Books for Trying Times: A Resource List compiled by members of KidLit Resists!

Today’s list of resources is brought to you by the members of KidLit Resists! We’re a Facebook group for members of the KidLit community (authors, illustrators, editors, youth librarians, booksellers, and others who create and support picture books, MG books, and YA books) who wish to organize against the current administration’s agenda and support those communities targeted by the administration.

If you have other resources to suggest, please put them in the comments or tag me on Twitter, where I’m @CiteSomething.

KidLit Resource List – Books for Trying Times
Compiled by members of the KidLit Resists! Facebook page

Lists of recommended books

Jane Addams Peace Award books (1953 – present) “The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award annually recognizes children’s books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people.”

35 Picture Books for Young Activists (from All The Wonders)

BOOK LIST: PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT MUSLIM OR MIDDLE EASTERN CHARACTERS (from Lee & Low Books)

8 Empowering Middle Grade Novels for Kids Interested in Social Justice (from Barnes & Noble)

KitaabWorld: South Asian and diverse children’s books

The Brown Bookshelf: United in Story

AMELIA BLOOMER PROJECT: RECOMMENDED FEMINIST LITERATURE FOR BIRTH THROUGH 18

Refugee picture books (on Pinterest)

20 BOOKS ABOUT REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES (from All The Wonders)

EMPATHY: STEAD’S COMMON THREAD (from All The Wonders)

STORIES ABOUT REFUGEES: A YA READING LIST (from Stacked)

Activist biographies (YA)

TEN YOUNG ADULT BOOKS THAT REFLECT THE US IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE (from Nerdy Book Club)

Books That Respect Kids with Unique Abilities (from All The Wonders)

Girl-empowering Books (from A Mighty Girl)

We Need Diverse Books

Penny Candy Books: A Mission Becomes a Moral Directive (from Publishers Weekly)

Teaching Tolerance – a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

30 Of The Best Books To Teach Children Empathy (from TeachThought)

19 books to help children find hope and strength in stressful times: A librarian’s list (from The Washington Post)

13 Books to Teach Children About Protesting and Activism (from GeekMom)

Books inspiring activism and tolerance

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land by John Coy, photos by Wing Young Huie

March (trilogy) by John Lewis (Author), Andrew Aydin (Author), Nate Powell (Artist)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I dissent by Debbie Levy

The Seeds of America Trilogy by Laurie Halse Anderson

Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton

This Side of Home by Renee Watson

Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

What Does It Mean To Be Kind? by Rana DiOrio

The Hunt (coming in 2/17) by Margaux Othats

A Gift From Greensboro by Quraysh Ali Lansana, illustrated by Skip Hill

Ambassador by William Alexander

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi, illustrations by Yutaka Houlette

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Recommendations for preschool storytime

A Chair For My Mother and sequels by Vera B. Williams

More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams

A is for Activist and Counting on Community by Innosanto Nagara

The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat, illustrated by Leslie Staub

Jacqueline Woodson’s picture books

Kadir Nelson’s picture books

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