Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
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Freedom Summer
$8.99 Add to cartTwo boys–one black, one white–are best friends in the segregated 1960s South in this picture book about friends sticking together through thick and thin.
John Henry swims better than anyone I know.
- Author: Wiles, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2005
- ISBN10: 068987829X
- Language: English
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Colors of Me
$17.99 Read moreIntriguing collage illustrations frame this timeless story of a young child who questions the significance of color. Speaking in verse, the child wonders if the natural world believes any particular c… [more below]
- Author: Barnes, Brynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: September 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1585365416
- Language: English
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Mixed Me!
$9.99 Read moreThe team who brought us Chocolate Me!, Taye Diggs and illustrator by Shane W. Evans, return with an upbeat story about a mixed-race boy in this heartfelt picture book. Mixed Me!.
Mom and Dad say I’m a- Author: Diggs, Taye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 125076985X
- Language: English
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Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
$19.99 Read more“Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country’s same anger and grief is… [more below]
- Author: Faruqi, Saadia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0062943251
- Language: English
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Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
$21.95 Add to cartIn 1857 India, 13-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in–and certain death on her husband’s funeral pyre–only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebe
- Author: Kelkar, Supriya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1643790404
- Language: English
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A Door Made for Me
$18.99 Read moreThis emotional and honest picture book explores a racist encounter from the perspective of a young Black boy, while offering a message of unconditional love and acceptance to soothe the pain of blind
- Author: Merritt, Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1546012567
- Language: English
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Red Sand, Blue Sky
$15.95 Read moreTwo young girls from very different backgrounds discover what they hold in common in this funny Australian classic.
- Series: Girls First!
- Author: Applegate, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1558612785
- Language: English
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Aamila’s Adventure: Remembering the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$23.00 Add to cartAamila spends every summer vacation with her grandparents. Usually, they take road trips to museums and cities that pay homage to the Black experience in the United States of America.
This summer, Aa
- Author: Henderson, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 30
- Publish Date: March 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1649130074
- Language: English
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The Book of Elsie
$10.95 Read moreElsie Rose-Miller loves celebrating the Purim holiday and can’t wait for the annual costume party at her local synagogue.
Elsie plans to dress up as the fierce and smart Queen Esther, who saved all th
- Series: Orca Currents
- Author: Levy, Joanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 16, 2022
- ISBN10: 1459834240
- Language: English
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Aaalligator!
$18.99 Read moreWhen a hungry alligator moves to their town, the residents want him out . . . until they get to know him (and learn what he’s actually hungry for!). A timely tale about empathy, acceptance and a comm
- Author: Henderson, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1525301519
- Language: English
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Eddie’s War
$14.99 Add to cartWorld War II. Hitler is threatening to take over the world. Eddie Carl thinks America should stop him-it’s just plain right. But Eddie’s too young to fight, and their farm in Illinois is a long way fr
- Author: Saller, Carol Fisher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986235318
- Language: English
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Wings
$18.99 Read moreAre you brave enough to be your true self? Ikarus Jackson is, but it isn’t always easy. The people in his neigborhood point at his wings. The kids at school laugh. The teachers call him a distraction…. [more below]
- Author: Myers, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0590033778
- Language: English
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Araboolies of Liberty Street
$9.99 Add to cartA “very vivid and entertaining tale of fair play and poetic justice,”* The Araboolies of Liberty Street by writer Sam Swope and illustrator Barry Root is the story of a family overcoming neighborhood
- Author: Swope, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 09 2001
- ISBN10: 0374303908
- Language: English
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When We Say Black Lives Matter
$16.99 Read moreIn a powerful, poetic missive, award-winning author-illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke celebrates the meaning behind the words Black Lives Matter.
Little one, when we say Black Lives Matter,
we’re sayi- Author: Clarke, Maxine Beneba
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1536222380
- Language: English
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The Gold Cadillac
$8.99 Add to cartAnother powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘lois and her family. ‘Loi- Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0140389636
- Language: English
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Eli Meets Someone New
$16.95 Add to cartEli’s class was getting a new student. Eli’s teacher assigned him to be the new student’s buddy. Eli decides to make a surprise for the new student, but it was Eli who was surprised.The new student di
- Author: Torrence, Jaala
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 20
- Publish Date: November 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1946683299
- Language: English
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The Prisoner and the Writer
$14.99 Add to cartWinner, Canadian Jewish Literary Awards Best Children’s Book
When a Jewish army captain is falsely accused of treason and sent to prison, a writer uses his pen to fight for justice.
In 1895 a prisoner
- Author: Camlot, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1773066323
- Language: English
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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
$17.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor Book
Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerfu
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book- Author: Bryan, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1481456903
- Language: English
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Tiny Cedric
$17.99 Read more“The grouchiest character since the Grinch.” —School Library Journal, starred review
A hilarious, heartwarming picture book from a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning illustrator abo- Author: Lloyd-Jones, Sally
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 44
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1524770728
- Language: English
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Algo, Alg?n D?a
$18.99 Add to cartThe stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Christian Robinson–available in Spanish
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593623460
- Language: English
