Anti-Racist and Diverse Reading List

We will continue to add to this list as we are made aware of new Anti-Racist and Diverse Books.

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  • Picture Books

    1. Daddy, There’s a Noise Outside by: Kenneth Braswell

    2. A Kids Book about Racism by: Jelani Memory

    3. Anti-Racist Baby by: Ibram X. Kendi

    4. Let’s Talk about Race by: Julius Lester

    5. The Other Side by: Jacqueline Woodson

    6. Freedom on the Menu by: Carole Boston Weatherford

    7. These Hands by: Margaret H. Mason

    8. Something Happened in Our Town by: Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard

    9. Let It Shine by: Andrea Davis Pinkney

    10. Malcolm Little by: Ilyasah Shabazz

    11. My Hair is my Garden by Cozbi A. Cabr

    12. Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh

    13. Schomburg, The Man who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford

    14. When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

    15. Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! By: Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki

    16. Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford

    17. Lilian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by: Jonah Winter

    18. Across the Alley by: Richard Michelson

    19. Let Them Play by: Margot Theis Raven

    20. Ruth and the Green Book by: Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Gwen Strauss

    21. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson

    22. Black is a Rainbow Color by: Angela Joy

    23. A is for Activist by: Innosanto Nagara

    24. Momma, Did You Hear the News? (Talking to kids about race and police) by: Sanya Whittaker

    25. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hammer by: Carole Boston Weatherford

    26. The Youngest Marcher by: Cynthia Levinson

    27. Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America by: Emily Easton

    28. You Matter by: Christian Robinson

    29. Let the Children March by: Monica Clark-Robinson

    30. All Because You Matter by: Tami Charles (available October 2020)

    31. Hands Up! By Breanna J. McDaniel

    32. A Kids Book about Immigration by: MJ Calderon

    33. A Kids Book about White Privilege by: Ben Sand

    34. A Kids Book about Systemic Racism by: Jordan Thierry

    35. Race Cars: A children’s book about white privilege by: Jenny Devenny, Charnaie Gordon

    36. Our Skin: A first conversation about race by: Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli

    37. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (ordinary terrible things) by: Anastasia Higginbotham

    38. When We Say Black Lives Matter by: Maxine Beneba Clarke

    39. The World Belonged to Us by: Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa

    40. The Young Activist’s Dictionary of Social Justice by: duopress labs, Andy Passchier

    41. Counting Kindness: Ten ways to Welcome Refugee Children by: Hollis Kurman

    42. Saturday at the Food Pantry by: Diane O’Neill

    43. Goodnight Racism by: Ibram X. Kendi (available June 14, 2022)

    44. You Have A Voice by: Vera Ahiyya and Fabiana Faiallo

    45. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by: Tony Medina

    46. Why? A Conversation about Race by: Taye Diggs, Shane W. Evans

  • Chapter Books (Middle School- Young Adult):

    1. This Book is Anti-Racist by: Tiffany Jewell

    2. This Book is Anti- Racist Journal: Over 50 Activities to Help you Wake up, Take Action, and Do The Work by: Tiffany Jewell

    3. Monster by Walter Dean Myers

    4. Colorblind by: Johnathan Harris

    5. Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

    6. Dear Martin by Nic Stone

    7. Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson

    8. Tyler Johnson was Here by: Jay Coles

    9. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

    10. Black Enough, Stories of Being Young and Black in America Edited by: Ibi Zoboi

    11. The 57 Bus by: Dashka Slater

    12. The Hate you Give by: Angie Thomas

    13. On The Come Up by: Angie Thomas

    14. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You: A Remix By: Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

    15. The Poet X by: Elizabeth Acevedo

    16. Long Way Down by: Jason Reynolds

    17. Punching The Air by: Ibi Zoboi

    18. Piecing Me Together by: Renee Watson

    19. Slay by: Britteny Morris

    20. This is My America by: Kim Johnson

    21. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights by: Mikki Kendall

    22. March (Series) by: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

    23. Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot by Evette Dionne

    24. Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow

    25. Blended by: Sharon Draper

    26. Brown Girl Dreaming by: Jacqueline Woodson

    27. Clean Getaway by: Nic Stone

    28. Dear Justyce by: Nic Stone

    29. What is Black Lives Matter? By Lakita Wilson, Who HQ

    30. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy by: Emmanual Acho

    31. With the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney

  • Fiction/ Poetry (Adult):

    1. Black Girl Magic Edited by: Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, and Jamila Woods

    2. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

    3. Well Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

    4. Homegoing by: Yaa Gyasi

    5. Sing, Unburied, Sing by: Jesmyn Ward

    6. For The Culture: A Book of Original Poetry by: Jillian Hanesworth featuring artwork by Tyshaun Tyson (Buffalo Based Author and Artist)*

    7. Red At The Bone by: Jacqueline Woodson

    8. The Revolution Will Rhyme by: Jillian Hanesworth and Dr. Cornel West

    9. Memphis by: Tara M. Stringfellow

  • Non-Fiction Books (Adult)

    1. Be Anti-Racist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflectiion and Action by: Ibram X. Kendi

    2. PushOut: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by: Monique W. Morris

    3. A Different Vision: A Revolution Against Racism in Public Education by Susan Anglada Bartley, M.Ed.

    4. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by: Ibram X. Kendi

    5. How to Be an Antiracist by: Ibram X. Kendi

    6. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by: Robin DiAngelo

    7. Why are all the Black Kids Sitting together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race by: Beverly Daniel Tatum

    8. So You Want to Talk About Race by: Ijeoma Oluo

    9. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by: Christopher Emdin

    10. I’m Still Here. Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by: Austin Channing Brown

    11. We Got This. Equity Access, and the Quest to be who our students need us to be. By: Cornelius Minor

    12. Why I’m no longer Talking to White People about Race by: Reni Eddo-Lodge

    13. Me and White Supremacy by: Layla F Saad

    14. Eloquent Rage by: Brittney Cooper

    15. Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks

    16. Teaching to Transgress by: bell hooks

    17. How to Raise an Anti-Racist by: Ibram X. Kendi (available June 14, 2022)

    18. Social Justice Parenting How to Raise Compassionate Anti-Racist Justice Minded Kids in an Unjust World by: Dr. Traci Baxley

    19. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by: Emmanual Acho

    20. His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by: Robert Samuels

    21. The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege by: Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds

    22. White Tear/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by: Ruby Hamad

    23. We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by: Bettina L. Love

    24. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by: Mikki Kendall

    25. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by: Richard Rothstein

    26. Rebellious Read Alouds: Inviting Conversations about Diversity by: Vera Ahiyya

    27. Raising Anti Racist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide by: Britt Hawthorne and Natasha Yglesias (available June 7, 2022)