Race & Diversity Resources

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity
there is beauty and there is strength."—Maya Angelou

 

IN RESPONSE TO THE EVENTS IN OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY,
HERE ARE SOME RESOURCES FAMILIES MAY FIND HELPFUL
IN TALKING WITH CHILDREN ABOUT RACISM, APPRECIATING DIVERSITY, AND ACTIVISM

Special thanks to Mrs. Hirata, Silver Firs School Counselor who graciously shared this resource with Everett School District Staff & Students.

 

 INFORMATION FOR PARENTS ON THE INTERNET

 

BOOKS PARENTS CAN READ WITH THEIR CHILDREN

  • Different Just Like Me by Lori Mitchell
  • All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color by Katie Kissinger
  • We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street) by Bobbi Kates and Joe Mathieu
  • Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
  • Happy In Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
  • Whoever You Are by Mem Fox and Leslie Staub
  • A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
  • The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
  • The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
  • Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
  • Teammates by Peter Golenbock
  • Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatuih
  • Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  • Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
  • Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
  • Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jamey Christoph
  • That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice by Carmen Tafolla and Sharyll Tenayuca
  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano
  • A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
  • Skin Again by Bell Hooks
  • It’s OK to be Different: A Children’s Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness by Sharon Purtill and Sujata Saha
  • We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
  • Look What Brown Can Do! (An everyday modern Black History book for Children ages 5-7) by T. Marie Harris

 

BOOKS PARENTS CAN READ WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT ACTIVISM

  • The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
  • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
  • The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore and Amy Wummer
  • Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders
  • Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
  • Free As A Bird: The Story of Malala by Lina Maslo
  • Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) by Ruby Bridges
  • The Story of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition by Robert Coles
  • Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Sarah J. Robbins and Malala Yousafzai
  • Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Brave champions of Change by Robin Stevenson
  • The Little Book of Little Activists by Penguin Young Readers
  • Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker
  • Brave Girl: Clara Lemlich and the Shirtwaist Makers by Michelle Markel
  • You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World by Caroline Paul
  • What Can a Citizen Do? by Dave Eggers
  • That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice by Carmen Tafolla and Sharyll Tenayuca
  • A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

 

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