Thinking and Learning about Civil Rights & DEAI with Picture Books

The books are listed in the order that they appear on the handout.

a kids book about white privilege, written by Ben Sands

I Am Ruby Bridges, written by Ruby Bridges, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith

kimotinâniwiw itwêwina/Stolen Words, written by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard (Plain Cree/English edition)

All the Way Up to the Top, words by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali,
forward by Jennifer Kellan-Chaffins

Separate is Never Equal, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration, written by Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Lauren Tamaki

Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez, written by Larry Dane Brimner, illustrated by Maya Gonzalez

I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present, written by Cerrie Burnell, illustrated by Lauren Mark Baldo

Segregation Story, author and photographer, Gordon Parks, editor, PeterW. Kunhardt Jr., editor, Michal Raz-Russo, contributor, Dawoud Bey, contributor, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Ispík kákí péyakoyak/When We Were Alone, written by David A. Robertson, illustrated by, Julie Flett (Swampy Cree/English edition)

Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges, written by Ruby Bridges, illustrated by Margo Lundell

A kids book about racism, written by Jelani Memory

Rosa, written by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier

A Scarf for Keiko, written by Ann Malaspina, illustrated by Merrilee Liddiard

An American Story, written by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dare Coulter

Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States, compiled by warren Binford for Project Amplify, forward by Michael Garcia Bochenek

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race, written by Megan Madison and Jessica Rallie, illustrated by Isabel Roxas.

Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community, written by Susan Verde, illustrated by John Parra

The Circles All Around Us, written and illustrated by Brad Montague, illustrated by Kristi Montague

We Move Together, written by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire, illustrated by Eduardo Trejos

Mixed: A Colorful Story, written and illustrated by Arree Chung

My People, written by Langston Hughes, photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.

An ABC of Equality, written by Chana Ginelle Ewing, illustrated by Paulina Morgan

We March, written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, written by Sonia Sotomayor and illustrated by Rafael López

The Great Realization, written by Tomos Roberts and illustrated Nomoco

Skin Again, written by bell hooks and illustrated by Chris Raschka

The Day Saida Arrived, written by Susana Gómez Redondo, illustrated by Sonja Wimmer, and Lawrence Schimel, translator

Intersection Allies: We make Room for All, written by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi, illustrated by Ashely Seil Smith

This Is the Dream, written by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander, illustrated by James Ransome

Sometimes People March, written and illustrated by Tessa Allen

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World, written by Susan Hood and illustrated by, Sophie Blackall, Emily Winfield Martin, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, LeUyen Pham, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Lisa Brown, Selina Alko, Hadley Hooper, Isabel Roxas, Erin Robinson, and Sara Palacios

Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul written by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, and illustrated by Rachelle Baker