Inclusive Literature

Looking to diversify your library or book collection? Here is a resource to help you get started. This tool includes a selection and auditing guideline, resources and more much. Created by ETSB Ped. Services.

Professional Development - Webinars

Anti-Racism and Social Justice Resources

-Includes guided read aloud resources.

Includes free classroom resources, lesson plans, professional development (Podcasts, webinars etc)

Not light, but fire: How to lead meaningful Race conversations in the classroom by Mathew R. Kay

For ETSB staff that wish to borrow this book, please contact the Board Librarian.

Inclusive Language Guidelines

Here is an introduction into using Inclusive Language and why it is important. This document includes further learning resources if you would like to learn more.

Click on the link to access a poster outlining some key reasons why using inclusive language is important. Print and hang up in the library or classroom.

Click on the link to access a pronoun poster. Hang it up in the library or classroom. This is just one way to remind everyone that the space is welcoming and safe for ALL.

Elementary & Middle Grade (Book suggestions)

Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world by Ashley Herring Blake

Alan Cole is not a coward by Eric Bell

Hurricane child by Kacen Callender

P.S I miss you by Jen Petro-Roy

Pride: The story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders (Nonfiction/Picture book)

They She He Me: Free to be me by Maya Gonzalez & Matthew SG

Nonfiction/Picture book)

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

From the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea by Kai Cheng Thom, Kai Yun Ching (Illustrator) & Wai-Yant Li (Illustrator)

Cycle 1 Identity and Gender Stereotypes Book list.pdf

Secondary

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin (Graphic Novel)

Between the blade and the heart by Amanda Hocking

The lost coast by Amy Rose

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

Summer of salt by Katrina Leno

Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner

The love & lies of Rukhsana ali by Sabina Khan

We contain multitudes by Sara Henstra

Brave Face: A memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson

(Memoir)

Before I had the words: On being a transgender young adult by Sklar Kergil

(Autobiography)

Super late bloomer: My early days in transition by Julia Kaye

(Autobiography)

A quick and easy guide to They/Them pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson

(Nonfiction/Graphic Novel)

The 57 Bus: A true story about two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives by Dashka Slater (Nonfiction)

It Gets Better: Coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage (Nonfiction)

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

They both die at the end by Adam Silvera