Talking Equity & Social Justice. Books for Grade K-12 Multcolib AssignmentsLike this list

50 items

• My Heart Fills With Happiness

  Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-

  Add My Heart Fills With Happiness to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-K This book celebrates activities like storytelling, dancing and drumming, that bring gladness through family and cultural connections, and feature First Nations children and adults.

• Julián Is a Mermaid

  Love, Jessica,

  Add Julián Is a Mermaid to your for later shelf

  Grade PrK-2. When riding the subway home, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up as mermaids. When he gets home, all he can think about is dressing up and creating his own fabulous mermaid costume. But what will his Abuela think about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Baby Goes to Market

  Atinuke,

  Add Baby Goes to Market to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-2. When Baby goes to market with his Mama, he secretly fills her basket with all kinds of treats the fruit stand sellers give to him, being sure to sample each of them first.

• Little Humans

  Stanton, Brandon

  Add Little Humans to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-2. Photos taken by the creator of the blog Humans of New York show the diversity of New York City kids, and kids everywhere.

• Around the World in a Bathtub

  Bathing All Over the Globe

  Bradford, Wade,

  Add Around the World in a Bathtub to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-2. Whether you jump into a Columbian mud volcano, paddle around an Australian bogey hole or soak in a Turkish hot tub, kids around the world resist taking baths, until they discover the fun of playing in water.

• Worm Loves Worm

  Austrian, J. J.,

  Add Worm Loves Worm to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-2. Two worms want to get married, but how will they wear rings? Who will wear the gown and who will wear the tuxedo? Their friends help them make everything work, and create their own wedding ceremony.

• Sparkle Boy

  Newman, Lesléa,

  Add Sparkle Boy to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-2. Jessie resents it when her little brother Casey wants to wear her sparkly skirt and bracelets. But when older boys make fun of her little brother, Jessie comes to his defense.

• No Truth Without Ruth

  the Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Krull, Kathleen,

  Add No Truth Without Ruth to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-3rd. Explains how the second female Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, faced discrimination because of her gender throughout her education and working life, and how her fight for equality changed the way the law dealt with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Walk With Vanessa

  a Story About a Simple Act of Kindness

  Kerascoët,

  Add I Walk With Vanessa to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-3. In this wordless book, when Vanessa, a new girl, is bullied, another girl sees what happened and steps up to be an ally. Focus is on stepping up to help, rather than on the bullying.

• Lost and Found Cat

  the True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

  Kuntz, Doug,

  Add Lost and Found Cat to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-3. When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home as refugees, they bring their cat Kunkush. When their cat goes missing in Greece, the family is heartbroken. But when Kunkush is found, it sets off an international search to return him…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mommy's Khimar

  Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah,

  Add Mommy's Khimar to your for later shelf

  Grade PreK-3. A young Muslim girl plays dress up with her mom's beautiful khimar, using it to snuggle up like a mamma bird, fly like a shooting star, and dash across the room just like a superhero,

• A Different Pond

  Phi, Bao, 1975-

  Add A Different Pond to your for later shelf

  Grade K-2. Bao and his father get up early in the morning to go fishing at a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike other fisherman, who fish for sport, they are fishing for food. Bao's father shares with him stories of when he used to fish at another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where's Halmoni?

  Kim, Julie J., 1973-

  Add Where's Halmoni? to your for later shelf

  Grade K-2. When their halmoni (Korean for grandmother) goes missing, two clever kids meet all kinds of characters from Korean lore in their search, including a rabbit, a fox, junk food gobbling goblins and a tiger who plays "Rock, Paper, Scissors. "

• The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!

  Deedy, Carmen Agra,

  Add The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! to your for later shelf

  Grade K-2. When bossy Don Pedro is elected mayor, he decrees that any kind of singing is outlawed. Luckily a noisy rooster refuses to follow the mayor's silly rule, and does what roosters do best - he sings out - and he does it loudly!

• The Water Walker

  Robertson, Joanne, 1960-

  Add The Water Walker to your for later shelf

  Grade K-2 A First Nation grandmother walks to honor her commitment to one of our most important resources, water quality and scarcity.

• Islandborn

  Díaz, Junot, 1968-

  Add Islandborn to your for later shelf

  K-3rd grade. Lola was too little to remember life on the island, when her teacher asks her class to draw pictures of the countries where students originated. But she's able to draw a vibrant picture from all the descriptions her friends and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yo Soy Muslim

  a Father's Letter to His Daughter

  Gonzales, Mark, 1975-

  Add Yo Soy Muslim to your for later shelf

  Grade K-3. A celebratory story of a daughter's father sharing his pride with her in their rich backgrounds of Muslim, Indigenous and Spanish speaking heritages.

• Bat Count

  a Citizen Science Story

  Forrester, Anna, 1966-

  Add Bat Count to your for later shelf

  Grade 1-2. Bats have been dying off, due to white nose syndrome, and scientists need counts of bat populations to know if the bat's numbers are still dwindling. At dusk, a family goes outside to help count the bats, demonstrating a way citizens can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Little Book of Little Activists

  Add The Little Book of Little Activists to your for later shelf

  Grade 1-4. Empowering photos of kids and their signs at the Women's March in Washington DC, from January 2017.

• The Whispering Town

  Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer,

  Add The Whispering Town to your for later shelf

  Grade 1-6. A young Danish girl helps her parents hide a Jewish family from Nazis. When it comes time for the family to make their escape, the whole town works together to sneak them out.