domenzain
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Freedom Bird by Jerdine Nolen
Grace for President by Kelly S. DiPucchio
Grandpa Stops a War by Susan Robeson
Greta and the Giants by Zoë Tucker
Greta Thunberg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel
Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin
Jasmín Pictures Home / Jasmín ilustra su hogar by Andy Pina, Antonia Marisol Garcia, Pedro Reyes, Yunior Jose Garcia
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Kent State by Derf Backderf
Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins
Listen by Shannon Stocker
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Lovable Lyle by Bernard Waber
Mamas Just Like You! by Sinnah Bangura, Marilyn Ramirez, Chae Eun Jung
Margarito's Forest English-K'Iche by Andy Carter
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff
Me and Ms. Too by Laura Ruby
Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Graphic Novel) by Justin A. Reynolds
My Brother Is Away by Sara Greenwood
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson
Birthday Cake for George Washington, A by Ramin Ganeshram
One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World's Oldest University by M. O. Yuksel
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas
Out of Breath: Kendra's Big Secret by Destiney Mayhew, Aderemi Abosede, Kairon Cunningham
Painting for Peace in Ferguson by Carol Swartout Klein
Pockets of Love by Yamile Saied Méndez
Poisoned Water by Candy J Cooper, Marc Aronson
President Donald Trump by Joanne Mattern
Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala by Meenal Patel
Pura's Cuentos by Annette Bay Pimentel
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan
Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser
Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi
Sebastian's Apartment Family by Sholachauntel Shoda, Tayla Brawner, Sarah Ivey
She/He/They/Me by Robyn Ryle
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Sleeping with the Light On by David Unger
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? by Chitra Soundar
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman
Speculation by Nisi Shawl
Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers
Stacey Abrams by Sarah Warren
Stay Solid! by Matt Hern
Stayed On Freedom by Dan Berger
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs
Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame by Supriya Kelkar
Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Take a Seat -- Make a Stand: A Hero in the Family by Amy Nathan
Taking Down Ms. Moody by Rochelle Jones, Destiney Mayhew, Naseem Roach
Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons
Teddy Roosevelt by Sharon Gayle
That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown
Cat Man of Aleppo, The by Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha
Deep Past of Haiti, The by Jubilee School's 2013 fifth and sixth grade class
Disturbed Girl's Dictionary, The by NoNieqa Ramos
Hoodie Hero, The by Ashley Cooper, Daequan Golden, Rico McCard
Doctorcito by Juan J. Guerra
Mangrove Tree, The by Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth
Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, The by Maya MacGregor
Moon Within, The by Aida Salazar
Notebook Keeper, The by Stephen Briseño
Other Boy, The by M. G. Hennessey
Princess of Fort Hill Shelter, The by Karta Morris, Darne’sha Walker, Zorita Workman
Sky Painter, The by Margarita Engle
Espíritu Del Parque Chicano by Beatrice Zamora
Story of Juneteenth, The by Dorena Williamson
Teachers March!, The by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace
Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs, The by Chana Stiefel
Umbrella, The by Jan Brett
Voting Booth, The by Brandy Colbert
World Needs More Purple People, The by Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart
There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables by Kyle Lukoff
This Is My America by Kim Johnson
This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
Tíos and Primos by Jacqueline Alcántara
Troublemaker by John Cho
Troublemaker for Justice by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, Michael G. Long
Vicki and a Summer of Change! ¡Vicki Y Un Verano de Cambio! by Raquel M. Ortiz, Iris Morales
Violet the Snowgirl by Lisa L. Walsh
Watch Me by Doyin Richards
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
We Care: A First Conversation About Justice by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli
We Care: A First Conversation About Justice by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli
We March by Shane W. Evans
What If... by Samantha Berger
When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Qureshi
When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill
Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca
Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli
You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams
Zain's Super Friday by Hena Khan
Zion Learns to See by Terence Lester, Zion Lester

Teaching Latin America Through Literature

Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat

Teach Pluralism

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan

The Brown Bookshelf

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson

The Circle

Brave, The by James Bird

The Latinx Project

Side by Side by Marilisa Jiménez García

This Week in Palestine

Sitti's Bird by Malak Mattar

We Should All Be Book Worms

Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Round House, The by Louise Erdrich

Zetta Elliott

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Furqan's First Flat Top by Robert Liu-Trujillo
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Zinn Education Project

Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson
Cause by Tonya Bolden
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet
Julian Bond's Time to Teach by Julian Bond
Master George's People by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito
Risking Everything by Michael Edmonds
Silver People by Margarita Engle
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, The by Jeanne Theoharis, Brandy Colbert
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People), The by Jeanne Theoharis