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Diverse Titles for Readers of All Ages

Titles for Young Readers: Preschool to Grade 3

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Ages 2-4

https://www.amazon.com/Whose-Knees-These-Jabari-Asim/dp/0316735760 (scroll down for review)

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Ages 2-5

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shelley-rotner/shades-of-people/

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Ages 2-5

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fran-manushkin/happy-in-our-skin/

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Ages 3-5

https://www.redleafpress.org/All-The-Colors-We-Are-20th-Anniversary-Edition-The-Story-of-How-We-Get-Our-Skin-Color-P963.aspx

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Ages 3-5

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/matt-de-la-pena/last-stop-on-market-street/

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Ages 3-6

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carole-lindstrom/we-are-water-protectors/

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Ages 3-6

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/yangsook-choi/the-name-jar/

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Ages 3-6

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/roseanne-thong/round-is-a-mooncake/

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Ages 3-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michelle-worthington/noah-chases-the-wind/

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Ages 4-7

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/minh-le/drawn-together-le/

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Ages 4-7

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/andrea-cheng/grandfather-counts/

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Ages 4-8

https://sanfranciscobookreview.com/product/something-happened-in-our-town-a-childs-story-about-racial-injustice-2/

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Ages 4-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bao-phi/a-different-pond-capstone-young-readers/

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Ages 4-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/yuyi-morales/dreamers-morales/

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Ages 4-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sylvia-whitman/under-the-ramadan-moon/

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Ages 4-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jessica-love/julian-mermaid/

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Ages 4-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/becky-ray-mccain/grandmothers-dreamcatcher/

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Ages 4-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/Pooja-Makhijani-33200/mamas-saris/

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Ages 5-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-robertson2/when-we-were-alone/

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Ages 5-8

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jacqueline-woodson/the-day-you-begin/

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Ages 6-9

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-levinson/the-youngest-marcher/

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Ages 6-9

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/andrea-davis-pinkney/let-it-shine/

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Ages 6-9

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/duncan-tonatiuh/separate-is-never-equal/

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Ages 6-10

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/suzanne-del-rizzo/my-beautiful-birds/

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Ages 6-10

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ilyasah-shabazz/malcolm-little/

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Ages 6-10

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-07016-4

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Ages 7-11

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenny-kay-dupuis/i-am-not-a-number/

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Ages 7-11

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-elvgren/the-whispering-town/

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Ages 8-11

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/art-coulson/unstoppable-coulson/

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Ages 8-11

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nikki-giovanni/rosa-3/

Titles for Middle Grades: 4-7

Links to professional reviews are included below each image.

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nic-stone/clean-getaway/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karyn-parsons/how-high-the-moon/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jewell-parker-rhodes/black-brother-black-brother/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christine-day/i-can-make-this-promise/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tae-keller/when-you-trap-a-tiger/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lisa-moore-ramee/a-good-kind-of-trouble/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katherine-applegate/wishtree/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/chris-crowe/getting-away-with-murder-3/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/george-takei/they-called-us-enemy/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gayle-e-pitman/stonewall-riots-pitman/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gillian-mcdunn/caterpillar-summer/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alan-gratz/refugee/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/steve-sheinkin/port-chicago-50/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jasmine-warga/other-words-for-home/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nikki-grimes/garveys-choice/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/john-lewis/march-book-one/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jewell-parker-rhodes/ghost-boys-rhodes/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ashley-herring-blake/ivy-aberdeens-letter-to-the-world/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/varsha-bajaj/count-me-in-bajaj/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/thanhha-lai/inside-out-and-back-againh/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/trevor-noah/its-trevor-noah/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-barclay-moore/the-stars-beneath-our-feet/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/padma-venkatraman/the-bridge-home/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/padma-venkatraman/the-bridge-home/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/susin-nielsen/no-fixed-address/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jacqueline-woodson/harbor-me/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/malala-yousafzai/i-am-malala/

Titles for Young Adults (Grade 8 & up)

Links to professional reviews are included below each image.

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/samira-ahmed/internment/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mark-oshiro/anger-is-a-gift/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/claire-hartfield/a-few-red-drops/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/deborah-wiles/kent-state-wiles/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/angie-thomas/hate-u-give/?TB_iframe=true&width=921.6&height=921.6

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robin-talley/lies-we-tell-ourselves/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jarrett-j-krosoczka/hey-kiddo/

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-233062-8

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jason-reynolds/all-american-boys/

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https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/books/review/Vizzini-t.html

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nic-stone/dear-martin/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-latham/dreamland-burning/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/becky-albertalli/simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dashka-slater/the-57-bus/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jason-reynolds/long-way-down-reynolds/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sherman-alexie/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indian/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tony-medina/i-am-alfonso-jones/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ann-bausum/stonewall-bausum/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ibi-zoboi/black-enough/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/erika-l-sanchez/i-am-not-your-perfect-mexican-daughter/

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-31322-7

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elizabeth-acevedo/the-poet-x/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cherie-dimaline/the-marrow-thieves/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/randy-ribay/patron-saints-of-nothing/

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-294108-4

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenny-torres-sanchez/we-are-not-from-here/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bryan-stevenson/just-mercy-adapted-for-young-adults/

Titles for Adults

Links to professional reviews are included below each image.

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/laila-lalami/the-other-americans-lalami/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-l-eberhardt/biased/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/regina-porter/the-travelers-porter/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tayari-jones/an-american-marriage/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/winona-guo/tell-me-who-you-are/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ta-nehisi-coates/the-water-dancer/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/imbolo-mbue/behold-the-dreamers/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeanine-cummins/american-dirt/

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-395-92721-2

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-226-52602-7

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8070-4741-5

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colson-whitehead/the-nickel-boys/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/angie-kim/miracle-creek/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ibram-x-kendi/stamped-from-the-beginning/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/james-w-loewen/lies-my-teacher-told-me/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/min-jin-lee/pachinko/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patrisse-khan-cullors/when-they-call-you-a-terrorist/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/jennifer-zeynab-joukhadar/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fatima-farheen-mirza/a-place-for-us-Mirza/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-bond/ruby-bond/

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/james-mcbride/song-yet-sung/

Suggested Resources & Articles

Talking to kids about race

Children notice color, and they might have questions about it. Not shying away from those conversations is the first step in raising an anti-racist child.

nationalgeographic.com

Why All Parents Should Talk With Their Kids About Social Identity

A new survey from Sesame Workshop suggests when it comes to talking with kids about things such as race, class and gender, many parents have work to do.

npr.org

Raising Race Conscious Children | A Resource for Talking About Race & Diversity With Young Children

To support parents who are trying to talk about race & diversity with young children- with the goal of preparing young people to work toward racial justice.

raceconscious.org

Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem

A new study by researchers at Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys, expecting trouble.

npr.org

Looking at Race and Racial Identity in Children’s Books

Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

tolerance.org