
Anti-Racism Resources for Children and Families
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Alfie: (The Turtle That Disappeared), written by Thyra Heder
All Are Welcome, written by Alexandra Penfold
All the Colors We are: The Story of how We Get Our Skin Color, written by Katie Kissinger
Alma and How She Got Her Name, written by Juana Martinez-Neal
AntiRacist Baby, written by Ibram X. Kendi
B Is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings, written by Melissa Munro Boyd
Colors of Us, written by Karen Katz
Dear Malala, We Stand with You, written by Rosemary A. McCarney
Dreamers, written by Yuyi Morales
Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, written by Laurie Ann Thompson
Firebird, written by Misty Copeland
Four Feet, Two Sandals, written by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
Hair Love, written by Matthew A. Cherry
I Am Enough, written by Grace Byers
I Believe I Can, written by Grace Byers
I Like Myself!, written by Karen Beaumon
Last Stop on Market Street written by Matt Dela Peña
Leila’s Lunchbox - A Ramadan Story, written by Reem Faruori
Let’s Talk About Race, written by Julius Lester
Lola at the Library, written by Anna McQuinn
Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans, written by Phil Bildner
Marwan's Journey, written by Patricia de Arias
Mommy’s Khimar, written by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
My Diary from Here to There, written by Amada Irma Pérez
Pelé King of Soccer/El rey del fútbol, written by Monica Brown
Ron’s Big Mission, written by Rose Blue
Same. Same but Different, written by Jennie Sue KOSTECKIN-Shaw
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World, written by Susan Hood
Shine!, written by Chris Grabenstein and J. J. Grabenstein
Speak Up, written by Miranda Paul
Strictly No Elephants, written by Lesa Mantchev
Sulwe, written by Lupita Nyong'o
That Is My Dream!, written by Langston Hughes
The Day You Begin, written by Jacqueline Woodson
The King of Kindergarten, written by Derrick Barnes
The Name Jar, written by Yangsook Choi
The Skin You Live In, written by Michael Tyler
The Undefeated, written by Kwame Alexander
Visiting Day, written by Jacqueline Woodson
We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street), written by Bobbi Kates
Who’s Knees are These?, written by Jabari Asim
Wings, written by Christopher Myers
Young Readers
145th Street Stories, written by Walter Dean Myers
A Phoenix, First Must Burn: Sixteen
Brave. Black. First., written by Cheryl Hudson
Brown Girl Dreaming, written by Jacqueline Woodson
Bud, Not Buddy, written by Christopher Paul Curtis
Dear Martin, written by Nic Stone
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, written by Andrea Pinkney
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, written by Trevor Noah
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, written by Bryan Stevenson
Let it Shine, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, written by Jason Reynolds
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X, written by Ilyasah Shabazz
My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope, written by Diane Guerrero and Erica Moroz
My Hair is a Garden, written by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Of Thee I Sing, A Letter to My Daughters, written by Barack Obama
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation, written by Duncan Tonatiuh
The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas
The Stars Beneath our Feet, written by David Barclay Moore
Young Water Protectors: A Story about Standing Rock, written by Aslan Tudor, Jason EagleSpeaker, and Kelly Tudo
Videos and other Resources for Parents and Children
https://www.pbs.org/parents/talking-about-racism PBS has a tremendous list of resources and videos for young children.
https://www.weareteachers.com/anti-racism-videos/?utm_content=1591732747&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1i2xWH7wS0wt6N-jyO0Or1pfpmgjpAudgCT_LDgKfWhpNjo4B2JAuOucs These videos assist us in explaining the difficult topic of racism to children.
https://d13b20c8-be4f-4f53-8fa8-e12dbb31f8d7.filesusr.com/ugd/e6152f_2443453e72fd4b76a73adfabc0c31039.pdf This is an extensive link compiled by St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, DC. Resources on equity, diversity, & Inclusion for young children through adults.