Culturally Responsive Children’s Books

Focused Topics Creating Culturally Responsive Programs Lesson 4 Apply Culturally Responsive Children’s Books Guide	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 26181 Name Certifier Date
The following children’s books are recommendations to add to your classroom library or program’s lending library. These books can be used to explore different races, ethnicities, cultures, and identities. They can also be used to examine the tensions that exist between communities, including some communities of color and law enforcement. While each book lists a suggested age group, you should always review books before sharing with children, youth, and families. You can also use the following websites to check your current book collection to ensure the messages are supportive and culturally responsive: \| \| May We Have Enough to Share Richard Van Camp Orca Book Publishers, 2019 Age Group: 0-3 Cradle Me Debby Slier Star Bright Books, 2012 Age Group: 0-3 Families Can Dan Saks Illustrated by Brooke Smart Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2021 Age Group: 0-3 Plenty of Hugs Fran Manushkin Illustrated by Kate Alizadeh Dial Books, 2020 Age Group: 2-5 Alma and How She Got Her Name Juana Martinez-Neal Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal Candlewick Press, 2018 Age Group: 3-6 Powwow Day Traci Sorrell Illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight Charlesbridge, 2022 Age Group: 3-7 What is a Refugee Elise Gravel Illustrated by unknown Puffin, 2021 Age Group: 3-7 Sweetest Kulu Celina Kalluk Illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis Inhabit Media, 2014 Age Group: 3-7 We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Traci Sorell Illustrated by Frané Lessac Charlesbridge, 2018 Age Group: 3-7 My Two Cool Moms Kristine Ebona Independently Published, 2020 Age Group: 3-7 I Am Golden Eva Chen Illustrated by Sophie Diao Feiwel and Friends, 2022 Age Group: 3-7 Your Name Is a Song Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow Illustrated by Luisa Uribe The Innovation Press, 2020 Age Group: 3-7 You Matter Christian Robinson Illustrated by Christian Robinson Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020 Age Group: 3-7 We Move Together Kelly Fritsch & Anne McGuire Illustrated by Eduardo Trejos AK Press, 2021 Age Group: 3-7 Just Ask! Sonia Sotomayor Illustrated by Rafael Lopez Philomel Books, 2019 Age Group: 3-7 Julian Is a Mermaid Jessica Love Illustrated by Jessica Love Candlewick, 2018 Age Group: 3-8 Pink, Blue, and You Elise Gravel Illustrated by unknown Anne Schwartz Books, 2022 Age Group: 3-8 My Papi Has a Motorcycle Isabel Quintero Illustrated by Zeke Peña Kokila, 2019 Age Group: 4-7 The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali Illustrated by Hatem Aly Little, Brown and Company, 2019 Age Group: 4-7 Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story Kevin Noble Maillard Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal Roaring Brook Press, 2019 Age Group: 4-8 Eyes that Kiss in the Corners Joanna Ho Illustrated by Dung Ho HarperCollins Publishers, 2021 Age Group: 4-8 Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race Jessica Ralli and Megan Madison Illustrated by Isabel Roxas Rise X Penguin Workshop, 2021 Age Group: 4-8 Eyes that Speak to the Stars Joanna Ho Illustrated by Dung Ho HarperCollins Publishers, 2022 Age Group: 4-8 We Are Water Protectors Carole Lindstrom Illustrated by Michaela Goade Roaring Brook Press, 2020 Age Group: 4-8 Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin Magination Press, 2018 Age Group: 4-8 Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation Ann Hazzard and Vivianne Aponte Rivera Illustrated by Gloria Félix Magination Press, 2022 Age Group: 4-8 A Kids Book About Racism Jelani Memory Illustrated by unknown A Kids Book About Inc., 2019 Age Group: 4-8 Intersectionallies Chelsea Johnson Illustrated by Ashley Seil Smith Dottir Press, 2022 Age Group: 4-8 A Good Kind of Trouble Lisa Moore Ramée HarperCollins Publishers, 2019 Age Group: 9-12 The Parker Inheritance Varian Johsnon Illustrated by unknown Arthur A. Levine Books, 2018 Age Group: 9-12

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The following children’s books are recommendations to add to your classroom library or program’s lending library. These books can be used to explore different races, ethnicities, cultures, and identities. They can also be used to examine the tensions that exist between communities, including some communities of color and law enforcement. While each book lists a suggested age group, you should always review books before sharing with children, youth, and families. You can also use the following websites to check your current book collection to ensure the messages are supportive and culturally responsive: | |

May We Have Enough to Share
Richard Van Camp
Orca Book Publishers, 2019
Age Group: 0-3

Cradle Me
Debby Slier
Star Bright Books, 2012
Age Group: 0-3

Families Can
Dan Saks
Illustrated by Brooke Smart
Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2021
Age Group: 0-3

Plenty of Hugs
Fran Manushkin
Illustrated by Kate Alizadeh
Dial Books, 2020
Age Group: 2-5

Alma and How She Got Her Name
Juana Martinez-Neal
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Candlewick Press, 2018
Age Group: 3-6

Powwow Day
Traci Sorrell
Illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight
Charlesbridge, 2022
Age Group: 3-7

What is a Refugee
Elise Gravel
Illustrated by unknown
Puffin, 2021
Age Group: 3-7

Sweetest Kulu
Celina Kalluk
Illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis
Inhabit Media, 2014
Age Group: 3-7

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Traci Sorell
Illustrated by Frané Lessac
Charlesbridge, 2018
Age Group: 3-7

My Two Cool Moms
Kristine Ebona
Independently Published, 2020
Age Group: 3-7

I Am Golden
Eva Chen
Illustrated by Sophie Diao
Feiwel and Friends, 2022
Age Group: 3-7

Your Name Is a Song
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Illustrated by Luisa Uribe
The Innovation Press, 2020
Age Group: 3-7

You Matter
Christian Robinson
Illustrated by Christian Robinson
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020
Age Group: 3-7

We Move Together
Kelly Fritsch & Anne McGuire
Illustrated by Eduardo Trejos
AK Press, 2021
Age Group: 3-7

Just Ask!
Sonia Sotomayor
Illustrated by Rafael Lopez
Philomel Books, 2019
Age Group: 3-7

Julian Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
Illustrated by Jessica Love
Candlewick, 2018
Age Group: 3-8

Pink, Blue, and You
Elise Gravel
Illustrated by unknown
Anne Schwartz Books, 2022
Age Group: 3-8

My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Isabel Quintero
Illustrated by Zeke Peña
Kokila, 2019
Age Group: 4-7

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
Illustrated by Hatem Aly
Little, Brown and Company, 2019
Age Group: 4-7

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Roaring Brook Press, 2019
Age Group: 4-8

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho
Illustrated by Dung Ho
HarperCollins Publishers, 2021
Age Group: 4-8

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Jessica Ralli and Megan Madison
Illustrated by Isabel Roxas
Rise X Penguin Workshop, 2021
Age Group: 4-8

Eyes that Speak to the Stars
Joanna Ho
Illustrated by Dung Ho
HarperCollins Publishers, 2022
Age Group: 4-8

We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom
Illustrated by Michaela Goade
Roaring Brook Press, 2020
Age Group: 4-8

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Magination Press, 2018
Age Group: 4-8

Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation
Ann Hazzard and Vivianne Aponte Rivera
Illustrated by Gloria Félix
Magination Press, 2022
Age Group: 4-8

A Kids Book About Racism
Jelani Memory
Illustrated by unknown
A Kids Book About Inc., 2019
Age Group: 4-8

Intersectionallies
Chelsea Johnson
Illustrated by Ashley Seil Smith
Dottir Press, 2022
Age Group: 4-8

A Good Kind of Trouble
Lisa Moore Ramée
HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
Age Group: 9-12

The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johsnon
Illustrated by unknown
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2018
Age Group: 9-12

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