Children’s Books That Deal With Race & Racism Here is a selection of children’s books recommended by a teacher, that discuss race and racism. Intersection Allies, We Make Room For All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi A Is For Activist by Innosanto Nagara Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry Maddi's Fridge by Lois Brandt Little Leaders, Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison Shinning Star, The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo and Lin Wang When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson and Julie Fleet Voice of Freedom Fanny Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford Chocolate Milk, Por Favor! Celebrating Diversity With Empathy by Maria Dismondy Happy In Our Skin by Fran Manushkin When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Moses, When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren The Boy And The Wall The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson Lailah's Lunchbox, A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi Schomburg, The Man Who Built A Library by Carole Boston Weatherford I Am Not A Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer We Are Grateful, Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell My Family Divided, One Girls Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope by Diane Guerrero Young Water Protectors...A story About Standing Rock by Aslan Tudor and Kelly Tudor Separate Is Never Equal, Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh My Hair Is A Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera SomethingHappened In Our Town, A Child's Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard Let It Shine, Stories Of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkey Malcom Little, The boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcom X by Ilysaha Shabazz Share This Post