Anti-Racist Resources

Mabel I Wilson School

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RECOMMENDED TITLES

These lists are by no means exhaustive and some titles are not yet available in our schools' libraries, but they are well-reviewed and feature characters and themes that are appropriate for sparking discussion with children and teens.

Recommended Titles for Elementary Students

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

This is the Rope: A story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson

Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o

We March by Shane W. Evans

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson

I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes

Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham and Charles Waters

All the Colors We Are by Katie Kissinger

Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester

Recommended Titles for Middle School Students

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Not My Idea: A book about whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham

Colorblind: A story of racism by Johnathan Harris

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson

Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison

Recommended Titles for High School Students

Darius & Twig by Walter Dean Myers

Tyrell by Coe Booth

This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

This is My America by Kim Johnson

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh

Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

Tell Me Who You Are by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi

Articles and Titles for Parents