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Anti-Racism Book Collection

Are you looking to add anti-racist books to your library but don't know where to start? Have you been thinking about how to have meaningful conversations with young people about race, but lack confidence in how to begin? The books in this collection will help you take the first steps or continue the critical discussions about anti-racism work relevant to your setting. Click here for a link to a designed PDF of the list.

Collection of 30 books: $484.50

As Fast As Words Could Fly

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

What We Believe

Tiny Stitches

The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

Etched in Clay

The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

Dear Mrs. Parks

Rise!

All the Stars Denied

I Remember

Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

The People Shall Continue

Dream Builder

Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

Love to Langston

Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

When the Shadbush Blooms

DeShawn Days

Cooper's Lesson

Tan to Tamarind

Black All Around

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

I Am Alfonso Jones

Ahimsa

Indian No More

The Wind Called My Name

Under My Hijab

Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre

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  • A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
    By Amy Lee-Tai, Felicia Hoshino
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    A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

    By Amy Lee-Tai, Felicia Hoshino
    Bilingual English/Japanese. A young girl finds things to be joyful about in the Topaz Internment Camp.

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  • Ahimsa
    By Supriya Kelkar
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    Ahimsa

    Ahimsa

    By Supriya Kelkar
    In this historical middle-grade novel, Gandhi asks for one member of each family to join the fight for independence from the British, and when Anjali's mother is jailed for doing so, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother's work.

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  • All the Stars Denied
    By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
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    All the Stars Denied

    By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
    In a companion novel to her critically acclaimed Shame the Stars, Pura Belpré Award Winner Guadalupe García McCall tackles the hidden history of the United States and its first mass deportation that swept up hundreds of thousands of Mexican American citizens during the Great Depression.

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  • Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
    By Hilda Burgos
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    Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

    Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

    By Hilda Burgos
    The Penderwicks meets In the Heights in this sparkling middle-grade debut about a young Dominican American girl in New York City.

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  • As Fast As Words Could Fly
    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
    The story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a "whites-only" high school.

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  • Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
    Twenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in an internment camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.

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  • Black All Around
    By Patricia Hubbell, Don Tate
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    Black All Around

    Black All Around

    By Patricia Hubbell, Don Tate
    A young girl discovers all the wonderful and beautiful things around her that are black.

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  • Cooper's Lesson
    By Sun Yung Shin, Kim Cogan
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    Cooper's Lesson

    Cooper's Lesson

    By Sun Yung Shin, Kim Cogan
    A tender look at a biracial child's frustration, anger, and, finally, acceptance about being "half and half."

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  • Dear Mrs. Parks
    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
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    Dear Mrs. Parks

    Dear Mrs. Parks

    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
    On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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  • DeShawn Days
    By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
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    DeShawn Days

    DeShawn Days

    By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
    In this uplifting story told in verse, a young boy living in the inner city projects tells about his hopes, fears, and dreams.

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  • Dream Builder
    The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
    By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman Hines
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    Dream Builder

    Dream Builder

    The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
    By Kelly Lyons, Laura Freeman Hines
    You've seen the building. Now meet the man whose life went into it.

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  • Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
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    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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  • Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado
    By Gloria Anzaldúa, Consuelo Mendez
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    Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

    Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

    By Gloria Anzaldúa, Consuelo Mendez
    Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquín receives help and friendship from Prietita a brave young Mexican American girl.

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  • I Am Alfonso Jones
    By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
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    I Am Alfonso Jones

    I Am Alfonso Jones

    By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
    The Hate U Give meets The Lovely Bones in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist John Jennings.

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  • I Remember
    Poems and Pictures of Heritage
    By Lee Bennett Hopkins
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    I Remember

    I Remember

    Poems and Pictures of Heritage
    By Lee Bennett Hopkins
    An outstanding celebration of diversity and family: fourteen poets and sixteen illustrators of diverse backgrounds share memorable childhood experiences and reflect upon their different heritages, traditions, and beliefs.

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  • Indian No More
    By Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell
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    Indian No More

    Indian No More

    By Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell
    When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.

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  • Love to Langston
    By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
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    Love to Langston

    Love to Langston

    By Tony Medina, R. Gregory Christie
    This inspiring biography on Langston Hughes celebrates his life through poetry.

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  • Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre
    By René Colato Laínez, Laura Lacámara
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    Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre

    Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre

    By René Colato Laínez, Laura Lacámara
    Bilingual English/Spanish. In this lighthearted bilingual immigration story, a young girl sees the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien card and concludes that her mother is from another planet--until the girl finds out that the word has more than one meaning.

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  • Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
    By Monica Brown, Sara Palacios
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    Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

    Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

    By Monica Brown, Sara Palacios
    Mismatched and fabulous Marisol McDonald celebrates her Peruvian and Scottish heritage.
    Bilingual English/Spanish.

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  • Rise!
    From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
    By Bethany Hegedus, Tonya Engel
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    Rise!

    Rise!

    From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
    By Bethany Hegedus, Tonya Engel
    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes how she rose above a childhood of trauma and emotional pain to become one of the most inspiring voices of our lifetime.

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  • Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
    By Uma Krishnaswami, Nidhi Chanani
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    Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

    Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

    By Uma Krishnaswami, Nidhi Chanani
    Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland.

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  • Tan to Tamarind
    Poems About the Color Brown
    By Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Jamel Akib
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    Tan to Tamarind

    Poems About the Color Brown
    By Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Jamel Akib
    A poetry collection that explores the spectrum of beautiful shades of brown.

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  • The People Shall Continue
    By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol Graves
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    The People Shall Continue

    The People Shall Continue

    By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol Graves
    Republished for its fortieth anniversary, this powerful story by renowned Acoma Pueblo poet and storyteller Simon J. Ortiz traces the history of Native / Indigenous people of North America from the time of creation to the present.

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  • The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
    By Kathleen Benson, Jim Haskins, Aaron Boyd
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    The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

    The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

    By Kathleen Benson, Jim Haskins, Aaron Boyd
    This new entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a revered Congressman today.

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  • The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong
    By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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    The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

    The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

    By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
    This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.

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  • The Wind Called My Name
    By Mary Louise Sanchez
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    The Wind Called My Name

    The Wind Called My Name

    By Mary Louise Sanchez
    In this heartwarming historical middle-grade set in the 1930s -- perfect for fans of Esperanza Rising and Hattie Big Sky-- Margarita Sandoval and her family try to navigate the shifting winds of belonging in their new Wyoming town.

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  • Tiny Stitches
    The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
    By Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin Bootman
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    Tiny Stitches

    Tiny Stitches

    The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
    By Gwendolyn Hooks, Colin Bootman
    The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children.

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  • Under My Hijab
    By Hena Khan, Aaliya Jaleel
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    Under My Hijab

    Under My Hijab

    By Hena Khan, Aaliya Jaleel
    This lovely book from the author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns invites readers to understand and appreciate the hijab and the Muslim women who decide to wear it.

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  • What We Believe
    A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
    By Laleña Garcia, Caryn Davidson
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    What We Believe

    What We Believe

    A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book
    By Laleña Garcia, Caryn Davidson
    This powerful activity book will engage hands, hearts, and minds as it introduces children to the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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  • When the Shadbush Blooms
    By Carla Messinger, Susan R. Katz, David Kanietakeron Fadden
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    When the Shadbush Blooms

    By Carla Messinger, Susan R. Katz, David Kanietakeron Fadden
    A young Lenape Indian girl observes and reflects on the small, important ways her family today, and her ancestors generations before, celebrate the cycle of seasons.

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