Talking to your kids about racism can be very tough. Stories can be powerful tools for exploring the complex realities of race. Hopefully, our list of suggested books, ebooks, and audiobooks can help start conversations that will lead to a more just future.
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano
Book | Hoopla Audiobook
All the Colors We Are/Todos Los Colores De Nuestra Piel by Katie Kissinger
Hoopla Ebook
Whose Knees Are These? by Jabari Asim
Book
My People by Langston Hughes
Book
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Book | Overdrive Ebook | Hoopla Ebook | Overdrive Audio | Hoopla Audio
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Book | Overdrive Ebook
Questions and Feelings About Racism by Anita Ganeri
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
Book | Hoopla Readalong
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! by Jody Nyasha Warner
Hoopla Ebook
My Hair is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Book | Hoopla Ebook
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey
Book | Overdrive Ebook | Hoopla Ebook
We Are Grateful, Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
Hoopla Ebook
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
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When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson
Hoopla Ebook
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole B. Weatherford
Overdrive Ebook
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange
Book | Hoopla Audiobook
When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton
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White Water by Michael S. Bandy
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Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue
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Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins
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I am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown
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Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S. Bandy
Book | Hoopla Audiobook | Hoopla Readalong
Follow Chester! by Gloria Respress-Churchwell
Book | Hoopla Ebook | Hoopla Audiobook
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
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Seeds of Freedom by Hester Bass
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Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montogomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito
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