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Experiencing Racism
Books for Experiencing Racism
Books for Experiencing Racism – Wonderlit | Wonderlit
807 books
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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
Ages 7–11
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
Ages 8–12
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
Ages 8–12
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Yoruba Girl Dancing
Simi Bedford
Six-year-old Remi leaves her privileged life in Lagos for an English boarding school, beginning a long journey of naviga
Ages 12–18
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Harriette Gillem Robinet
Young Pascal searches for true freedom and a piece of land to call his own during the hopeful and turbulent Reconstructi
Ages 8–12
Farewell to Manzanar
James Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston shares the powerful true story of her childhood years spent inside a Japanese American incarcer
Ages 11–18
Different Like Me- A Children's Book On Social Justice
Jasmin Dior
Black youth find a voice for self-love and community strength as they navigate racial differences and learn the meaning
Ages 5–10
Weird Rules to Follow
Kim Spencer
In a coastal fishing town, Mia and Lara navigate a deep middle school friendship while facing the unspoken social divide
Ages 9–12
Remote Man
Elizabeth Honey
For the child grappling with feeling different or observing systemic unfairness. This story explores finding dignity and
Ages 14–18
Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories
Thomas B. Allen
First-hand accounts from survivors shed light on the Pearl Harbor attack and the subsequent forced relocation of 120,000
Ages 10–14
You Are Here: Connecting Flights
Ellen Oh
For children navigating the complexities of identity and wanting to see their own diverse experiences reflected in stori
Ages 8–12
Place Where Sunflowers Grow, A
Amy Lee-Tai
For children processing big life changes or unfair situations, this story shows how art and nature can help us find hope
Ages 6–10
Let ‘Er Buck!
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
For the child grappling with the sting of unfairness, this true story of a Black cowboy's grace under pressure offers a
Ages 6–10
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life
Marilyn Nelson
For the teenager who feels the pull of creative expression but faces systemic barriers. A powerful verse biography about
Ages 12–18
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Scott O'Dell, Elizabeth Hall
For the child grappling with the weight of injustice or the pain of forced change. This story explores staying true to y
Ages 10–14
Brown v. Board of Education
Susan Goldman Rubin
For the child questioning why things aren't always fair, this book explores the brave families who fought to change hist
Ages 8–12
You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls' Guide to Finding Your Voice
Minda Harts
For the girl navigating spaces where she feels unheard, this guide provides the tools to overcome systemic hurdles and l
Ages 10–16
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Carole Boston Weatherford
For the child who needs to see how a dream, paired with a 'vocal miracle' and steady perseverance, can break barriers an
Ages 4–9
Sweetgrass Basket
Marlene Carvell
Two Mohawk sisters rely on their bond to survive the harsh conditions and cruelty of a Pennsylvania Indian boarding scho
Ages 10–14
Together at Christmas
Eileen Spinelli
An orphan boy becomes a local legend in a town divided by strict racial lines as he runs through boundaries others are t
Ages 9–13
Fish for Jimmy
written and illustrated by Katie Yamasaki
When his family is forced into an incarceration camp during WWII, a young boy's brother risks everything to bring him th
Ages 6–10
Why Nobody Likes the Crow!
Mohammad Alhamwi
A child searches for answers to a difficult question: why is the crow treated so differently and disliked by so many peo
Ages 6–11
The Abduction
Mette Newth
Stolen from her home in Greenland, a young girl faces a harsh clash of cultures when she is brought to eighteenth-centur
Ages 13–18
A Diamond in the Desert
Kathryn Fitzmaurice
For the child grappling with the weight of unfairness and displacement, this story finds light in the dust through the p
Ages 8–12
