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2022 Notable Social Studies Trade Books

Book recommendations from social studies educators for librarians, booksellers, educators, parents, and guardians of the best children’s books with social studies content in 2021

 
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Child of the Flower-Song People

By: Gloria Amescua
Illustrated by:
Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419740206
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day

A Day for Rememberin’

By: Leah Henderson
Illustrated by:
Floyd Cooper
ISBN: 9781419736308
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe

The Stuff Between the Stars

By: Sandra Nickel
Illustrated by:
Aimée Sicuro
ISBN: 9781419736261
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #3

A Shot in the Arm!

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419750014
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators

Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call

By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781684373505
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men

Race Against Time

By: Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace
ISBN: 9781629798165
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
View from Pagoda Hill

View from Pagoda Hill

By: Michaela MacColl
ISBN: 9781629797823
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez

Without Separation

By: Larry Dane Brimner
Illustrated by:
Maya Gonzalez
ISBN: 9781684371952
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Your Life Matters

Your Life Matters

By: Chris Singleton
Illustrated by:
Taylor Barron
ISBN: 9781952239311
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
The Three Princes of Serendip: New Tellings of Old Tales for Everyone

The Three Princes of Serendip

By: Rodaan Al Galidi
Illustrated by:
Geertje Aalders
ISBN: 9781536214505
Fiction, 7-12, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
 
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Twenty-One Steps

By: Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrated by:
Matt Tavares
ISBN: 9781536201482
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
When We Say Black Lives Matter

When We Say Black Lives Matter

By: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Illustrated by:
Maxine Beneba Clarke
ISBN:  9781536222388
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry
 
Why Longfellow Lied

Why Longfellow Lied

By: Jeff Lantos
ISBN: 9781580899338
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
What’s in Your Pocket?

What’s in Your Pocket?

By: Heather L. Montgomery
Illustrated by:
Maribel Lechuga
ISBN: 9781623541224
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

We Are Still Here!

By: Traci Sorell
Illustrated by:
Frane Lessac
ISBN: 9781623541927
Nonfiction, 7-12, Diversity
 
A Queen to the Rescue: the Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

A Queen to the Rescue

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547958
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
How to be a Global Citizen: Be Informed. Get Involved.

How to be a Global Citizen

By: DK
ISBN: 9780744029956
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
How to Become an Accidental Activist

How to Become an Accidental Activist

By: Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by:
Jenn Playford
ISBN: 9781459826113
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom

Stitch by Stitch

By: Connie Schofield-Morrison
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Zunon
ISBN: 9780823439638
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Stitch by Stitch

By: Rob Sanders
Illustrated by:
Jamey Christoph
ISBN: 9781433837395
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics

History Smashers

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Falynn Koch
ISBN: 9780593120408
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink

By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
Nancy Carpenter
ISBN: 9781534449299
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Amara and the Bats

Amara and the Bats

By: Emma Reynolds
Illustrated by:
Emma Reynolds
ISBN: 9781534469013
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient

Areli is a Dreamer

By: Areli Morales
Illustrated by:
Luisa Uribe
ISBN: 9781984893994
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Good Girls Don’t Make History

Good Girls Don’t Make History

By: Elizabeth Kiehner, Kara Coyle, and Keith Olwell
Illustrated by:
Micaela Dawn
ISBN: 9780711265424
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too!

Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too!

By: Maggie P. Chang
Illustrated by:
Maggie P. Chang
ISBN: 9781534484689
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

By: Alda P. Dobbs
ISBN: 9781728234656
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
The First Blade of Sweetgrass: A Native American Story

The First Blade of Sweetgrass

By: Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey
Illustrated by:
Nancy Baker
ISBN: 9780884487609
Fiction, 4-6, Contemporary
 
I Am Smoke

I Am Smoke

By: Henry Herz
Illustrated by:
Mercè López
ISBN: 9780884487883
Fiction, 7-12, Science
 
Starfish

Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps
ISBN: 9781984814500
Fiction, 7-12, Contemporary
 
Someone Builds the Dream

Someone Builds the Dream

By: Lisa Wheeler
ISBN: 9781984814333
Fiction, 4-6, Science
 
Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community

Shelter

By: Lois Peterson
Illustrated by:
Taryn Gee
ISBN: 9781459825536
Nonfiction, 7-12, Diversity
 
Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees

Finding Home

By: Jen Sookfong Lee
Illustrated by:
Drew Shannon
ISBN: 9781459818996
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging

The Disability Experience

By: Hannalora Leavitt
Illustrated by:
Belle Wuthrich
ISBN: 9781459819283
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
 
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy

By: Emmanuel Acho
ISBN: 9781250801067
Nonfiction, Teen, Contemporary
 
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

A Face for Picasso

By: Ariel Henley
ISBN: 9780374314071
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Cuba in My Pocket

Cuba in My Pocket

By: Adrianna Cuevas
ISBN: 9780374314675
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

Stamped (For Kids)

By: Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi and Adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul
Illustrated by:
Rachelle Baker
ISBN: 9780316167581
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Song for Jimi

Song for Jimi

By: Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Illustrated by:
Edel Rodriguez
ISBN: 9780823443338
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
 
Three Lines in a Circle: The Exciting Life of the Peace Symbol

Three Lines in a Circle

By: Michael G. Long
Illustrated by:
Carlos Vélez
ISBN: 9781947888326
Fiction, 4-6, History
 
The Proudest Color

The Proudest Color

By: Sheila Modir and Jeffrey Kashou
Illustrated by:
Monica Mikai
ISBN: 9781641705783
Fiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

A Plan for the People

By: Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrated by:
Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9780802855022
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
I Is for Immigrants

I Is for Immigrants

By: Selina Alko
Illustrated by:
Selina Alko
ISBN: 9781250237866
Nonfiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
Firekeeper’s Daughter

Firekeeper’s Daughter

By: Angeline Boulley
ISBN: 9781250766564
Fiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Latinitas

By: Juliet Menéndez
Illustrated by:
Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250234629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Born Behind Bars

Born Behind Bars

By: Padma Venkatraman
ISBN: 9780593112472
Fiction, 7-12, Diversity
 
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

By: Margaret Muirhead
Illustrated by:
Adam Gustavson
ISBN: 9781580898805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Watercress

Watercress

By: Andrea Wang
Illustrated by:
Jason Chin
ISBN: 9780823446247
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
Julie Kwon
ISBN: 9780759554955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Hold on to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane

Hold on to Your Music

By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, and Emil Sher
Illustrated by:
Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780316463133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Survivor Tree

Survivor Tree

By: Marcie Colleen
Illustrated by:
Aaron Becker
ISBN: 9780316487672
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
We Can: Portraits of Power

We Can

By: Tyler Gordon
Illustrated by:
Tyler Gordon
ISBN: 9780374389666
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life

Recognize!

By: Edited by Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson
ISBN: 9780593381595
Fiction, 7-12, Diversity
 
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781536206081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
 
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

The 1619 Project

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Illustrated by:
Nikkolas Smith
ISBN: 9780593307359
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
African Proverbs for All Ages

African Proverbs for All Ages

By: Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Nelda LaTeef
Illustrated by:
Nelda LaTeef
ISBN: 9781250756060
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Amazing Treasures: 100+ Objects and Places That Will Boggle Your Mind

Amazing Treasures

By: David Long
Illustrated by:
MUTI
ISBN: 9781912920501
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Amira’s Picture Day

Amira’s Picture Day

By: Reem Faruqi
Illustrated by:
Fahmida Azim
ISBN: 9780823440191
Fiction, 4-6, Religion
 
An Equal Shot: How the Law Title IX Changed America

An Equal Shot

By: Helaine Becker
Illustrated by:
Dow Phumiruk
ISBN: 9781250241955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution

Art of Protest

By: De Nichols
Illustrated by:
Molly Mendoza, Diana Dagadita, Olivia Twist, and Raul Oprea
ISBN: 9781536223255
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
 
At Night All Blood is Black: A Novel

At Night All Blood is Black

By: David Diop; Translated from the French by Anna Moschovakis
ISBN: 9780374266974
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel

The Awakening of Malcolm X

By: Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
ISBN: 9780374313296
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
Beautifully Me

Beautifully Me

By: Nabela Noor
Illustrated by:
Nabi H. Ali
ISBN: 9781534485877
Fiction, 4-6, Contemporary
 
The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War

The Book Collectors

By: Delphine Minoui; Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
ISBN: 9780374115166
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Borders

Borders

By: Thomas King
Illustrated by:
Natasha Donovan
ISBN: 9780316593069
Fiction, 7-12, Cultural Diversity
 
Bright Star

Bright Star

By: Yuyi Morales
Illustrated by:
Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823443284
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Buses Are A Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider

Buses Are A Comin’

By: Charles Person and Richard Rooker
ISBN: 9781250274199
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Call And Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter

Call And Response

By: Veronica Chambers
ISBN: 9780358573418
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Calvin

Calvin

By: JR Ford And Vanessa Ford
Illustrated by:
Kayla Harren
ISBN: 9780593108673
Fiction, 4-6, LGBTQIA+
 
Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem

Change Sings

By: Amanda Gorman
Illustrated by:
Loren Long
ISBN: 9780593203224
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall

Code Name Badass

By: Heather Demetrios
ISBN: 9781534431874
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
The Cot in the Living Room

The Cot in the Living Room

By: Hilda Eunice Burgos
Illustrated by:
Gaby D'Alessandro
ISBN: 9780593110478
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy

By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9781338596618
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Dawn Raid

Dawn Raid

By: Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
Illustrated by:
Mat Hunkin
ISBN: 9781646140411
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Defiant: Growing up in the Jim Crow South

Defiant

By: Wade Hudson
ISBN: 9780593126356
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Edited by Alice Wong
ISBN: 9780593381670
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

By: Megan Shepherd
ISBN: 9780374314583
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration

Drawn Across Borders

By: George Butler
Illustrated by:
George Butler
ISBN: 9781536217759
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition)

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition)

By: Anton Treuer
ISBN: 9781646140459
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
Except Antarctica

Except Antarctica

By: Todd Sturgell
Illustrated by:
Todd Sturgell
ISBN: 9781728233260
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown

Fallout

By: Steve Sheinkin
ISBN: 9781250149015
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Families Can

Families Can

By: Dan Saks
Illustrated by:
Brooke Smart
ISBN: 9780593223659
Fiction, 0-3, Diversity
 
Fatima’s Great Outdoors

Fatima’s Great Outdoors

By: Ambreen Tariq
Illustrated by:
Stevie Lewis
ISBN: 9781984816955
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Flight of the Puffin

Flight of the Puffin

By: Ann Braden
ISBN: 9781984816061
Fiction, 7-12, Mental/Physical Health
 
Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty

Glory

By: Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
ISBN: 9781250204561
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom

Harriet Tubman

By: Whit Taylor
Illustrated by:
 Kazimir Lee
ISBN: 9780759555518
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
The History of Western Art in Comics Part One: Prehistory to the Renaissance

The History of Western Art in Comics Part One

By: Marion Augustin
Illustrated by:
Bruno Heitz
ISBN: 9780823446452
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Home is Not a Country

Home is Not a Country

By: Safia Elhillo
ISBN: 9780593177051
Fiction, Teen, Poetry
 
Huda F Are You?

Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy
Illustrated by:
Huda Fahmy
ISBN: 9780593324318
Fiction, Teen, Coming of Age
 
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story

I Am an American

By: Martha Brockenbrough and Grace Lin
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo 
ISBN: 9780316426923
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
I Dream of Popo

I Dream of Popo

By: Livia Blackburne
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781250249319
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving

If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving

By: Chris Newell
Illustrated by:
Winnona Nelson
ISBN: 9781338726374
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9780358223573
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
In the Wild Light

In the Wild Light

By: Jeff Zentner
ISBN: 9781524720247
Fiction, Teen, Coming of Age
 
King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin

King of Ragtime

By: Stephen Costanza
Illustrated by:
Stephen Costanza
ISBN: 9781534410367
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

By: Malinda Lo
ISBN: 9780525555254
Fiction, Teen, LGBTQIA+
 
Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9780593308530
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip

Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip

By: Michael W. Waters
Illustrated by:
Nicole Tadgell
ISBN: 9781947888197
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
The List of Unspeakable Fears

The List of Unspeakable Fears

By: J. Kasper Kramer
ISBN: 9781534480742
Fiction, 7-12, Horror
 
The Little Owl & the Big Tree

The Little Owl & the Big Tree

By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by:
Jeanette Winter
ISBN: 9781665902137
Nonfiction, 0-3, Animals
 
Love the Earth: Understanding Climate Change, Speaking Up for Solutions, and Living an Earth-Friendly Life

Love the Earth

By: Mel Hammond
Illustrated by:
Monique Dong
ISBN: 9781683371786
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
 
Lucas at the Paralympics

Lucas at the Paralympics

By: Igor Plohl
Illustrated by:
Urska Stropnik Sonc
ISBN: 9780823447657
Fiction, 4-6, Mental/Physical Health
 
Luck of the Titanic

Luck of the Titanic

By: Stacey Lee
ISBN: 9781524740986
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
Lunch Around the World

Lunch Around the World

By: Jeanette Ferrara
ISBN: 9781338768688
Nonfiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Making A Baby

Making A Baby

By: Rachel Greener
Illustrated by:
Clare Owen
ISBN: 9780593324851
Nonfiction, 4-6, Health
 
The Many Meanings of Meilan

The Many Meanings of Meilan

By: Andrea Wang
ISBN: 9780593111284
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Meena Lost and Found (The Meena Zee Series)

Meena Lost and Found (The Meena Zee Series)

By: Karla Manternach
Illustrated by:
Mina Price
ISBN: 9781534486140
Fiction, 7-12, Mental/Physical Health
 
Meltdown: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima

Meltdown

By: Deirdre Langeland
ISBN: 9781626727007
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Mighty Inside

Mighty Inside

By: Sundee T. Frazier
ISBN: 9781646140916
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
My America

My America

By: Karen Katz
Illustrated by:
Karen Katz
ISBN: 9780805090123
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
My First Day

My First Day

By: Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Thi Kim Lien
Illustrated by:
Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Thi Kim Lien
ISBN: 9780593306260
Fiction, 4-6, Health
 
My Name Is Bana

My Name Is Bana

By: Bana Alabed
Illustrated by:
Nez Riaz
ISBN: 9781534412484
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
My Sister, Daisy

My Sister, Daisy

By: Adria Karlsson
Illustrated by:
Linus Curci
ISBN: 9781684463848
Fiction, 4-6, LGBTQIA+
 
My Two Border Towns

My Two Border Towns

By: David Bowles
Illustrated by:
Erika Meza
ISBN: 9780593111048
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Nathan’s Song

Nathan’s Song

By: Leda Schubert
Illustrated by:
Maya Ish-Shalom
ISBN: 9781984815781
Fiction, 4-6, Religion
 
New Year

New Year

By: Mei Zihan
Illustrated by:
Qin Leng
ISBN: 9781771647311
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites

Niki Nakayama

By: Debbi Michiko Florence and Jamie Michalak
Illustrated by:
Yuko Jones
ISBN: 9780374313876
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

Nina

By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Christian Robinson
ISBN: 9781524737283
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Milo Imagines the World

Milo Imagines the World

By: Matt de la Peña
Illustrated by:
Christian Robinson
ISBN: 9780399549083
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Once Upon a Time There Was and Will Be So Much More

Once Upon a Time There Was and Will Be So Much More

By: Johanna Schaible
Illustrated by:
Johanna Schaible
ISBN: 9781536222135
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
 
The One Thing You’d Save

The One Thing You’d Save

By: Linda Sue Park
Illustrated by:
Robert Sae-Heng
ISBN: 9781328515131
Fiction, 7-12, Poetry
 
The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

The Other Talk

By: Brendan Kiely
ISBN: 9781534494046
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
 
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race

Our Skin

By: Megan Madison And Jessica Ralli
Illustrated by:
Isabel Roxas
ISBN: 9780593519394
Nonfiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
Papa’s Free Day Party

Papa’s Free Day Party

By: Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by:
Wayne Anthony Still
ISBN: 9780940975729
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Parker Shines On: Another Extraordinary Moment

Parker Shines On

By: Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Illustrated by:
Brittany Jackson
ISBN: 9781534454743
Fiction, 4-6, Series
 
The Passover Guest

The Passover Guest

By: Susan Kusel
Illustrated by:
Sean Rubin
ISBN: 9780823445622
Fiction, 4-6, Religion
 
Peacemaker

Peacemaker

By: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 9781984815378
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself

Picturing a Nation

By: Martin W. Sandler
ISBN: 9781536215250
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Race Cars: A Children’s Book about White Privilege

Race Cars

By: Jenny Devenny and Charnaie Gordon
Illustrated by:
Jenny Devenny
ISBN: 9780711262904
Fiction, 7-12, Diversity
 
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People

Revolution in Our Time

By: Kekla Magoon
ISBN: 9781536214185
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Rez Dogs

Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 9780593326213
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change

Right Now!

By: Miranda Paul
Illustrated by:
Bea Jackson
ISBN: 9780358137320
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy

Rise Up!

By: Crystal Marie Fleming
ISBN: 9781250226389
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
 
Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand

Rock by Rock

By: Jennifer Bradbury
Illustrated by:
Sam Boughton
ISBN: 9781481481823
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

Runaway

By: Ray Anthony Shepard
Illustrated by:
Keith Mallett
ISBN: 9780374307042
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Samira Surfs

Samira Surfs

By: Rukhsanna Guidroz
Illustrated by:
Fahmida Azim
ISBN: 9781984816191
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch

Saving American Beach

By: Heidi Tyline King
Illustrated by:
Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9781101996294
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas

The Sea-Ringed World

By: Maria Garcia Esperon, Translated by David Bowles
Illustrated by:
Amanda Mijangos
ISBN: 9781646140152
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education (Scholastic Focus)

Separate No More

By: Lawrence Goldstone
ISBN: 9781338592832
Nonfiction, Teen, Background / Culture
 
She Persisted: Clara Lemlich

She Persisted

By: Deborah Heiligman
ISBN: 9780593115725
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin

She Persisted

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115848
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief

She Persisted

By: Christine Day and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115817
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges

She Persisted

By: Kekla Magoon and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115879
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Something Happened in Our Park: Standing Together After Gun Violence

Something Happened in Our Park

By: Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, and Marietta Collins
Illustrated by:
Keith Henry Brown
ISBN: 9781433835216
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir

Somewhere in the Unknown World

By: Kao Kalia Yang
ISBN: 9781250296856
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Space Explorers: 25 Extraordinary Stories of Space Exploration and Adventure

Space Explorers

By: Libby Jackson
Illustrated by:
Léonard Dupond
ISBN: 9781582707648
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States

Sprouting Wings

By: Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker
Illustrated by:
Floyd Cooper
ISBN: 9781984847621
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
The Story of Bodri

The Story of Bodri

By: Hédi Fried
Illustrated by:
Stina Wirsén 
ISBN: 9780802855657
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Sugar Town Queens

Sugar Town Queens

By: Malla Nunn
ISBN: 9780525515609
Fiction, Teen, Mystery / Thriller
 
Susie B. Won’t Back Down

Susie B. Won’t Back Down

By: Margaret Finnegan
ISBN: 9781534496361
Fiction, 7-12, Humor
 
Take Back the Block

Take Back the Block

By: Chrystal Giles
ISBN: 9780593175170
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Téo’s Tutu

Téo’s Tutu

By: Maryann Jacob Macias
Illustrated by:
Alea Marley
ISBN: 9781984815521
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
 
Thankful

Thankful

By: Elaine Vickers
Illustrated by:
Samantha Cotterill
ISBN: 9781534477346
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
 
The Thing I’m Most Afraid Of

The Thing I’m Most Afraid Of

By: Kristin Levine
ISBN: 9780525518648
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth

This Very Tree

By: Sean Rubin
ISBN: 9781250788504
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
A Time of Fear: America in the Era of Red Scares and Cold War

A Time of Fear

By: Albert Marrin
ISBN: 9780525644293
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Tomatoes For Neela

Tomatoes For Neela

By: Padma Lakshmi
Illustrated by:
Juana Martinez-Neal
ISBN: 9780593202708
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything

A True Wonder

By: Kirsten W. Larson
Illustrated by:
Katy Wu
ISBN: 9780358238423
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

Try It!

By: Mara Rockliff
Illustrated by:
Giselle Potter
ISBN: 9781534460072
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Unbound

By: Tarana Burke
ISBN: 9781250621733
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

Unbound

By: Joyce Sctoo and Brie Spangler
Illustrated by:
Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780525648116
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Unspeakable

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Floyd Cooper
ISBN: 9781541581203
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Walls

Walls

By: L.M. Elliott
ISBN: 9781643750248
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation

The Water Lady

By: Alice B. McGinty
Illustrated by:
Shonto Begay
ISBN: 9780525645009
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
We Are a Garden: A Story of How Diversity Took Root in America

We Are a Garden

By: Lisa Westberg Peters
Illustrated by:
Victoria Tentler-Krylov
ISBN: 9780593123133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome

By: Bryan Collier
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781338540376
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
We the People and the President: An Infographic Look at the American Presidency

We the People and the President

By: PJ Creek and Jamie Creek
ISBN: 9781626724693
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Welcome to the New World

Welcome to the New World

By: Jake Halpern
Illustrated by:
Michael Sloan
ISBN: 9781250305596
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
What Are Your Words?: A Book about Pronouns

What Are Your Words?

By: Katherine Locke
Illustrated by:
Anne Passchier
ISBN: 9780316542067
Fiction, 4-6, LGBTQIA+
 
What I Am

What I Am

By: Divya Srinivasan
ISBN: 9780593204016
Fiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
What Is Black Lives Matter?

What Is Black Lives Matter?

By: Lakita Wilson and Who HQ
Illustrated by:
Gregory Copeland
ISBN: 9780593385883
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII

When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII

By: Susan H. Kamei
ISBN: 9781481401449
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
When the World Was Ours

When the World Was Ours

By: Liz Kessler
ISBN: 9781534499652
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
When We Make It

When We Make It

By: Elisabet Velasquez
ISBN: 9780593324486
Fiction, Teen, Coming of Age
 
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

By: Kirsten Anderson and Who HQ
Illustrated by:
Manuel Gutierrez
ISBN: 9780593226407
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Who Is Jane Goodall?: (A Who Was? Board Book)

Who Is Jane Goodall?

By: Lisbeth Kaiser and Who HQ
Illustrated by:
Stanley Chow
ISBN: 9780593223420
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed

By: Edited by Saraciea J. Fennell
ISBN: 9781250763426
Nonfiction, Teen, Background / Culture
 
World In Between: Based on a True Refugee Story

World In Between

By: Kenan Trebincevic
Illustrated by:
Susan Shapiro
ISBN: 9780358439875
Fiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Yayoi Kusama: Ready-to-Read Level 3 (You Should Meet Series)

Yayoi Kusama

By: May Nakamura
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Badiu
ISBN: 9781534495654
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
You Can’t Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell

You Can’t Say That!

By: Leonard S. Marcus
ISBN: 9780763690366
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History

Your Legacy

By: Schele Williams
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9781419748752
Nonfiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Angel of Greenwood

Angel of Greenwood

By: Randi Pink
ISBN: 9781250768476
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
Home Is in Between

Home Is in Between

By: Mitali Perkins
Illustrated by:
Lavanya Naidu
ISBN: 9780374303679
Fiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
Linked

Linked

By: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9781338629118
Fiction, 7-12, Mystery / Thriller
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