2026 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 2025.
The ABCs of Women’s History
By: Rio Cortez
Illustrated by:
Lauren Semmer
Lauren Semmer
ISBN: 9781523523290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Ablaze: The Story of America’s First Female Smokejumper
By: Jessica Lawson
Illustrated by:
Sarah Gonzales
Sarah Gonzales
ISBN: 9780593463659
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa
By: Sara Andrea Fajardo
Illustrated by:
Juana Martinez-Neal
Juana Martinez-Neal
ISBN: 9781250838612
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
All the Stars in the Sky
By: Art Coulson
Illustrated by:
Winona Nelson
Winona Nelson
ISBN: 9781665931373
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Family / Community
Allyship as Action: 7 Ways to Advocate for Others
By: Tanya Boteju
Illustrated by:
Bithi Sutradhar
Bithi Sutradhar
ISBN: 9781459840478
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
America Gives Thanks
By: Bob McKinnon
Illustrated by:
Thai My Phuong
Thai My Phuong
ISBN: 9780593658819
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Are We There Yet?: The First Road Trip Across the USA
By: Stacy McAnulty
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781665937474
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped
By: Kyle Lukoff
Illustrated by:
Levi Hastings
Levi Hastings
ISBN: 9781665931663
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters’ Fight for Abolition and Women’s Rights
By: Angelica Shirley Carpenter
ISBN: 9798765627433
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
ISBN: 9780063218901
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World
By: Rachel Lancashire
Illustrated by:
Jenny Zemanek
Jenny Zemanek
ISBN: 9781419766831
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Ballet Brown (An Original Picture Book)
By: Bellen Woodard
Illustrated by:
Fanny Liem
Fanny Liem
ISBN: 9781546134077
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
A Banquet for Cecilia: How Cecilia Chiang Revolutionized Chinese Food in America
By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
Melissa Iwai
Melissa Iwai
ISBN: 9780759557413
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince
By: Laura Obuobi
Illustrated by:
Olivia Duchess
Olivia Duchess
ISBN: 9780063222465
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Binna’s Dalgona
By: Sojung Kim-McCarthy
ISBN: 9780593856550
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Bittersweet: Based on the True Tale of the Berlin Candy Bombers
By: Christy Mandin
Illustrated by:
Christy Mandin
Christy Mandin
ISBN: 9781665960588
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Black Girl Power: 15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood
By: Leah Johnson (editor)
ISBN: 9781368098960
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Anthology / Collection, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Hair Can: The Roots of Our Roots
By: Sylvia Rodriguez
Illustrated by:
Sylvia Rodriguez
Sylvia Rodriguez
ISBN: 9781623545901
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black History Is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
Illustrated by:
Adriana Bellet
Adriana Bellet
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Brave
By: Weshoyot Alvitre
Illustrated by:
Weshoyot Alvitre
Weshoyot Alvitre
ISBN: 9780593531600
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Bread Days
By: Hannah Chung
Illustrated by:
Hannah Chung
Hannah Chung
ISBN: 9781662621017
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
Brown Girl in the Snow
By: Yolanda T. Marshall
Illustrated by:
Marianne Ferrer
Marianne Ferrer
ISBN: 9781771649261
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Immigrant Experience
The Camel Library: A True Story from Pakistan
By: Marzieh Abbas
Illustrated by:
Anain Shaikh
Anain Shaikh
ISBN: 9781250322029
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Animals
CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella
By: Shana Keller
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781623543891
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Historical Fiction
CLIMATE: How Wladimir Köppen Studied Weather and Drew the First Climate Map
By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
Peter Willis
Peter Willis
ISBN: 9781629443058
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, History
The Cookie Vote
By: Daniel Bernstrom and Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by:
G. Brian Karas
G. Brian Karas
ISBN: 9780593173305
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?: Celebrating the Seasons
By: Tyna Legault Taylor
Illustrated by:
Michelle Dao
Michelle Dao
ISBN: 9781774921227
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools
By: Debbie Levy
ISBN: 9781547612215
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story
By: Tova Friedman
ISBN: 9780063381544
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
Dedushka: Memories of My Grandpa and Ukraine
By: Katerina Spaeth
Illustrated by:
Katerina Spaeth
Katerina Spaeth
ISBN: 9781223188973
Fiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Family / Community
Dig!
By: Ruth Hatfield
Illustrated by:
Sophia Watts
Sophia Watts
ISBN: 9780711295681
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
Diyas at Circle Time: A Celebration of South Asian Festivals Around Diwali Time
By: Anjali Joshi
Illustrated by:
Tim Palin
Tim Palin
ISBN: 9781949528008
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Down on the Bayou
By: Glenda Armand
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9780593707883
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (A Picture Book)
By: Nancy Johnson James
Illustrated by:
Diana Ejaita
Diana Ejaita
ISBN: 9781951836535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre
By: Livia Blackburne
Illustrated by:
Nicole Xu
Nicole Xu
ISBN: 9798765627228
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
El Niño
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrated by:
Joe Cepeda
Joe Cepeda
ISBN: 9781338068559
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Coming of Age
Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born
By: Richard Michelson
Illustrated by:
Alyssa Russell
Alyssa Russell
ISBN: 9798217003259
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Faye and the Dangerous Journey: An Ojibwe Removal Survival Story
By: Kim Sigafus
Illustrated by:
Soia Di Chiara Manetti
Soia Di Chiara Manetti
ISBN: 9781669086277
Fiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Historical Fiction
A Festa for Luana
By: Joana Pastro
Illustrated by:
Duda Oliva
Duda Oliva
ISBN: 9781665924795
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Fierce Aunties!
By: Laurel Goodluck
Illustrated by:
Steph Littlebird
Steph Littlebird
ISBN: 9781665948968
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Family / Community
Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality
By: Jeff Gottesfeld and Michelle Y. Green
Illustrated by:
Kim Holt
Kim Holt
ISBN: 9781954354333
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Fighter in the Woods: The True Story of a Jewish Girl who Joined the Partisans in World War II
By: Joshua M. Greene
ISBN: 9781546135852
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
A Flea For Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change
By: Valerie Bolling
Illustrated by:
TeMika Grooms
TeMika Grooms
ISBN: 9781623545826
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Fortune Cookies for Everyone!: The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat
By: Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by:
Collen Kong-Savage
Collen Kong-Savage
ISBN: 9781636551593
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Fred Flips
By: Frederick Richard with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Darcie Olley
Darcie Olley
ISBN: 9781638192299
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown: A Picture Book
By: Nydia Armendia-Sánchez
Illustrated by:
Loris Lora
Loris Lora
ISBN: 9781949480351
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing after World War II
By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
Boris Kulikov
Boris Kulikov
ISBN: 9781547608027
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Game Changers: Stories of Hijabi Athletes from around the World
By: Charlene Smith
Illustrated by:
Natalya Tariq
Natalya Tariq
ISBN: 9781459838048
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Sports / Games / Recreation
George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses That Saved America
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Jenn Harney
Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781662680434
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
The Gift of Eid
By: Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Illustrated by:
Aaliya Jaleel
Aaliya Jaleel
ISBN: 9780823455652
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
The Gift of the Great Buffalo
By: Carole Lindstrom
Illustrated by:
Aly McKnight
Aly McKnight
ISBN: 9781547606887
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Historical Fiction
Girls on the Rise
By: Amanda Gorman
Illustrated by:
Loveis Wise
Loveis Wise
ISBN: 9780593624180
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Girls with Goals
By: Clelia Castro-Malaspina
ISBN: 9781836001898
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Giving Thanks with Halmoni: Celebrating Chuseok, The Korean Harvest Festival
By: Kathleen Choi/Sook Nyul Choi
Illustrated by:
Il Sung Na
Il Sung Na
ISBN: 9781636551616
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Grandmother Moon
By: Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason
Illustrated by:
Trisha B. Waters
Trisha B. Waters
ISBN: 9781506487038
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Hick: The trailblazing journalist who captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s heart
By: Sarah Miller
ISBN: 9780593649091
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln
By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
Sally Wern Comport
Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781635928235
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The History of We
By: Nikkolas Smith
Illustrated by:
Nikkolas Smith
Nikkolas Smith
ISBN: 9780593619681
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Hopeful Heroes: More Poems about Amazing Latinos
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Juliet Menéndez
Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250313942
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The House on the Canal
By: Thomas Harding
Illustrated by:
Britta Teckentrup
Britta Teckentrup
ISBN: 9781536240702
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, History
How the U.S. Government Works: A Kid’s Guide to Civics
By: Syl Sobel J.D.
ISBN: 9781464229992
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Chapter Book, Government / Politics / Law
How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How it Shaped America
By: Clint Smith, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul
ISBN: 9780316578509
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
A Hug Like Michelle’s, a Voice Like Beyoncé’s: A Picture Book
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771507
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
I am Sally Ride
By: Brad Meltzer
Illustrated by:
Christopher Eliopoulos
Christopher Eliopoulos
ISBN: 9780593533420
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
I Love Salmon and Lampreys
By: Brook Thompson
Illustrated by:
Anastasia Khmelevska
Anastasia Khmelevska
ISBN: 9781597146685
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This
By: Eugene Yelchin
Illustrated by:
Eugene Yelchin
Eugene Yelchin
ISBN: 9781536215533
Nonfiction, Teen, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
If You Were a Kid at the March on Washington
By: Aaron Talley and Josh Gregory
Illustrated by:
Ana Latese
Ana Latese
ISBN: 9781546136231
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham
By: Elizabeth Partridge
Illustrated by:
Yuko Shimizu
Yuko Shimizu
ISBN: 9781984835185
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Interpreter
By: Olivia Abtahi
Illustrated by:
Monica Arnaldo
Monica Arnaldo
ISBN: 9780593620441
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
It’s About Time!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #6 (A Nonfiction Graphic Novel)
By: Don Brown
Illustrated by:
Don Brown
Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419773310
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Graphic Novel, History
Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library
By: Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by:
Sally Deng
Sally Deng
ISBN: 9781452182629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Juneteenth Alphabet
By: Andrea Underwood Petifer
Illustrated by:
Ana Latese
Ana Latese
ISBN: 9781464219016
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Concepts
Kente for Jojo
By: Bernard Mensah
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Zunon
Elizabeth Zunon
ISBN: 9780593567128
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, How-to / Activity
Lady of the Lines: How Maria Reiche Saved the Nazca Lines by Sweeping the Desert
By: Michaela Maccoll
Illustrated by:
Elisa Chavarri
Elisa Chavarri
ISBN: 9781662620096
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
By: Barrington Irving and Chana Stiefel
Illustrated by:
Shamar Knight-Justice
Shamar Knight-Justice
ISBN: 9780593532133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Leyendas/Legends: 60 Latine People Who Changed the World
By: Mónica Mancillas
Illustrated by:
Isadora Zeferino
Isadora Zeferino
ISBN: 9781797211985
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The Library in the Woods
By: Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9781541599123
Fiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
A Line Can Go Anywhere
By: Caroline McAlister
Illustrated by:
Jamie Green
Jamie Green
ISBN: 9781250310378
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Lost Women of Science
By: Melina Gerosa Bellows and Katie Hafner
Illustrated by:
Karyn Lee
Karyn Lee
ISBN: 9780593896716
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Love Your Neighbor
By: Chris Singleton with Ryan G. Van Cleave
Illustrated by:
Jayri Gomez
Jayri Gomez
ISBN: 9781638192268
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Friendships
Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins—The First Lady of Children’s Music
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Make Good Trouble
By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
ISBN: 9780744092196
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Mariam’s Dream: The Story of Mariam Al-Shaar and Her Food Truck of Hope
By: Leila Boukarim
Illustrated by:
Sona Avedikian
Sona Avedikian
ISBN: 9781797222332
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Marjory’s River of Grass: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Fierce Protector of the Everglades
By: Josie James
ISBN: 9780316446914
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Max in the Land of Lies
By: Adam Gidwitz
ISBN: 9780593112113
Fiction, 7-12, Prose, Historical Fiction
Maya Angelou Finds Her Voice
By: Connie Roop and Peter Roop
Illustrated by:
Noa Denmon
Noa Denmon
ISBN: 9781481449267
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Maybe Just Ask Me!
By: Katie Mazeika
Illustrated by:
Katie Mazeika
Katie Mazeika
ISBN: 9781665949897
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Disabilities
The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World (A Picture Book Biography)
By: James Howe
Illustrated by:
Jack Wong
Jack Wong
ISBN: 9781419755217
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Muzoon: From Refugee to Leader
By: Muzoon Almellehan
Illustrated by:
Asma Enayeh
Asma Enayeh
ISBN: 9781984852038
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
My Home Is In My Backpack
By: Eugenia Perrella; translated by Sally Polson
Illustrated by:
Angela Salerno
Angela Salerno
ISBN: 9781782509257
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Immigrant Experience
Nainai’s Mountain
By: Livia Blackburne
Illustrated by:
Joey Chou
Joey Chou
ISBN: 9780823452187
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Places / Travel
Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story
By: Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger
Illustrated by:
Michelle Theodore
Michelle Theodore
ISBN: 9781773219851
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli
By: Karina Yan Glaser
ISBN: 9780063284432
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Fantasy
Oh No! Chinese School!
By: Crystal Murakami
Illustrated by:
Jon Kenzo Okeya
Jon Kenzo Okeya
ISBN: 9781949567151
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land
By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Gibbon
Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781662680458
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
One Wrong Step
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
ISBN: 9781338275865
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Mystery / Thriller
Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS
By: Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Adapted by Eric S. Singer
ISBN: 9780593856451
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Origin: An Illuminating Look at Indigenous Peoples and Their Connection to the Natural World
By: Nat Cardozo; translated by Layla Benitez-James/Ian Farnes
Illustrated by:
Nat Cardozo
Nat Cardozo
ISBN: 9781636551555
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #2)
By: Betty C. Tang
Illustrated by:
Betty C. Tang
Betty C. Tang
ISBN: 9781338832716
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Graphic Novel, Immigrant Experience
The Peanut Man
By: Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrated by:
Raúl Colón
Raúl Colón
ISBN: 9781682635681
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi, and His Journey Home
By: N. H. Senzai
Illustrated by:
Anna Rich
Anna Rich
ISBN: 9781984816986
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Putin vs Zelensky: The Russo-Ukranian War
By: Ben Thompson
ISBN: 9781250339560
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Rap It Up!
By: Carole Boston Weatherford & Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Ernel Martinez
Ernel Martinez
ISBN: 9781250833570
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Rebellion 1776
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 9781416968269
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Historical Fiction
Refugee: The Graphic Novel
By: Alan Gratz
Illustrated by:
Syd Fini
Syd Fini
ISBN: 9781338733969
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction
Remember Who You Are
By: Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince
Illustrated by:
Sara General
Sara General
ISBN: 9781459840317
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Returning the Sword: How a Japanese Sword of War Became a Symbol of Friendship and Peace
By: Caren Stelson
Illustrated by:
Amanda Yoshida
Amanda Yoshida
ISBN: 9798765611531
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Rise Up!: 25 Powerful Protests in American History
By: Rachel C. Katz
Illustrated by:
Sophie Bass
Sophie Bass
ISBN: 9798888593684
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Rosa by Any Other Name
By: Hailey Alcaraz
ISBN: 9780593525579
Fiction, 0-3, Prose, Historical Fiction
Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher
By: Ruby Bridges
Illustrated by:
Trudy Tran
Trudy Tran
ISBN: 9781338753943
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Sacred Stone Camp
By: Rae Rose
Illustrated by:
Aly McKnight
Aly McKnight
ISBN: 9780593696637
Nonfiction, Teen, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Safe Harbor
By: Padma Venkatraman
ISBN: 9780593112502
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Immigrant Experience
The Sandy Lake Tragedy: Following in the Footsteps of the Ojibwe
By: Emily Faith Johnson
ISBN: 9798875206139
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, History
A Sea of Lemon Trees
By: María Dolores Águila
ISBN: 9781250342614
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Historical Fiction
She Persisted: Kamala Harris
By: Raakhee Mirchandani with introduction by Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Boiger and Jessica W. Clark
Alexandra Boiger and Jessica W. Clark
ISBN: 9798217039593
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide
By: Pablo Leon
Illustrated by:
Pablo Leon
Pablo Leon
ISBN: 9780063223554
Fiction, Teen, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction
The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II
By: Tonya Abari
Illustrated by:
Lance Evans
Lance Evans
ISBN: 9780063265769
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies
By: Margi Preus
Illustrated by:
Jaime Zollars
Jaime Zollars
ISBN: 9781419756719
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis
By: Erin McGuire
Illustrated by:
Erin McGuire
Erin McGuire
ISBN: 9781534466173
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By: Karen Valby
ISBN: 9780593643563
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
That Swingin’ Sound!: The Musical Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
By: Rekha S Rajan
Illustrated by:
Ken Daley
Ken Daley
ISBN: 9781665957038
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
This Skirt Won’t Work
By: Jennifer Cooper
Illustrated by:
Eva Byrne
Eva Byrne
ISBN: 9781728267845
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Through Sand and Salt: A Tale of Discovery Across the Sahara
By: Elizabeth Zunon
ISBN: 9781547607051
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Places / Travel
To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles
By: Deborah Blumenthal
Illustrated by:
Anastasia Magloire Williams
Anastasia Magloire Williams
ISBN: 9781665927734
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities
By: Patricia Morris Buckley
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9780063046979
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods
By: Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by:
Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
ISBN: 9781636551319
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
Under Attack (Kidnapped From Ukraine #1)
By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
ISBN: 9781546104513
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Historical Fiction
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—and Helped Change History
By: Pat Zietlow Miller
Illustrated by:
Jerry Jordan
Jerry Jordan
ISBN: 9780593524909
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Vanished: Seven Women Magicians Who Simply Disappeared
By: Anna Hays
Illustrated by:
Mary Kate McDevitt
Mary Kate McDevitt
ISBN: 9780593712559
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
We Are American, Too
By: Kristen Mei Chase
Illustrated by:
Jieting Chen
Jieting Chen
ISBN: 9780374390211
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
What Color Is the Baby? A Celebration of Skin Tones
By: Harshini Vankineni
Illustrated by:
Neha Rawat
Neha Rawat
ISBN: 9781536228946
Fiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Family / Community
What Will I Do if I Miss You? A Picture Book for Separation Anxiety
By: Melissa T. Shultz
Illustrated by:
Lilia Miceli
Lilia Miceli
ISBN: 9798893960037
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Emotional Learning
Where Are the Women?: The Girl Scouts’ Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park
By: Janice Hechter
Illustrated by:
Janice Hechter
Janice Hechter
ISBN: 9781643713809
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Where Only Storms Grow
By: Alyssa Colman
ISBN: 9780374392789
Fiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Historical Fiction
Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau
By: Ned Wolfe
Illustrated by:
Caroline Hu
Caroline Hu
ISBN: 9780593385647
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels
By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Livi Gosling
Livi Gosling
ISBN: 9781728297781
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
The World Entire: A True Story of Extraordinary World War II Rescue
By: Elizabeth Brown
Illustrated by:
Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón
ISBN: 9781452170985
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
