Booklists for Educators

During 2020, widespread protests rooted in the call-and-response tradition of the Black community gained worldwide attention in the wake of high-profile wrongful deaths of Black people.

A nonfiction introduction to thirteen principles underlying the Black Lives Matter movement and organization, written in a style that children can understand and illustrated with portraits of icons, activists, and regular people.

A boy's mirror gives him a whole new way of seeing himself.

An empowering, affirming picture book encourages young readers to find their inner heroes and see their own self-worth and agency through the acts of great Black heroes who came before them.

Two girls-one Hmong American and one Black-stand together in solidarity with their communities to protest systemic racism and injustice

Illustrations and text show children the language to dream of a better world.

A stirring memoir of growing up Black in a town at the epicenter of the fight for freedom, equality, and human rights.

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.

In 1967, when his teacher loans him a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 11-year-old Ellis Earl Brown is amazed to encounter a family worse off than his own and wonders if happy endings only come in books

Blending together history, quotes from the figures themselves and stunning visuals, this collection of bite-sized biographies of Black thinkers, activists and innovators highlights their work to make our world a brighter, better place.