Diverse Reading for Students

 

Adoption

 

Babies Come From Airports by Erin Dealey

 

LGBTQ/Gender

Red by Michael Hall

Morris Micklewhite & The Tangerine Dress by Christine

Baldacchino

Julian Is A Mermaid by Jessica Love

Pink Is A Girl Color by Stacey Drageset

George by Alex Gino

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack

Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill

 

Race & Religion

The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad

New Year at the Pier (A Rosh Hashanah Story) by April Halprin

Wayland

Passage To Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki

The Grand Mosque of Paris by Karen Gray Ruelle (5th Grade and

Up)

 

Racism

A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory (K & up)

 

Starting Conversations About The History of Discrimination and

Bias

 

Black All Around by Patricia Hubbell (TK - 3rd)

Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden (TK - 2nd)

The Other Side by Jaqueline Woodson (K-3rd)

 

Disability

Moses Goes To A Concert by Isaac Millman

My Travelin’ Eye by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (TK- 4)

Emmanuel’s Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls

(TK-4)

Not So Different: What You Really Want To Ask About Having A

Disabilty by Shane Burcaw and Matt Carr

 

General Diversity & Acceptance

 

The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell

We’re Different, We’re The Same

Love Me Tender (TK/Kinder/1st)

It’s OK To Be Different: A Children’s Picture Book About Diversity

& Kindness by Sharon Portillo

Unique & Wonderful

A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O’Leary

Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferri and Patrice Barton

 

Politics & Activism

 

If I Had Your Vote by The Cat In The Hat (Kinder/1st/2nd)

Daddy, There’s A Noise Outside by Kenneth Braswell (K & Up)

A is For Activist (Toddler - K)

Momma, Did You Hear The News? By Santa Whittaker Gragg

Diverse, Brave, and Inspiring Figures

I Am Billie Jean King (TK - 3)

I Am Jackie Robinson by Brad Meltzer (TK - 3)

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (TK - 5)

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (4th & Up)

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob

Sanders

 

Visually Diversifying Your Bookshelf (General kids books with

diverse characters)

 

Sulwe by Lupita Nyongo

Thank You Omu by Oge Mora

Saturday by Oge Mora

Last Stop On Market Street

Lola At The Library (Series of Lola and Leo books) by Anna

McQuinn

Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin

My Papi Has A Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes

I Am Enough by Grace Byer

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty 

Hairy Love by Matthew Cherry