Book ListA selection of my favorite children's literature |
Ability
- Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin
- The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca
- The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
- Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor
Bodily autonomy
- I Said No! A Kid-to-Kid Guide to Keeping Your Private Parts Private by Kimberly King
- Miles is the Boss of His Body by Samantha Kurtzman-Counter
- Tell Me About Sex, Grandma by Anastasia Higginbotham
Class
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen
- The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor
- Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
death
- Always Remember by Cece Meng
- The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr
- Dia de Los Muertos by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
- Death is Stupid by Anastasia Higginbotham
- The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia
- Grandmother's Visit by Betty Quan
- I'll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm
- The Next Place by Warren Hanson
- The River of Wisdom by Steve Zagorski
- Sophie by Mem Fox
- The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
- When the Wind Stops by Charlotte Zolotow
Family
- Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff
- The Family Book by Todd Parr
- Mama's Saris by Pooja Makhijani
- My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis
- Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
- Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
- Tucking Mommy In by Morag Loh
- Whistle for Willie by Ezra Keats
immigration
- Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat
- A Different Pond by Bao Phi
- Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
- Going Home by Eve Bunting
- Grandma and Me at the Flea by Juan Herrera
- The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
- Islandborn by Junot Diaz
- La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa by Alfredo Alva
- The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee's Story by Pegi Shea
- Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Mendez
Incarceration
- Deena Misses Her Mom by Jonae Haynesworth, Jesse Holmes, Layonnie Jones, & Kahliya Ruffin
- Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat
- Visiting Day by Jacqueline Woodson
LGBTQ
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
- The Boy and the Bindi by Vivek Shraya
- Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
- Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
- Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- King & King by Linda de Haan
- Love Is Love by Michael Genhart
- Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
- Stonewall by Rob Sanders
- They She He Me Free to Be by Maya Gonzalez
- Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee
Meditation
- Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems by Kate Coombs
- Charlotte and the Quiet Place by Deborah Sosin
- Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
- Listening with My Heart: A Story of Kindness and Self-Compassion by Gabi Garci
- Meditation Is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids by Whitney Stewart
- A Morning with Grandpa by Sylvia Liu
- My Magic Breath by Nick Ortner and Alison Taylor
- The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor
- Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee Maclean
- Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth
Nature
- The Air Around Us by Eleonore Schmid
- Circles of Hope by Karen Lynn Williams
- A Day with Yayah by Nicola I. Campbell
- The Earth and I by Frank Asch
- Earthdance by Joanne Ryder
- I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
- This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild
- Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
Race
- Bein' With You This Way by W. Nikola-Lisa
- Cleversticks by Bernard Ashley
- Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
- Happy to be Nappy by bell hooks
- Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
- Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
- The People Shall Continue by Simon J. Ortiz
- Skin Again by bell hooks
- Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
- Yo Soy Muslim by Mark Gonzales
Self esteem
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers
- No Mirrors in My Nana's House by Ysaye M. Barnwell
- Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall
violence
- Flowers for Sarajevo by John McCutcheon
- From Far Away by Robert Munsch
- The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter
- Smoky Night by Eve Bunting