Anti-Racism Books for Kids

Delve into the subject of anti-racism with this list of books for children. Request a title and pick it up at a location near you!

1. Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
2. Blended  by Sharon M. Draper
3. For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington
4. From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
5. Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
6. A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
7. Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
8. Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: the Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan
9. Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
10. Got Next by Daria Peoples-Riley
11. Saturday by Oge Mora
12. Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
13. Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
14. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
15. What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack
16. Who Will You Be? by Andrea Pippins
17. You Matter by Christian Robinson
18. Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
19. The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome
20. Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
21. Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
22. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
23. Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham
24. Some Places More Than Other by Renée Watson
25. Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
26. Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon
27. Unbound: a Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
28. Desmond and the Very Mean Word: a Story of Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams
29. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
30. I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoët
31. A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
32. Crossing the Farak River by Michelle Aung Thin
33. Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
34. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
35. Be Who You Are by Todd Parr
36. In Your Hands by Carole Boston Weatherford
37. Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez
38. New Kid by Jerry Craft
39. Just a Drop of Water by Kerry O’Malley Cerra
40. It All Comes Down to This by Karen English
41. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
42. I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
43. Lizzie Demands a Seat! : Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson