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Chapter Books About Experiencing Racism – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Chapter Books About Experiencing Racism

Explore chapter books books about experiencing racism for children.

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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing #2

The Kingdom on the Waves

Seeking freedom in the chaos of 1775, Octavian joins the Royal Ethiopian Regiment for dangerous naval raids along the Vi

Cover of Color Me Dark

Dear America #13

Nellie Lee records her family’s move from Tennessee to Chicago in 1919, seeking safety from injustice only to face the h

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Captured History

Little Rock Girl 1957

For the young reader grappling with systemic unfairness, this powerful photographic history follows nine students who sh

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Big Words #16

Coretta's Song

Doreen Rappaport

For children learning how to find their own voice when facing unfairness, this lyrical biography shows how Coretta Scott

Ages 4–8

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Freedom School, Yes!

Amy Littlesugar

For children processing scary news or systemic unfairness, this story shows how courage and the love of learning can ove

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42 Is Not Just a Number

Doreen Rappaport

For the child grappling with unfairness, this biography shows how one man's quiet courage and athletic brilliance change

Cover of The Burnt Stick

The Burnt Stick

For children processing themes of systemic unfairness or family separation. This story explores a mother's desperate lov

Cover of A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

María Dolores Águila

For the child grappling with the unfairness of the world, this verse novel illuminates a landmark fight for equality thr

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Trouble Don't Last

Shelley Pearsall

Eleven-year-old Samuel flees a Kentucky farm under the cover of night, following the Underground Railroad on a suspensef

Cover of Two Sisters: A Story of Freedom

Two Sisters: A Story of Freedom

Separated by skin tone and status upon arriving in London, sisters Ruth and Anna must find a way back to each other in a

Cover of Ron's Big Mission

Ron's Big Mission

Rose Blue, Corinne Naden

Nine-year-old Ron McNair risks everything to challenge a segregated library's rules in 1959, long before he journeyed to

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Stealing Freedom

After being cruelly separated from her family, twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems disguises herself to brave the Undergroun

Cover of Prairie Lotus

Hanna dreams of being a dressmaker in 1880, but she must first find the courage to face a small town’s prejudice against

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Great Episodes #13

The Education of Mary

Tensions erupt in an 1830s Connecticut town when a teacher opens her classroom doors to Black students, sparking a fight

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A Kids Book About

A Kids Book About Racism

For the parent looking for a direct, honest way to explain racism to a young child. This book provides clear definitions

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Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson

Barry Denenberg

For the child who needs to see how quiet strength and steady grit can change the world. A biography about standing tall

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My Nest of Silence

Mari vows to stay silent until her brother returns from the front lines of WWII, using her drawings to express the pain

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Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

Long before she was a hero of the Underground Railroad, young Minty spent her days on a Maryland plantation dreaming of

Cover of Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

Born free in 19th-century New York, Maritcha survives the 1863 riots and fights a courageous legal battle to become the

Cover of Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All Stars

Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All Stars

Carole Boston Weatherford

For the child who has felt the sting of exclusion or unfair rules, this true story of a 1955 baseball team shows how to

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Warrior on the Mound

Sandra W. Headen

A practice session on a whites-only field ignites a town, forcing twelve-year-old Cato to settle a community conflict on

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Dear America #4

A Picture of Freedom

Patricia McKissack

Clotee secretly learns to read and write while enslaved on a plantation, eventually facing a life-changing choice betwee

Cover of The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl

Dear America #18

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl

Ann Warren Turner

Thirteen-year-old Sarah Nita records the harrowing 400-mile forced march of the Navajo people from their ancestral lands

Cover of Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut

Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut

Charles F. Bolden Jr., Tonya Bolden

For the child who needs to see how perseverance and big dreams can overcome unfair barriers, from the segregated South t

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