A list of 36 children’s and young adults’ books to keep the conversation going on racism and discrimination compiled by writer Sophia Montalban. If you are looking to purchase a book, here is a list of 8 Black-owned independent bookstores you can support.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work by Tiffany Jewell
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford
All American Boys by Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and The Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford
Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renee Watson
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History by Walter Dean Myers
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
STORY SOPHIA MONTALBAN
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