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Diversity - books to help explain Racism and Protest to your kids
Stories and literature to help get the conversation going.
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Racism and intolerance / written by Louise Spilsbury ; illustrations, Hanane Kai.
Spilsbury, Louise, author. | Book
How to make a better world / written by Keilly Swift ; illustrated by Rhys Jefferys ; foreword by Jamie Margolin.
Swift, Keilly, author. | Book
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? / by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Jake Murray.
Smith, Sherri L., author. | Book
Viola Desmond : a hero for us all / by Sarah Howden ; pictures by Nick Craine.
Howden, Sarah, author. | Book
An unusual thrill on Parliament Hill : the responsibility to respect the rights of others / written Dustin Milligan ; illustrated by Meredith Luce.
Milligan, Dustin, 1984- author. | Book
Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis | Book
Respecting diversity / written by Anastasia Suen ; content consultant Taylor K. Barton, LPC School Counselor.
Suen, Anastasia, author. | Book
Resist : 35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice / Veronica Chambers ; illustrated by Paul Ryding.
Chambers, Veronica, author. | Book
Peace, love, action! : everyday acts of goodness from A to Z / Tanya Zabinski ; foreword by Ani DiFranco.
Zabinski, Tanya, 1963- author. | Book
Our rights : how kids are changing the world / written and illustrated by Janet Wilson.
Wilson, Janet, 1952- | Book
Not 'til tomorrow, Phoebe / written by Julie Zwillich ; illustrated by Denise Holmes.
Zwillich, Julie, author. | Book
Meet Viola Desmond / Elizabeth MacLeod ; illustrated by Mike Deas.
MacLeod, Elizabeth, author. | Book
Maya Angelou / written by Danielle Jawando ; illustrated by Noa Snir.
Jawando, Danielle, author. | Book
Martin rising : requiem for a King / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author. | Book
Martin Luther King, Jr. / text by Clémentine V. Baron ; translation, Catherine Nolan ; Illustrations, Bruno Wennagel [et.al].
Baron, Clémentine V., author. | Book
Martin Luther King Jr. / Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
Calkhoven, Laurie, author. | Book
Marley Dias gets it done : and so can you! / by Marley Dias, with Siobhan McGowan.
Dias, Marley (Marley Emerson), author. | Book
March / [written by] John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ; [art by] Nate Powell.
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, author. | Book
Little courthouse on the prairie : the right to play and be free / written by Dustin Milligan ; illustrated by Meredith Luce.
Milligan, Dustin, 1984- author. | Book
Lifting as we climb : black women's battle for the ballot box / Evette Dionne.
Dionne, Evette, author. | Book
Last stop on Market Street / words by Matt de la Peña ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
de la Peña, Matt. author. | Book
Land of the free : the kids' book of freedom / Anders Hanson, Consulting Editor, Diane Craig, M.A., Reading Specialist.
Hanson, Anders, 1980- author. | Book
Kid activists : true tales of childhood from champions of change / stories by Robin Stevenson ; illustrations by Allison Steinfeld.
Stevenson, Robin, 1968- author. | Book
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Grace Norwich ; illustrated by Elisabeth Alba.
Norwich, Grace. | Book
Happy birthday, Martin Luther King / by Jean Marzollo ; illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney.
Marzollo, Jean | Book
Hair love : a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere / Matthew A. Cherry ; illustrated by Vashti Harrison.
Cherry, Matthew A, author. | Book
Grandad Mandela / Zindzi, Zazi & Ziwelene Mandela ; illustrator, Sean Qualls.
Mandela, Zindzi, 1960- author. | Book
Be a king : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and you / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by James E. Ransome.
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author. | Book
All are welcome / Alexandra Penfold ; [illustrated by] Suzanne Kaufman.
Penfold, Alexandra, author. | Book
