Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Antiracist Books for Grades 2-3
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985- author.
Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to scho...
My Name is Maria Isabel
Ada, Alma Flor.
Third grader María Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U.S., wants badly to fit in a...
The Year of the Book
Cheng, Andrea.
Also available as an e-book through Overdrive and Hoopla. Follows a young Chinese American girl, as ...
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
Grimes, Nikki.
Also available as an e-book and e-audio through Overdrive and an e-audio through Hoopla. Spunky thir...
Home Court
Stoudemire, Amar
Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full...
Don't Call Me Grandma
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux, author.
Also available as an e-book through Hoopla. A young girl recounts the reasons why her great-grandmot...
Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All
Johnson, Chelsea, author.
A handy book about intersectionality that depicts the nuances of identity and embraces difference a...
On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice
Roberts, Jillian, 1971- author.
Also available as an e-audio through Hoopla. Gives a comprehensive introduction to the topic of prej...
Racism and Intolerance
Spilsbury, Louise, author.
In Racism and Intolerance, children can get answers to questions like: "What does it mean to b...
Let's Talk About Race
Lester, Julius. 1939-2018
The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation...
Someday is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins
Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola, author.
Presents the life of Clara Luper, an African-American teacher and local civil rights leader who tau...
Let the Children March
Clark-Robinson, Monica, author.
Also available as an e-book and e-audio through Overdrive and Hoopla. 1963, Birmingham, Alabama. Aft...
Equality's Call
Diesen, Deborah, author.
A powerful look at the evolution of voting rights in the United States, from our nation's foun...
The Undefeated
Alexander, Kwame, author.
Also available as an e-book through Overdrive. "The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crosso...
Black Girl Magic: A Poem
Browne, Mahogany L., author.
Much of what twenty-first century culture tells black girls is not pretty: Don't wear this; do...
Woke: A Young Poet
Browne, Mahogany L., author.
A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, t...
Momma, Did You Hear the News?
Gragg, Sanya Whittaker, author.
Ten year old Avery is in a panic over the shooting of another unarmed black man. His parents decide...
Something Happened in our Town: A Child
Celano, Marianne, author.
Also available as an e-audio through Hoopla. After discussing the police shooting of a local Black ...