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Jun 12, 2020 · 1. AntiRacist Baby, by Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky. AntiRacist Baby is a picture book that encourages all parents to uproot racism in their families. As DL Mullen,...
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Someone New by Anne Sibley O’Brien
This followup to I’m New Here features the same characters but tell the story from a different perspective. In I’m New Here, we heard from Jin, Fatimah, and Maria what it was alike to adjust to a new school in the United States. In Someone New, we watch Jesse, Jason, and Emma’s figure out how to welcome their new classmates despite barriers of language, and at times, their own prejudice. (Recommended for ages 3 – 6. White author. )
Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
There are so many good children’s books about race and hair. I chose this one because it has an important message for Black children who are proud of their hair, and for non-Black children who need to learn not to objectify their friends and classmates. Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair that “grows up toward the sun like a flower.” Other people love her hair too, but in a way that doesn’t always make her feel good. They keep trying to touch her hair without permission. She imagines all the...
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi.
One of the most important lessons we can teach young children about bias and racism is the importance of honoring each other’s names and speaking them correctly. Unhei is preparing for her first day of school. It was only a short while ago that she and her parents said goodbye to her grandmother in Korea. At the airport, her grandmother gave Unhei a special gift: a little block of wood that she soon learns is a name stamp. But when Unhei tells the kids on the school bus her name, some of them...
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel and Shane W. Evans
When race conscious adults hear the phrase “hands up,” we likely also think of the words “don’t shoot,” chanted at so many Black Lives Matter rallies. Author Breanna McDaniel thinks of how “hands up” signals activism, but also many daily activities in a young Black girl’s life. When she plays peek-a-boo, when she stretches up to the kitchen sink, and when she begs her siblings to choose her for a game, her hands go up. The final scene of the book shows her declaring “hands up!” at a rally, wh...
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell.
Tiffany Jewell is one of my go-to experts for learning about systemic racism and sharing those learnings with children and teens. This unique young adult book is a blend of memoir, history, and sociology that provides a comprehensive look at how racism impacts Black and Brown students in subtle and overt ways. Jewell thoughtfully reflects on her lifetime of education, beginning with early elementary experiences of having some limited privilege because Jewell has light skin and her mother is W...
When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson. Illustrated by Julie Flett.
There are several children’s books about race that address the tragic legacy of Indigenous boarding schools. This one is the best story I’ve found for very young readers. As a young Cree girl spends the day with her Nókom (grandmother), she has many questions about why Nókom does the things she does. Why does she dress so colorfully? Nókom tells her that when she was a girl and was sent to a school far away from home, they had to wear dark clothes. But sometimes, when the children were alone,...
The Awesome Kids Guide to Race by Shayla Reese Griffin. Illustrated by Christina O.
The Awesome Kids Guide to Race breaks down complex concepts about race, racism, and antiracist activism to give children an accessible, truthful, and hopeful perspective. Kids of all racial and ethnic backgrounds will find examples of their ethnic ancestors and modern day activists represented, along with practical ideas about how children can challenge racism and build respectful relationships across racial lines. I especially like the “checklist for awesome antiracist kids” provided at the...
The Wedding Portrait by Innosanto Nagara.
Usually, Innosanto Nagara explains, we need to follow the rules. But sometimes, when we see something wrong, we realize that breaking the rules could help stop the harm that’s happening to people. In order to explain what’s happening in the wedding portrait that hangs in his living room, Nagara first tells stories about when people broke the rules to protest injustice. We meet Claudette Colvin, a teenager who tried to desegregate buses before Rosa Parks took her stand. Readers learn how the p...
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Jun 11, 2020 · Candra Flanagan and Anna Forgerson Hindley, National Museum of African American History and Culture. June 11, 2020. A concrete and powerful way to talk to children about race is activating...
- Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad.
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation: Almost 10 years before Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California.
- When We Were Alone: When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long braided hair and beautifully colored clothing?
- The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist: Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963.
- Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky. You may recognize Kendi’s name from adult books like How to Be An Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning.
- The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, and Haten Aly. Faizah is going to school with a new backpack and light-up shoes.
- When We Were Alone by David A. Robinson and Julie Flett. A young girl begins to notice things about her grandmother while helping her tend her garden. When she asks about them, her grandmother tells her about when she lived in a residential school and all of the things that identified her with her Indigenous culture were taken away.
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina and 13 Artists. Medina’s tanka poems about Black boys in everyday life—catching a bus, dressed in their Sunday best, and much more—provide a breathtaking counterpoint to the stereotypes about Black boys and men often found in media.
Sep 23, 2016 · Here is my own list of some great kids books with diverse characters – some classics and personal favorites, some new titles generating excitement. (This list first appeared in the...
We first show how race and gender have been taught to children via these books’ images and text, and how this has changed over time. Our findings reveal some enduring patterns and others...
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