Racism and Discrimination

These are books in our collection which may be useful in helping children and parents talk about racism and discrimination.You can also see our collection of diversity titles here and we also have peace-themed picture books. To find currently popular adult books on this subject, click here.

Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem By Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, Alex Bostic (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781454943747
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Published: Union Square Kids - May 24th, 2022

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water By Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593307359
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Published: Kokila - November 16th, 2021

A Boy Like You By Frank Murphy, Kayla Harren (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Frank Murphy, Kayla Harren (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781534110465
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Published: Sleeping Bear Press - July 15th, 2019

All of Us By Kathryn Erskine, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kathryn Erskine, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593204696
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Published: Philomel Books - May 18th, 2021

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners By Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062915627
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Published: HarperCollins - January 5th, 2021

Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene Bull Connor By Larry Dane Brimner Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781590787663
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Published: Calkins Creek - November 1st, 2011

Black Is a Rainbow Color By Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626726314
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - January 14th, 2020

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Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship By Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Selina Alko (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781512404425
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Published: Carolrhoda Books (R) - January 1st, 2018

The Day You Begin By Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780399246531
Availability: Usually Arrives in 2-10 Days
Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 28th, 2018

Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America By Deborah Diesen, Magdalena Mora (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Deborah Diesen, Magdalena Mora (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534439580
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Published: Beach Lane Books - February 18th, 2020

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up By Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi, Yutaka Houlette (Illustrator) Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781597143684
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Published: Heyday Books - January 30th, 2017

We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) By Bobbi Kates, Joe Mathieu (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Bobbi Kates, Joe Mathieu (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9781524770563
Availability: Usually Arrives in 2-10 Days
Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - September 19th, 2017

Hair Love By Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525553366
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Published: Kokila - May 14th, 2019

Dreamers By Yuyi Morales Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823440559
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Published: Neal Porter Books - September 4th, 2018

The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism By Tiffany Jewell, Nicole Miles (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tiffany Jewell, Nicole Miles (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780358629399
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Published: Versify - October 4th, 2022

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780062662378
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Published: HarperCollins - November 29th, 2016

I Am Enough By Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062667120
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Published: Balzer + Bray - March 6th, 2018

I Am Violet By Tania Duprey Stehlik, Vanja Vuleta Jovanovic (Illustrator) Cover Image
$10.95
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ISBN: 9781772601312
Published: Second Story Press - April 14th, 2020

I See the Promised Land By Arthur Flowers, Manu Chitrakar (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Arthur Flowers, Manu Chitrakar (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781554983285
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Published: Groundwood Books - January 5th, 2013

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) By Trevor Noah Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780525582199
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Published: Yearling - April 7th, 2020

Let's Talk About Race By Julius Lester, Karen Barbour (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Julius Lester, Karen Barbour (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780064462266
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Published: HarperCollins - December 23rd, 2008

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison #1) By Vashti Harrison Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316475112
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - December 5th, 2017

March: Book One By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781603093002
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 13th, 2013

March: Book Two By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781603094009
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - January 20th, 2015

March: Book Three By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781603094023
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 2nd, 2016

Racism and Intolerance By Louise Spilsbury, Hanane Kai (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Louise Spilsbury, Hanane Kai (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9781438050225
Availability: Usually Arrives in 2-10 Days
Published: Sourcebooks Explore - February 1st, 2018

Say Something: 10th Anniversary Edition By Peggy Moss, Lea Lyon (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Peggy Moss, Lea Lyon (Illustrator)
$9.95
ISBN: 9780884483601
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Published: Tilbury House Publishers - October 22nd, 2013

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation By Duncan Tonatiuh Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781419710544
Availability: Usually Arrives in 2-10 Days
Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - May 6th, 2014

Side by Side/Lado a lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La historia de Dolores Huerta y César Chávez (Bilingual English-Spanish) By Monica Brown, Joe Cepeda (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Monica Brown, Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780061227813
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Published: HarperCollins Espanol - August 31st, 2010

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations By Kelly Starling Lyons, Keith Mallett (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525516095
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 6th, 2019

The Sneetches and Other Stories (Classic Seuss) By Dr. Seuss Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780394800899
Availability: Usually Arrives in 2-10 Days
Published: Random House Books for Young Readers -

So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom By Gary D. Schmidt, Daniel Minter (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Gary D. Schmidt, Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626728721
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - September 25th, 2018

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice By Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781433828546
Availability: Usually Arrives in 2-10 Days
Published: Magination Press - March 1st, 2018

Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography) By Mildred Pitts Walter Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781496825834
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Published: University Press of Mississippi - November 27th, 2019

Spirit of Chicano Park - a 6 X book award winner, including a Tomas Rivera Book Award 2021: El espíritu del parque Chicano By Beatrice Zamora, Meza Maira (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Beatrice Zamora, Meza Maira (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780981695037
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Published: Tolteca Press - April 20th, 2020

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020

They Called Us Enemy By George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker (Illustrator) Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781603094504
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - July 16th, 2019

We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) By Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250203557
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - March 17th, 2020

Thurgood By Jonah Winter, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jonah Winter, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781524765330
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Published: Anne Schwartz Books - September 3rd, 2019

A Voice Named Aretha By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781681198507
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 7th, 2020

Wishtree By Katherine Applegate Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250043221
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Published: Feiwel & Friends - September 26th, 2017