Posted on April 29, 2022Author lstanton04 No Comments on Children’s Books on Social Justice – (Summarized List) Children’s Books on Social Justice – (Summarized List) "A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day" by Leah Henderson "All American Boys" by Jason Reyonds and Brendan Kiely "All Different Now" by Angela Johnson "Alphabets of Black Cultures" by Jeffrey Daniels "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang "Black Heroes" by Arlisha Norwood "Brave Girl: Clara And The Shirtwaist Makers' Strike Of 1909" By Michelle Markel "Child of the Civil Rights Movement" by Paula Young Shelton "Code Talker" by Joseph Bruchac "Come Juneteenth" by Ann Rinaldi "Coretta Scott" By Ntozake Shange, Illustrated By Kadir Nelson "Dreamers" By Yuyi Morales "Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans" By Don Brown "Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History" By Walter Dean Myers, Illustrated By Floyd Cooper "Freedom Day: A Juneteenth Activity Book for Kids" by Ama Yawson "Freedom's Gifts" by Valerie Wesley "Full Cicada Moon" By Marilyn Hilton "Funny Bones: Posada And His Day Of The Dead Calaveras" By Duncan Tonatiuh "Gordon Parks: How The Photographer Captured Black And White America" By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated By Jamey Christoph "Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story Of Florence Mills" By Renée Watson; Illustrated By Christian Robinson "House Arrest" by K.A. Holt "How High the Moon" by Karyn Parsons "I Am Not A Number" By Jenny Kay Dupuis And Kathy Kacer, Illustrated By Gillian Newland "I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark" By Debbie Levy "I'm New Here" by Anne Sibley O'Brien "IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All" by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi "Juneteenth (Celebrating Holidays: Blastoff!" by Rachel Grack "Juneteenth (Holidays)" by Julie Murray "Juneteenth (On My Own Holidays" by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson "Juneteenth for Mazie" by Floyd Cooper "Juneteenth Jamboree" by Carole Boston Weatherford "Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom" by Charles A. Taylor "Just Mercy" (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson "Last Stop On Market Street" By Matt De La Peña "Let's Celebrate Emancipation Day & Juneteenth (Holidays & Heroes)" by Barbara deRubertis "Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History" By Vashti Harrison "Malcom Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X" By Ilyasah Shabazz; Illustrated By Ag Ford "Mama's Nightingale: A Story Of Immigration And Separation" By Edwidge Danticat "Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom" By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated By Kadir Nelson "My Hair Is A Garden" By Cozbi A. Cabrera "New Boy" by Julian Houston "New Shoes" By Susan Lynn Meyer "Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness" by Anastasia Higginbotham "Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race" by Megan Madison and Jessica Ralli "Preaching To The Chickens: The Story Of Young John Lewis" By Jabari Asim, Illustrated By E.B. Lewis "Real Giraffes Wear High-Heel Shoes" By Maria Ashworth "Rosa" By Nikki Giovanni, Illustrated By Bryan Collier "Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story" By Caren Stelson "Schomburg: The Man Who Built A Library" By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated By Eric Velasquez "Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’S Fight For Desegregation" By Duncan Tonatiuh "Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story" By Paula Yoo, Illustrated By Lin Wang "Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down" By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Illustrated By Brian Pinkney "Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride" By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Illustrated By Brian Pinkney "Something Happened In Our Town" By Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, And Ann Hazzard, Illustrated By Jennifer Zivoin "Stamped" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi "That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle For Justice" By Carmen Tafolla And Sharyll Tenayuca, Illustrated By Terry Ybáñez "The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story" by Aya Khalil "The Arrival" by Shaun Tan "The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person" by Frederick Joseph "The Bobbin Girl" By Emily Arnold McCully "The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore" By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson "The Boy And The Wall" By Palestinian Refugee Children In The Aida Refugee Camp "The Day You Begin" By Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated By Rafael López "The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation On Trial" By Susan E. Goodman "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas "The Legendary Miss Lena Horne" By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated By Elizabeth Zunon "The Name Jar" by Yangsook Choi "The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her Neal Deal for America" by Kathleen Krull "The Story of Juneteenth" by Steven Otfinoski "The Undefeated" By Kwame Alexander And Kadir Nelson "The Whispering Town" By Jennifer Elvgren, Illustrated By Fabio Santomauro "The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts To Teach The Craft Of Writing" By Ruth Culham "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy" by Tony Medina "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges "Tiny's Emancipation" by Linda Baten Johnson "Trombone Shorty" By Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews "Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre" by Carole Boston Weatherford "Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe And The Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army" By Art Coulson, Illustrated By Nick Hardcastle "Viola Desmond Won’T Be Budged!" By Jody Nyasha Warner And Richard Rudnicki "Visiting Day" by Jacqueline Woodson "Voice Of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit Of The Civil Rights Movement" By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated By Ekua Holmes "We Are Grateful, Otsaliheliga" By Traci Sorell, Illustrated By Frané Lessac "When I Was Eight" By Christy Jordan-Fenton And Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Illustrated By Gabrielle Grimard "When We Were Alone" By David A. Robertson, Illustrated By Julie Flett "When You Trap A Tiger" by Tae Keller "Why?" by Nikolai Popov "Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock" By Aslan And Kelly Tudor “1,001 Ants” by Joanna Rzezak “Little Libraries, Big Heroes" By Miranda Paul, Illustrated By John Parra “Mae Among the Stars” by Roda Ahmed “She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed The Way We Think” By Emily Arnold McCully “The Quickest Kid Clarksville” By Pat Zietlow Miller; Illustrated By Frank Morrison Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe Richard Wright And The Library Card Ruth And The Green Book By Calvin Alexander Ramsey