Racism/Social Awareness
The Stone Thrower - Jael Ealey Richardson (for ages 4-9)
All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin
Color - Katie Kissinger (ages 3+)
What's the Difference? Being Different is Amazing - Doyin Richards (ages 2-10)
Viola Desmond Won't be Budged - Jody Nyasha Warner (ages5-9)
Let's Talk About Race - Julius Lester (ages 4-8)
The Other Side - Jacqueline Woodson (ages 5-8)
The Story of Ruby Bridges - Robert Coles (ages 3-10)
I am Jackie Robinson - Brad Meltzer (ages 4-7)
Baseball Saved Us All - Ken Mochizuki (ages 6-11)
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story (ages 6-11)
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust - Karen Gray Ruelle (ages 10+)
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up - Laura Atkins (ages 8+)
Daddy, There's a Noise Outside - Kenneth Braswell (ages 6+)
Rosa - Nikki Giovanni (ages 8-10)
Child of the Civil Rights Movement - Paula Young Shelton (ages4-8)
Ron's Big Mission - Rose Blue & Corinne J. Naden (ages 4-7)
I Am Not a Number - Jenny Kay Dupuis & Kathy Kacer (ages 7-11)
Secret of the Dance - Andrea Spalding & Alfred Scow (ages 5+)
Black All Around - Patricia Hubbell (ages 4-8)
A Kids Book About Racism - Jelani Memory (ages 5+)
Personal Safety/Body Safety
It's MY Body! - Lory Britain
My Body! What I Say Goes! - Jayneen Sanders
No Means No! - Jayneen Sanders
Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept - Jayneen Sanders
Your Body Belongs To You - Cornelia Spelman
The Trouble with Secrets - Karen Johnsen
Some Parts are NOT for Sharing - Julie Federico
I Said NO! - Sandra Caron, PhD
No Trespassing- This is MY body - Pattie Fitzgerald
Those are MY Private Parts - Diane Hansen
A Terrible Thing Happened - Margaret Holmes
My Body is Special and Belongs to Me - Sally Berenzweig
Do You Have a Secret? - Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
What To Do... Series by Claire A.B. Freeland & Jacqueline B. Toner
When Mistakes Make You Quake: A Kid's Guide to Accepting
Imperfection
When You Don't Want To Be Apart: A Kid's Guide to
Overcoming Separation Anxiety
When It's Not Fair: A Kid's Guide to Handling Envy and
Jealousy
What To Do... Series by Dawn Huebner
When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming
Anxiety
When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming
Problems with Anger
When You Grumble Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming
Negativity
When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming
Problems with Sleep
When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail
Biting and More
When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
Coping with Death & Grief
When Dinosaurs Die – Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney – Judith Viorst
Remembering Mrs. Rossi – Amy Hest
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs – Tommie DePaola
Some of the Pieces – Melissa Madenski
What on Earth do you do When Someone Dies? – Trevor
Romain
Lifetimes - Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
Emma Says Goodbye - Carolyn Nystrom
Since My Brother Died - Marisol Munoz-Kiehna
The Empty Place - Roberta Temes
I Miss You: A First Look at Death - Leslie Harker
The Brightest Star - Kathleen Maresh Hemery
Where Are You?: A Child's Book About Loss - Laura Olivieri
Something Small: A Story About Remembering - Rebecca
Honig
I'll Always Love You - Hans Wilhelm
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss - Chuck Deklyen &
Pat Schwiebert
Sad Isn't Bad - Michaelene Mundy
Not The End : A Child's Journey Through Grief - Mari Dombowski
Diversity/Inclusion/Perspective
Ally! The Story of Choices – put out by the ADL
Black is Brown is Tan – Arnold Adoff
The Colors of Us – Karen Katz
You Be Me, I’ll Be You – Pili Mandelbaum
Jalapeno Bagels – Natasha Wing
Black, White, Just Right – Marguerite Davol
If The World Were Blind… - Karen Burnett
Arnie and the New Kid – Nancy Carlson
Dreams on Wheels – Myka-Lynne Sokoloff
My Nose, Your Nose – Melanie Walsh
Positive Impact – put out by the ADL
Tar Beach – Faith Ringgold
Pink and Say – Patricia Polacco
The Can Man – Laura E Williams
My Grandfather’s Coat – Jim Aylesworth
The Skin You Live In - Michael Tyler
Whoever You Are - Mem Fox
Who Is In Your Family - Susan Bowman
Exclamation Mark - Amy Krouse & Tom Lichtenheld
Red: A Crayon's Story - Michael Hall
We're All Wonders - R.J. Palacio
Giraffes Can't Dance! - Giles Andreae & Guy Parker Rees
Hey, Little Ant - Phillip M. Hoose & Hannah Hoose