Racial Justice Children's Book Recommendations
As parents, there are ways we can model and teach anti-racism to our kids, and children’s literature can be a powerful tool. The following books are ones we’ve read and recommend specifically as you talk with your children about individual and institutional racism. As children of God, we want to take a stand against injustice in all its forms and raise kids who will do the same.
For Elementary-Aged Kids
God’s Very Good Idea by Trillia Newbell
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
For Preschoolers
Whose Toes are Those? by Jabiri Asim
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match by Monica Brown
When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner