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For Elementary and Middle School Teachers (version 1)

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This unflinching documentary examines the history of incarceration in America through the lens of racial injustice.

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This toolkit represents the work and thinking of 15 grassroots organizations with Asian American bases living in the most precarious margins of power: low-income tenants, youth, undocumented immigrants, low-wage workers, refugees, women and girls, and queer and trans people. It reflects their experiences with criminalization, deportation, homophobia, xenophobia and Islamo-racism, war, gender violence, poverty, and worker exploitation. All of the modules are designed to begin with people’s lived experiences, and to build structural awareness of why those experiences are happening, and how they are tied to the oppression of others.

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Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit by Grassroots Asians Rising PUBLIC

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Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta 

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Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta 

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This book, written by leading Filipino American historian Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, PhD with writer Gayle Romasanta, richly illustrated by Andre Sibayan, tells the story of labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Larry Itliong's lifelong fight for a farmworkers union, and the birth of one of the most significant American social movements of all time, the farmworker's struggle, and its most enduring union, the United Farm Workers. This is the first book written about Larry Itliong and the first nonfiction illustrated Filipino American history book for children.

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This book, written by leading Filipino American historian Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, PhD with writer Gayle Romasanta, richly illustrated by Andre Sibayan, tells the story of labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Larry Itliong's lifelong fight for a farmworkers union, and the birth of one of the most significant American social movements of all time, the farmworker's struggle, and its most enduring union, the United Farm Workers.

This is the first book written about Larry Itliong and the first nonfiction illustrated Filipino American history book for children. [Description from the publisher.]

ISBN: 9781732199323 | Published by Bridge & Delta Publishing.

Smithsonian Folklife Interview

The Smithsonian Center for Folklife interviewed Romasanta, co-author of Journey for Justice, in 2019. In this film, Romasanta shares some of the history of the Filipino American civil rights leader. Read about the book and that history in her article at Smithsonian magazine.

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Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong | Zinn Education Project

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Picture book. By Dawn Bohulano Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta. Illustrated by Andre Sibayan. 2018. The first nonfiction illustrated Filipino-American history book for children tells the story of labor activist Larry Itliong, who organized farmworkers on the West Coast in the mid-20th century.

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A nice easy-read for younger readers, American Born Chinese is a graphic novel consisting of three different stories: the legendary Monkey King; a first-generation child of Chinese immigrants; and a white American boy with a Chinese cousin who visits once a year. Yes, the three stories are going to interrelate, however, the transformation is sweet and understanding. It provides a comfortable platform for kids to address social issues such as racism, biracial identities, and cruelty of stereotypes.

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Read 9,419 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. All Jin Wang wants is to fit in. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he suddenl…

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Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival - and how the children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their parents. A contemporary classic of immeasurable significance

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Read 13.5k reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the de…

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Interview (podcast) with Jia Lynn Wang on her new book “One Mighty and Irresistable Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965”  on New Books in Asian-American Studies. Interview done by Ian Shin May 13, 2020

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Interview (podcast) with Jia Lynn Wang on her new book “One Mighty and Irresistable Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965”  on New Books in Asian-American Studies. Interview done by Ian Shin May 13, 2020

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This interview had some interesting perspectives on Mike Masaoka and his complicated legacy.

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In One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), Jia Lynn Yang recounts the personalities and debates that brought about the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which forms the foundation for modern U.S. immigration policy. Undoing the xenophobic national origins quotas enshrined in the 1924 Immigration Act required an epic, forty-year struggle against nativist concerns about the economy and national security, as well as racist and anti-Semitic impulses that continue to plague American society today.

Drawing on key scholarly monographs as well as her own research in archives like the LBJ Presidential Library and the Library of Congress, Yang's narrative is full of larger-than-life characters. Some, like Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, will be familiar with readers. Others, like Congressman Emmanuel Celler of New York and Japanese American Citizens League national secretary Mike Masaoka, are well-known but less well understood. By following their negotiations through the halls of Congress and the White House, Yang captures the contingency that shows how difficult and improbable immigration reform was to achieve. Yang concludes by issuing a call for immigrants and their descendants to "articulate a new vision for the current era, one that embraces rather than elides how far America has drifted from its European roots.".

Jia Lynn Yang is the deputy national editor at The New York Times.
is assistant professor of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan.
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New Books in Law - Jia Lynn Yang, "One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965" (Norton, 2020)

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In One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), Jia Lynn Yang recounts the personalities and debates that brought about the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which forms the foundation for modern U.S. immigration policy.

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A Different Mirror: A History of Multi-Cultural America - Chapter: "Through A Glass Darkly" 1993. 

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A Different Mirror: A History of Multi-Cultural America - Chapter: "Through A Glass Darkly" 1993. 

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This article is helpful in seeing the responses by different communities to the war. In addition, it tells the story of both African-Americans and Japanese-American soldiers liberating the Jewish Concentration Camps. (See Protesting During War Unit Plan by Sarah Razee)

https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/different-mirror-multicultural-america

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Winner of an American Book Award, A Different Mirror recounts U.S. history in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others.

Ronald Takaki turns the Anglocentric historical viewpoint inside out and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

The book is an excellent companion to A People's History of the United States.

"Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Students will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science assignments, plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes." -Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA for the School Library Journal

"Ronald Takaki begins A Different Mirror with the assertion that "[r]ace...has been a social construction that has historically set apart racial minorities from European immigrant groups" (10). He goes on to argue that this construction does not accurately reflect the "rich and complex mosaic" of American diversity. The project of his book, then, is to reflect more authentically the multicultural, multiracial, and multiethnic American character. An exhaustively detailed history, A Different Mirror is an essential primer for anyone interested in American history and its profoundly multicultural nature.

"Takaki begins with the "discovery" of America and proceeds through World War II, devoting chapters of each section to the different experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, Chicanos, Jews, Chinese, and Japanese. Each section reflects carefully on the intertextuality of the separate narratives, and each chapter points out general divergences as well as overlap, coalition, and shared experiences of different groups. For example, he points out that after the Civil War many Southern plantation owners attempted to replace African American laborers with Chinese, whom they believed could teach Black workers to be more industrious. Similarly, he points out that Mexican and Japanese laborers struck together in California in 1903, complicating common perceptions of interracial competition. In fact, the overriding motive of Takaki's project seems to be to confound stereotypes and historical accounts which stress violence and tension, rather than coalition and exchange. Takaki does not ignore the more conflictive aspects of multiculturalism, but he shows that they are only part of the story of America. Takaki's work should be required reading for anyone teaching in a field of American Studies." -Manuel N. Gómez, Vice Chancellor, Student Services, University of California at Irvine for Yale.edu

ISBN: 9780316022361 | Published by Hachette Book Group.

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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America - Zinn Education Project

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Winner of an American Book Award, A Different Mirror recounts U.S. history in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others. Ronald Takaki turns the Anglocentric historical viewpoint inside out and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

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Winner of an American Book Award, A Different Mirror recounts U.S. history in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others.

Ronald Takaki turns the Anglocentric historical viewpoint inside out and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

The book is an excellent companion to A People's History of the United States.

"Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Students will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science assignments, plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes." -Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA for the School Library Journal

"Ronald Takaki begins A Different Mirror with the assertion that "[r]ace...has been a social construction that has historically set apart racial minorities from European immigrant groups" (10). He goes on to argue that this construction does not accurately reflect the "rich and complex mosaic" of American diversity. The project of his book, then, is to reflect more authentically the multicultural, multiracial, and multiethnic American character. An exhaustively detailed history, A Different Mirror is an essential primer for anyone interested in American history and its profoundly multicultural nature.

"Takaki begins with the "discovery" of America and proceeds through World War II, devoting chapters of each section to the different experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, Chicanos, Jews, Chinese, and Japanese. Each section reflects carefully on the intertextuality of the separate narratives, and each chapter points out general divergences as well as overlap, coalition, and shared experiences of different groups. For example, he points out that after the Civil War many Southern plantation owners attempted to replace African American laborers with Chinese, whom they believed could teach Black workers to be more industrious. Similarly, he points out that Mexican and Japanese laborers struck together in California in 1903, complicating common perceptions of interracial competition. In fact, the overriding motive of Takaki's project seems to be to confound stereotypes and historical accounts which stress violence and tension, rather than coalition and exchange. Takaki does not ignore the more conflictive aspects of multiculturalism, but he shows that they are only part of the story of America. Takaki's work should be required reading for anyone teaching in a field of American Studies." -Manuel N. Gómez, Vice Chancellor, Student Services, University of California at Irvine for Yale.edu

ISBN: 9780316022361 | Published by Hachette Book Group.

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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America - Zinn Education Project

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Winner of an American Book Award, A Different Mirror recounts U.S. history in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others. Ronald Takaki turns the Anglocentric historical viewpoint inside out and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

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Ronald Takaki's beloved classic is a "brilliant revisionist history of America" ( Publishers Weekly ) that dramatically retells our nation's story from the perspective of minorities. A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States-Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others-groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture.

Upon its first publication,

The role of black soldiers in preserving the Union

The history of Chinese Americans from 1900-1941

An investigation into the hot-button issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico

A look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan.

Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important. Among the new additions to the book are: A Different Mirror
This new edition of is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America

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A Different Mirror: A History of... by Takaki, Ronald

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The segment about John Hope Franklin, a PH.d graduate who goes to the recruiting office to help "man the offices". He is rejected because he has everything but "color."

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A Production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV

Directed and Produced by KEN BURNS and LYNN NOVICK; Written By GEOFFREY C. WARD;
Produced by SARAH BOTSTEIN; Co-Producers PETER MILLER and DAVID McMAHON;
Supervising Film Editor PAUL BARNES; Editors PAUL BARNES, ERIK EWERS and TRICIA REIDY;
Cinematography BUDDY SQUIRES; Associate Producers MEGHAN HORVATH and TAYLOR KRAUSS; Assistant Editors DANIEL J. WHITE, RYAN GIFFORD and PAUL DOCHERTY;
Narrated by KEITH DAVID with TOM HANKS, JOSH LUCAS, BOBBY CANNAVALE, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ELI WALLACH, among others; Original Music Composed and Arranged by WYNTON MARSALIS; "AMERICAN ANTHEM" music and lyrics by GENE SCHEER, performed by NORAH JONES.

Corporate funding is provided by General Motors, Anheuser-Busch, and Bank of America. Major funding is provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc.; Public Broadcasting Service; National Endowment for the Humanities; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The Longaberger Foundation; and Park Foundation, Inc.

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A Production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV Directed and Produced by KEN BURNS and LYNN NOVICK; Written By GEOFFREY C. WARD; Produced by SARAH BOTSTEIN; Co-Producers PETER MILLER and DAVID McMAHON; Supervising Film Editor PAUL BARNES; Editors PAUL BARNES, ERIK EWERS and TRICIA REIDY; Cinematography BUDDY SQUIRES; Associate Producers MEGHAN HORVATH and TAYLOR KRAUSS; Assistant Editors DANIEL J.

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The Suyama Project - Eji Suyama, 100th Bn/442nd RCT Draftees, No-Nos, Draft Resisters and Renunciants Archival Collection Endowment 

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The Suyama Project - Eji Suyama, 100th Bn/442nd RCT Draftees, No-Nos, Draft Resisters and Renunciants Archival Collection Endowment 

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UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s Suyama Project aims to preserve the history of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team draftees, Army and draft resisters, No-Nos, renunciants, and other Nikkei dissidents of World War II.

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After Tuleans protested the overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions at Tule Lake, the government built a stockade - a prison within the prison camp - to incarcerate any one who questioned the government's policy.The Inouye diary gives a rare glimpse into the daily struggles of the stockade inmates, including the arguments that erupted over the decision to go on a hunger strike and the pain endured during the protest.

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Black and Jewish Responses to Japanese Internment by Cheryl Greenberg (Journal of American Ethnic History, Vol 14, no. 2. 1995. - found on JSTOR) 

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Black and Jewish Responses to Japanese Internment by Cheryl Greenberg (Journal of American Ethnic History, Vol 14, no. 2. 1995. - found on JSTOR) 

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This is an interesting article that could help address the little support for Civil Rights organizations that Japanese-American organizations received.

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A free on-line resource about the history of the Japanese American WWII exclusion and incarceration experience

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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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The Word and the River: Pedagogy as Scholarship as Struggle by Charles R. Lawrence III

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The Word and the River: Pedagogy as Scholarship as Struggle by Charles R. Lawrence III

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Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism by Derrick A. Bell 

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Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism by Derrick A. Bell 

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The noted civil rights activist uses allegory and historical example to present a radical vision of the persistence of racism in America. These essays shed light on some of the most perplexing and vexing issues of our day: affirmative action, the disparity between civil rights law and reality, the “racist outbursts” of some black leaders, the temptation toward violent retaliation, and much more.

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Read chapter nine for a grad class. In this chapter "Space Traders" come to America and offer our Nation much needed resources and relief from debt and ask for all Black citizens in return...needless to say, I was not shocked by American's response to this offer.

Here are my thoughts on the chapter:
Sadly, the ending of this chapter did not shock or surprise me. It was apparent from the first meeting with the President and the professor that the Nation would accept the offer of the Space Traders....more

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Healing the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma by Kenneth V. Hardy 

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Healing the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma by Kenneth V. Hardy 

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This article examines racial trauma and highlights strategies for healing and transformation to support the disproportionate number of children and youth of color who fail in school and become trapped in the pipelines of treatment, social service, and justice systems.

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Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to serve them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara K. Ahmed identifies and unpacks the skills of social comprehension, providing teachers with tools and activities that help students make sense of themselves and the world as they navigate relevant topics in today’s society.

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Foreword by Terrence J. Roberts, PhD.

A Letter to Readers

Acknowledgments

An Introduction to Social Comprehension and Strategies to Prepare You for the Work Ahead
Chapter 1: Exploring Our Identities
Lesson: Affirming Our Identities: Identity Webs
We introduce the elements of our own identities (such as sister, athlete, bilingual, reader) and look for connections to or wonders about the identities of others.

Lesson: Placing Ourselves in the World: Stories of Our Names
Using a mentor text, we write the stories of how we got our names, how our names make us feel, and our experiences with our names.

Lesson: Journeying into Our Family Histories: "Where I'm From" Poems
We use the structure of a "Where I'm From" poem to share our family histories, storied objects, and moments.

Synthesis: Making Thinking Visible
Chapter 2: Listening with Love
Synthesis: Making Thinking Visible
Chapter 3: Being Candid
Lesson: Seeing Our Own Bias: Drawing Activity
We learn about how bias works, and we use an activity to help us see some of our own bias and brainstorm how we can confront it.

Lesson: Understanding Microaggressions: Poem Analysis
We analyze examples of microaggressions to understand what they are and how they affect people, and we look for microaggressions in our own lives.

Lesson: Refusing to Let Others' Biases Define Us: Identity Statements
We assert who we are with confidence. We recall labels others have tried to put on us, reject those labels, and choose how we define who we are.

Synthesis: Making Thinking Visible
Chapter 4: Becoming Better Informed
Lesson: Understanding How Our Identity Affects Us: Our News
We identify what is happening in our world-personal events, news stories, media-and consider how our identity shapes what we give our attention to.

Lesson: Moving Beyond Our Initial Thinking: Mini-Inquiries
We use a mini-inquiry to learn more about a topic and examine how new information changes our perspective.

Synthesis: Making Thinking Visible
Chapter 5: Finding Humanity in Ourselves and in Others
Lesson: Broadening Our Ideas About Who We Are Responsible To and For: Our Universe of Obligation
We consider who we feel responsibility to and why. We also consider how that responsibility can change in certain situations.

Lesson: Understanding Others' Perspectives: Intent Versus Impact
We work to understand two sides of a divisive issue by listening to both perspectives.
Chapter 6: Facing Crisis Together
Suggested Resource Stacks

References and Inspiration

This book is based on the idea that we can develop skills and habits to help us comprehend social issues and participate in relevant, transparent conversations. Social comprehension, like academic comprehension, is how we make meaning from and mediate our relationship with the world. We understand that the meaning making, or socialization, is learned, not inherited. Each chapter in this book includes lessons and/or practical help for students to learn and engage in a targeted social comprehension concept. Our thinking will change often as we practice being more socially literate citizens of the world, so we allow for and model the same for our students as we construct comprehension and cultivate our empathy together. The "At First I Thought . . . Now I Think" journal page in this introduction gives you and your students a tool to reflect on how the experiences in the lessons are affecting your outlook. In the work of social comprehension, we want to be as transparent as possible and make our thinking visible.

The final chapter of the book addresses how we, as educators, can continually refine our own approach to this work. If we are going to be on the front lines of helping children make sense of the news they bring to school and the curriculum the world keeps handing them, we must have a strong foundation of social comprehension in place. If we can commit to approaching this work as the lead learner, teaching with curiosity and modeling vulnerability rather than rigid certainty, we can build habitats of trust where kids (and adults) participate in a learning discussion, and where expression, identity, and social literacy matter.

- Introduction

A sense of urgency for pedagogy rooted in empathy and humanity is palpable in communities around the world. But how can teachers actualize such instruction and make it accessible to students? Where is the professional development teachers yearn for to facilitate important, and at times, challenging conversations? Being the Change is the resource every educator needs right now! Against a socio-politically charged backdrop where tensions run high, Sara is a beacon of light who offers practical, compassionate guidance that makes it possible to do the work of social comprehension. The journey to accomplishing this isn't linear; it is messy, tangled, circuitous. But Sara provides a pathway for teachers and our students. She offers a sustained, clear voice that reminds us of why this work is necessary and how it can look in our classrooms. Being the Change is invaluable to all educators as we work to empower our students as change-makers who positively influence the world.

- Sonja Cherry-Paul

****

Sara Ahmed is the ultimate upstander; she cares enough to confront. Her gentle and wise voice is a model for how to be in this tumultuous age. She shares text sets that ask big questions and resist simplistic answers. She invites teachers and students to address tensions in today's classrooms and examine bias in their thinking. Being the Change offers practical tools for building a classroom community that is inclusive, candid, and caring. This book is a treasure.

- Penny Kittle

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What an incredibly powerful, practical, beautiful book. As I read I could not help but think how this book has the potential to radically change conversations in classrooms (and larger communities) around compassion, listening, empathy, and knowing. It is books like these that heal. It is hope and possibility and humanity within these covers.

Perhaps the greatest compliment I could give is that as I read, the teacher in me itched to get out of this room and into the presence of kids- to experience these lessons in real time, to hear children's stories, to dig into this work because for the first time I feel capable. This book is a roadmap with an entry point all of us can access and guidance through the most challenging places we could go. I don't feel afraid of what could happen, I feel energized about what Sara has taught me I can help happen.

I could not help but think of the million and one ways I could use Sara's thinking and teaching, to engage in this work whole heartedly from the moment children step through the doors.

- Kristi Mraz

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In her book, Being the Change, Sara K. Ahmed offers us not only the roadmap of how to create and maintain components of meaningful social change within our instruction but also the necessary tools for us to navigate the hard conversations we invite in and those we have not had the courage to have...yet. By centering her book on developing the identity of the very children we teach, she gives us invaluable tools to navigate the hard topics that are constantly surrounding our learning community. While she writes in her book that there is no magical formula for making the world a better place, within the pages of this book and in her willingness to help us grow not just as educators but as human beings with her impactful lesson ideas, she has given us something near magic. A resource to be used in every school, this book will leave a trail of change for a better world in its wake if we let it.

- Pernille Ripp

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Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to serve them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara K. Ahmed identifies

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Topic: Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

Subject: Social Studies, Civics & History

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On March 7, 1965, 600 civil rights activists left Selma, Alabama, on foot, marching for dignity and equality.

Eighteen days, 54 miles, one police attack, 1,900 National Guard troops, 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers and countless stories later, they arrived in Montgomery-and changed history.

This film tells the story of a courageous group of students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way: a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to fully embrace equality. By organizing and marching bravely in the face of intimidation, violence, arrest and even murder, these change-makers achieved one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era.

The Selma-to-Montgomery legacy includes the sacrifices of young people whose history is seldom told. Share their stories with your students.

"We didn't have a clue we were making history. We were just trying to correct wrongs, trying to make some wrongs right."
-Bettie Mae Fikes

Want to know more? You can view the Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot trailer, experience an interactive timeline and learn more about voting issue here.

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Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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The Childrenʻs Community School - Honoring and Empowering Children

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The Childrenʻs Community School - Honoring and Empowering Children

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Do you want to talk to your young child about issues of social justice, but don’t know how? You’re not alone—most adults find topics like race, gender, and class difficult to talk about with children. But if we don’t find ways to talk about it, children will learn whatever they can glean from unspoken messages, and that doesn’t often work out very well. The staff at CCS is always available to help you find strategies.

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Do you want to talk to your young child about issues of social justice, but don't know how? You're not alone-most adults find topics like race, gender, and class difficult to talk about with children. But if we don't find ways to talk about it, children will learn whatever they can glean from unspoken messages, and that doesn't often work out very well. The staff at CCS is always available to help you find strategies. Also, you may find some of the resources below useful.

"They're Not Too Young to Talk about Race"

Perhaps you've seen this infographic we made. Feel free to share with families and educators!

Click here for JPG in English, JPG en Espa print-resolution PDF (with clickable links) in English.

Infographic created by the Children's Community School, based in part on information and ideas from Jillian Addler at FirstUp, Lori Riddick at Raising Race Conscious Children, and kiran nigam at the Anti-Oppressive Resource and Training Alliance. © 2018.

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What Can One Little Person Do?

Perhaps you heard the song "What Can One Little Person Do?" on our album, and don't know how to talk to your children about the historical figures mentioned. Here are one sentence answers you can use if your child asks, "Who is that?", plus suggestions for children's books about each of them.

Rosa Parks is famous for refusing to obey a law that said people with dark skin could only sit at the back when they rode the bus, and for helping to change unfair laws like that one. More reading: Rosa , by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Fannie Lou Hamer worked to make sure black people would have the same right to vote as white people, even when people tried to scare her and hurt her. More reading: Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer , by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

For a long time, an unfair law said that children with different color skin couldn't go to school together; Ruby Bridges was the first black child to go to a school with white children when the law changed. More reading: The Story of Ruby Bridges , by Robert Coles, Illustrated by George Ford; Ruby Bridges Goes to School , by Ruby Bridges.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the civil rights movement, who helped thousands of people come together to say that people should be treated fairly, no matter their skin color. More reading: Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. , by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney.

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Social Justice Resources Do you want to talk to your young child about issues of social justice, but don't know how? You're not alone-most adults find topics like race, gender, and class difficult to talk about with children. But if we don't find ways to talk about it,

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Even babies notice differences like skin color, eye shape and hair texture. Here's how to handle conversations about race, racism, diversity and inclusion, even with very young children.

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Even babies notice differences like skin color, eye shape and hair texture. Here's how to handle conversations about race, racism, diversity and inclusion, even with very young children.
A few things to remember:

Don't shush or shut them down if they mention race.

Don't wait for kids to bring it up.

Be proactive, helping them build a positive awareness of diversity.

When a child experiences prejudice, grown-ups need to both address the feelings and fight the prejudices.

You don't have to avoid topics like slavery or the Holocaust. Instead, give the facts and focus on resistance and allies.

In addition to Jeanette Betancourt, senior vice president for Social Impact at Sesame Workshop, we spoke to Beverly Daniel Tatum: We recommend her TEDx talk as well as her book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race.
Additional Resources:

Babies begin to notice race at 6 months old - in fact, according to this pair of studies by Professor Kang Lee at the University of Toronto, they actually show signs of racial bias by this age.

One in 10 children is multiracial - according to Pew Research Center. This includes children with parents of two different races, plus those with at least one multiracial parent.

Watch the whole "I Love My Hair!" video from Sesame Street.

Thanks to Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton. Derrick Gay, and Jinnie Spiegler of the Anti-Defamation League, which has a wide range of resources for anti-bias education.

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Even babies notice differences like skin color, eye shape and hair texture. Here's how to handle conversations about race, racism, diversity and inclusion, even with very young children.

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Raising Race Conscious Children, is a resource to support adults who are trying to talk about race with young children. The goals of these conversations are to dismantle the color-blind framework and prepare young people to work toward racial justice. If we commit to collectively trying to talk about race with young children, we can lean on one another for support as we, together, envision a world where we actively challenge racism each and every day. Many of the blog's posts are geared toward White people but a community of guest bloggers represent diverse backgrounds and the strategies discussed may be helpful for all.

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Welcome to Raising Race Conscious Children, a resource to support adults who are trying to talk about race with young children. The goals of these conversations are to dismantle the color-blind framework and prepare young people to work toward racial justice. If we commit to collectively trying to talk about race with young children, we can lean on one another for support as we, together, envision a world where we actively challenge racism each and every day. Many of the blog's posts are geared toward White people but a community of guest bloggers represent diverse backgrounds and the strategies discussed may be helpful for all.
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Raising Race Conscious Children | A Resource for Talking About Race & Diversity With Young Children

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To support parents who are trying to talk about race and diversity with young children- with the goal of preparing young people to work toward racial justice.

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Hereʻs How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids 

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Hereʻs How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids 

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W. Kamau Bell is a comedian and host of an upcoming CNN series, United Shades of America.

He also has two young daughters, and in an interview for BuzzFeed's podcast The Tell Show, he talked about what it's like to raise inquisitive, mixed-race children.

He doesn't avoid talking about race with his 4-year-old daughter Sammy...

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"The thing that I've learned most is not to shy away from talking to her about race, or even racism, in a way that she can understand. Kids will let you know if they don't understand, because they'll say 'I don't understand.'"-W. Kamau Bell

But he waited until she brought it up first.

"She realized she was a different color from her mom, but she had no judgement about it," says Bell. "She thought [we] were the same color. She was like, 'Me and dada are the same color.' And, weirdly, I was like, Yay! Because that's what race does. It screws you up!"

He knows his daughters are in new territory...

Neither Bell nor his wife, Melissa Hudson Bell, knows what it's like to be a mixed-race kid. And, says Bell, "The identity of what it means to be mixed in America is a bigger, growing identity. So [even] that will probably change over the next 10 to 15 years."

And that's why children's books can be a great jumping off point.

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Children's book author Selina Alko with her husband, Sean Qualls

Once you start talking about race, you'll eventually start talking about racism.

To do that, Bell looked for children's books about Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr. That way, he says, "My daughter has heard the word slavery before she gets to school and some teacher talks about it in a way that I'm not comfortable with, or not there to help clear it up with her."

Bell has also learned that you can tell kids anything, because they don't know anything.

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"What I've learned is that you can tell kids anything, because they don't know anything... They're here to figure out what's going on in the world, so they're not going to be like, 'That's too much information. I can't handle that right now.'"-W. Kamau Bell

For the full interview, subscribe to The Tell Show on iTunes or listen here.

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Here's How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids

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"She realized she was a different color from her mom, but she had no judgement about it," says Bell. "She thought [we] were the same color. She was like, 'Me and dada are the same color.' And, weirdly, I was like, Yay! Because that's what race does. It screws you up!"

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CNN's Van Jones and Erica Hill partner with "Sesame Street" for Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, a town hall for kids and families.

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Watch the entire CNN/Sesame Street racism town hall | CNN

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CNN's Van Jones and Erica Hill partner with "Sesame Street" for Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, a town hall for kids and families. Watch the town hall in its entirety below:

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From the workshop presentation

Submitted by: Charles Lawrence III

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For K-12 Teachers - Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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This Media Literacy Week, it's more important than ever to ensure your students are informed digital citizens. As Election Day approaches, your students are encountering plenty of online information about issues that affect them and their communities. Our digital literacy resources can help you teach them to evaluate and check sources for bias, interrupt hate speech, and critically analyze and discuss online information about the election.

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Teaching Tolerance | Diversity, Equity And Justice

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Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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Educational Podcast for Adults on the History of Race in America

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Educational Podcast for Adults on the History of Race in America

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Just what is going on with white people? Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring. Some of this feels new, but in truth it's an old story.

Why? Where did the notion of "whiteness" come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?

Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017. The series editor is Loretta Williams.

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Just what is going on with white people? Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring. Some of this feels ne

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Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE. Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world… Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and […]

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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ljeoma Oluo

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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ljeoma Oluo

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In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.

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Whose Toes are Those? by Jabari Asim Illustrated by LeUyen Pham 

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Whose Toes are Those? by Jabari Asim Illustrated by LeUyen Pham 

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A vibrant, playful verse that celebrates a beautiful brown baby’s adorable little toes, for fans of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.

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A vibrant, playful verse that celebrates a beautiful brown baby's adorable little toes, for fans of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.Who do you suppos...

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The Ultimate 2018 Diverse List of Childrenʻs Books

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The Ultimate 2018 Diverse List of Childrenʻs Books

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What books are you and your kids looking forward to reading in the year ahead?

Most of the books listed here are recommended either for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary readers since my children fall within those groups and so do the little readers in my core target audience. However, I've also included a few middle grade and young adult books for slightly older readers to enjoy as well. The best part is most of these books are available for pre-order now so you can get a head start on your shopping.

Rest assured, I've selected what I think will be the "best of the best" in terms of diverse books. I know other amazing books will be released throughout the year, but these are the ones that were on my radar right now. As other books are released, I will come back and make changes to this post throughout the year so be sure to check it periodically or bookmark it to read later.

I'm definitely looking forward to sharing most (if not all) of these books with my little readers. I tried to target books that will likely have: stunning illustrations, read aloud appeal, a kid-friendly theme - or all three! Enjoy!

Note: ** Since other countries have different release dates, some of these books may be released earlier or later internationally than the months I have listed. **

January 2018

Yes I Can: A Story of Grit by Mari Schuh
Jada's working on her science project. She's finding out whether plants grow best in water, milk, juice, or soda. There's just one problem she keeps getting interrupted! From her cousin texting and her friends stopping by to her little brother playing with the plants, Jada runs into one obstacle after another. Find out how Jada relies on grit to keep on going.

Little Sid: The Tiny Prince Who Became Buddha by Ian Lendler and Xanthe Bouma

With Lendler's delightful prose and Bouma's lyrical artwork, Little Sid weaves traditional Buddhist fables into a classic new tale of mindfulness, the meaning of life, and an awakening that is as profound today as it was 2,500 years ago.

Stella Diaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho. But Stella Diaz is not a betta fish. Betta fish like to be alone, while Stella loves spending time with her mom and brother and her best friend Jenny. Trouble is, Jenny is in another class this year, and Stella feels very lonely.

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad was praised by the New Yorker as "an evocative portrait," and by the Chicago Tribune as "superb. " It is a gripping and accessible portrait of the heroic woman who guided more than 300 slaves to freedom and who is expected to be the face of the new $20 bill.

This award-winning introduction to the late abolitionist, which was named an ALA Notable Book and a New York Times Outstanding Book, also includes an index, a timeline, and other educational back matter.

Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is born.

Inspired by Betty's real life-but expanded upon and fictionalized through collaboration with novelist Renée Watson-Ilyasah Shabazz illuminates four poignant years in her mother's childhood with this book, painting an inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young readers today.

Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson by Leda Schubert (Read by review here)

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood

Banana for Two by Ellen Mayer illustrated by Ying-Hwa Hu

All about Madam C. J. Walker (All About...People) by A'Lelia Bundles

Madam C. J. Walker was beloved within her community for her philanthropy and expanding the local black YMCA, but she couldn't have done that if she weren't the first female self-made millionaire and one of the most successful African American business owners ever.
Born Sarah Breedlove, she was the first person born free in her family. She married Charles Joseph Walker and became known as Madam C. J. Walker, the name she would later use on her haircare products.

When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats...and her purse. You never know what she'll have in there-fancy jewelry, tokens from around the world, or something special just for her granddaughter. It might look like a normal bag from the outside, but Mimi and her granddaughter know that it's pure magic!

When Malala Yousafzai was born, people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked into her eyes and knew she could do anything. In Pakistan, people said girls should not be educated. But Malala and her father were not afraid. She secretly went to school and spoke up for education in her country.

And even though an enemy tried to silence her powerful voice, she would not keep quiet. Malala traveled around the world to speak to girls and boys, to teachers, reporters, presidents, and queens-to anyone who would listen-and advocated for the right to education and equality of opportunity for every person. She would shout so that those without a voice could be heard. So everyone could be as free as a bird.

Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, use this fictional setup to delve into different experiences of race in a relatable way, exploring such topics as hair, hobbies, and family dinners.

Filled with beautiful illustrations that bring these figures and events to life, plus a removable historical timeline, A Child's Introduction to African American History is a fascinating and comprehensive guide to this often overlooked yet immensely important part of American history.

Andrea's stunning poetic requiem, illustrated with Brian's lyrical and colorful artwork, brings a fresh perspective to Martin Luther King, the Gandhi-like, peace-loving activist whose dream of equality - and whose courage to make it happen - changed the course of American history. And even in his death, he continues to transform and inspire all of us who share his dream.

This book will inspire other young girls to reach for the stars, to aspire for the impossible, and to persist with childlike imagination.

Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages-with never-before-seen photos!

At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true-and yet it's only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw her life take a dramatic turn last summer when she was chosen to be a part of the 2016 US Olympic gymnastics team. Poignant and funny, Laurie's story is about growing up with the dream of becoming an Olympian and what it took to win gold. She talks about her loving family, her rigorous training, her intense sacrifices, and her amazing triumphs.

Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. Why couldn't she drink from a "whites only" fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home-or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But Beals had the heart of a fighter-and the knowledge that her true place was a free one.

Shai & Emmie Star in Dancy Pants! (A Shai & Emmie Story) by Quvenzhané Wallis and Sharee Miller

For twelve years, Joylin Johnson's life has been just fine. A game of basketball with the boys-especially her friend Jake-was all it took to put a smile on her face. Baggy jeans, T-shirt, and hair in a ponytail were easy choices. Then, everything suddenly seemed to change all at once. Her best girl friend is now flirting with her best guy friend. Her clothes seem all wrong. Jake is acting weird, and basketball isn't the same. And worst of all, there is this guy, Santiago, who appears from . . . where? What lengths will Joy go to-and who will she become-to attract his attention?

In short poems that perfectly capture the crazy feelings of adolescence and first crushes, award-winning author Nikki Grimes has crafted a delightful, often hilarious, hearttugging story.

Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere-from the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of England-knew her music. Read my book review here!

One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Elizabeth Jennings's refusal to leave a segregated streetcar in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan set into motion a major court case in New York City.

On her way to church one day in July 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was refused a seat on a streetcar. When she took her seat anyway, she was bodily removed by the conductor and a nearby police officer and returned home bruised and injured. With the support of her family, the African American abolitionist community of New York, and Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Jennings took her case to court.

Ever since she was a young girl, Lil Hardin played music with a beat. She jammed at home, at church, and even at her first job in a music store. At a time when women's only place in jazz was at the microphone, Lil earned a spot playing piano in Chicago's hottest band. She went on to achieve fame as a bandleader and composer, and "swung" with many of the greatest early jazz musicians, including her husband, Louis Armstrong.

In this accessible guide with an introduction by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Marley Dias explores activism, social justice, volunteerism, equity and inclusion, and using social media for good. Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make positive changes in their communities, while getting support from parents, teachers, and friends to turn dreams into reality. Focusing on the importance of literacy and diversity, Marley offers suggestions on book selection, and delivers hands-on strategies for becoming a lifelong reader.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.

In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.

The son of an enslaved blacksmith learns that his father is using the rhythm of his hammering to communicate with travelers on the Underground Railroad.
When Pa falls ill, it is up to him to help others along the journey and also lead his family's escape. Pa works hard as a blacksmith. But he's got another important job to do as well: using his anvil to pound out the traveling rhythm-a message to travelers on the Underground Railroad. His son wants to help, but Pa keeps putting him off. Then one day, Pa falls ill and the boy has to take over.
Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? Jerome collected words . . .
In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him - short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that sound like little songs. Words that connect, transform, and empower.

There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni celebrates exactly that. Hand-selected by Newberry honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most important message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved-themselves!

Spring is here, and it's almost time for Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo are busy gathering flowers to make into colorful powders to toss during the festival. And when at last the big day comes, they gather with their friends, family, and neighbors for a vibrant celebration of fresh starts, friendship, forgiveness, and, of course, fun!

Activist Belva Lockwood never stopped asking herself the question Are women not worth the same as men? She had big dreams and didn't let anyone stand in her way-not her father, her law school, or even the U.S. Supreme Court. She fought for equality for women in the classroom, in the courtroom, and in politics. In her quest for fairness and parity, Lockwood ran for President of the United States, becoming the first woman on the ballot.

Mo's latest obsession is basketball. He's determined to learn how to pass, but as the shortest member of the team, he can't seem to launch the ball high enough. Can Mo learn to pass in time to help his team win the big game? This Level 2 reader about a little African-American boy with a big passion for sports is a funny, motivational companion to the winner of the 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award.

When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1950s, he loved to draw. Even when he played as a boy with his friends he drew with a stick in the mud. And he never left home without a sketchbook. He would draw the junk man, families walking home from church, or the old man on the sofa. He drew what he saw.

February 2018

Lotus and the Baby Bird by Tamara Pizzoli

Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war.

Ella Sings the Blues by Helen Hancocks

Ella Fitzgerald sang the blues and she sang them good. Ella and her fellas were on the way up! It seemed like nothing could stop her, until the biggest club in town refused to let her play... and all because of her color. But when all hope seemed lost, little did Ella imagine that a Hollywood star would step in to help.
The inspiring, true story of how a remarkable friendship between Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe was born - and how they worked together to overcome prejudice and adversity.

In this vibrant and exquisitely illustrated picture book, written by Commonwealth Prize-winning Jamaican-Canadian Olive Senior, and with pictures by the acclaimed artist Laura James (the team that created Anna Carries Water), a young girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage, voluminous and boonoonoonous hair.

The World Is Awake, A celebration of everyday blessings, written by Emmy Award winner and ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis with Joseph Bottum, is a lyrical, rhyming story for young children intended to make them feel safe and joyful, cradled in the hands of God. Paired with bright and engaging illustrations by Lucy Fleming, this book inspires children to be thankful for all of God's blessings that surround us in our daily lives. From the nature in our own backyard to the animals at the zoo, The World is Awake is a celebration of God's wonderful world.

What Would She Do?: 25 True Stories of Trailblazing Rebel Women by Kay Woodward

From historic world leaders to brilliant scientists, artists, and modern-day pioneers, What Would She Do? shares twenty-five incredible women's stories that educate and empower. Learn about the remarkable achievements and attitudes of feminist trailblazers such as Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Malala Yousafzai, Michelle Obama, and other brave women who overcame huge obstacles to accomplish great things.

The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates

By the door there is an umbrella. It is big. It is so big that when it starts to rain there is room for everyone underneath. It doesn't matter if you are tall. Or plaid. Or hairy. It doesn't matter how many legs you have.

Don't worry that there won't be enough room under the umbrella. Because there will always be room.

Princess Cupcake Jones Saddles Up by Ylleya Fields

Princess Cupcake Jones is back with another adorable book in the series!

Fueled by the insights of women of diverse backgrounds, including Michelle Obama, Angela Davis, Shonda Rhimes, Misty Copeland Yara Shahidi, and Mary J. Blige, this book is a celebration of black women's voices and experiences that will become a collector's items for generations to come.

Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present by Jamia Wilson and Andrea Pippins

This book brings together 52 iconic talents from the past and present and celebrates their inspirational achievements. Meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams. Strong, courageous, talented and diverse, these extraordinary men and women's achievements will inspire a new generation to chase their dream... whatever it may be.

Katie Woo, We Love You! by Fran Manushkin

That's where books from the Children in Our World series can help. Each book uses relatable comparisons, carefully researched text, and striking illustrations to help kids understand the many difficulties that children just like them face in the world today. In Racism and Intolerance, children can get answers to questions like: "What does it mean to be a racist or intolerant?" and "How can I help?" Children will begin to understand the way others struggle with these issues and become empowered to make a difference.

This Is It by Daria Peoples-Riley

When a young dancer is nervous about her upcoming auditions, her shadow springs to life and leads her on a joyous exploration of their city. Soon enough, the young girl finds confidence in her skills, her body, and her ability to shine.

With an energetic, rhythmic text that begs to be read aloud and striking, exuberant artwork, This Is It is a love story to originality and the simple joy of movement.

Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jen Hill

I Walk With Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoët

The Magician's Hat by Malcolm Mitchell

This is not your typical afternoon at the library - a magician invites kids to reach into his hat to pull out whatever they find when they dig down deep. Soon - poof! - each child comes away with something better than they could've imagined - a book that helps them become whatever they want to be, and makes their dreams come true through pages and words, and the adventures that follow. But each child can't help but wonder, What's really making the magic happen?

When God Made Light by Matthew Paul Turner

From the author and illustrator of the best-selling When God Made You comes a new illuminating message about God's design affirming young readers.
'Let there be light!' that's what God said. And light began shining and then started to spread." Wild and creative illustrations from top children's illustrator David Catrow pair with Matthew Paul Turner's lyrical verse in this message of a God-made light that cuts through darkness to bring vision and hope to all young readers. This light radiates, chasing away the shadows, providing the wonder and fun of stargazing or firefly chasing. Most important, this light appears in each child-an inner God-given spark that grows and will be used to change the world.

March 2018

What's On Your Plate?: Exploring the World of Food by Whitney Stewart

It's a big, tasty world out there-and this book takes kids on a tour through the cuisines of 14 countries, complete with a recipe for each one.

What's on your plate? Chances are it's not quite the same as what's on other children's plates around the world. Come on a journey to see how people in different countries prepare, eat, and think about their food. Beautiful photographs and illustrations capture the food culture of 14 countries, from Brazil and Spain to Morocco, India, and China. Each spread includes an overview of the country and its native foods, photographs of the various dishes with pronunciations and descriptions, an easy recipe for kids to try, and an illustrated crop map of the country. With so many fun elements to intrigue them, young foodies will be excited to learn about how people eat across the globe!

Lila (assumed to be a little indigenous girl although the book doesn't state this outright) has just moved to a new town and can't wait to make friends at school. But on the first day, a boy points at her and shouts: "A crow! A crow! The new girl's hair is black like a crow!" The others whisper and laugh, and Lila's heart grows as heavy as a stone. The next day, Lila covers her hair. But this time, the boy points at her dark skin. When she covers her face, he mocks her dark eyes. Now every day at school, Lila hides under her turtleneck, dark glasses, and hat. And every day when she goes home, she sees a crow who seems to want to tell her something. Lila ignores the bird and even throws rocks at it, but it won't go away. Meanwhile, the great autumn festival is approaching. While the other kids prepare their costumes, Lila is sadder and lonelier than ever. At her lowest point of despair, a magical encounter with the crow opens Lila's eyes to the beauty of being different, and gives her the courage to proudly embrace her true self.

In this book, each spread has a gatefold with big flaps perfect for little hands. When the gatefold is closed, Ted tells his parent that he can't go to bed just yet because he has something to do first. When the gatefold opens, readers can see what that something really is.

I Want to Be a Doctor is part of a new I Can Read series that introduces young readers to important community helpers. This Level One I Can Read is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Will Maya get swayed by Maddie's wayward ways, or will she stay true to her "permanent group" from coding club? And will she come through on her part for the light and music coding project? Maybe coding-like friendship-is about being there for your friends when they need you the most.

Meet Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. This mini biography charts Ella's life, from her early singing days in Harlem, to her success as a jazz legend, with the message: 'It's not where you come from, but where you're going that counts'.

While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: The siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Finding the ring means a big reward - and the thanks of all Mexico. What better way to honor her father than returning a priceless piece of jewelry that once belonged to his favorite artist!

But the brother and sister have a secret. Do they really want to return the ring, or are they after something else entirely?

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Grateful for each gift, Annie cleverly finds a way to use them all to create her Career Day costume. When the big day arrives, Annie finally reveals her out-of-this-world dream to everyone.

But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.

" Vini! Come! The field calls!" cries a girl as she and her younger brother rouse their community-family, friends, and the local fruit vendor-for a pickup soccer ( futbol) game. Boys and girls, young and old, players and spectators come running-bearing balls, shoes, goals, and a love of the sport.

The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier

Ruby's mind is always full of ideas. One day, she finds some old boards and decides to build something.
She invites her brothers to help, but they just laugh and tell her she doesn't know how to build.

I Am Enough by Grace Byers illustrat
ed by Keturah A. Bobo

I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needs
This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another-from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo.

This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters, baby showers, and graduation.

We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it.

When Natsumi's family practices for their town's Japanese arts festival, Natsumi tries everything. But her stirring is way too vigorous for the tea ceremony, her dancing is just too imaginative, and flower arranging doesn't go any better. Can she find just the right way to put her exuberance to good use? This heartwarming tale about being true to yourself is perfect for readers who march to their own beat.

I Am Famous by Tara Luebbe

Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting it all with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it! She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans who love her.

Islandborn by Junot Díaz and Leo Espinosa (This book will also be released in Spanish on the same day. Here is the link for the Spanish version: Lola: Edición en español de ISLANDBORN (Spanish Edition)

Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else.
Hers was a school of faraway places.

So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island-she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories-joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening-Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: "Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you."

Kaya is looking for her heart song - the song that happy hearts sing. Her search takes her on a journey deep into the jungle where a broken down carousel waits for a very special song to make it turn again...A story about mindfulness and listening to your heart.

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

The Hate U Give meets All American Boys in this striking and heartbreaking debut novel, commenting on current race relations in America.

When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless fun turns into a shooting, followed by a police raid.

The next day, Tyler has gone missing, and it's up to Marvin to find him. But when Tyler is found dead, a video leaked online tells an even more chilling story: Tyler has been shot and killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels and mourning a brother who is now a hashtag, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean. Tyler Johnson Was Here is a stunning account of police brutality in modern America.

Arianna's Magic Boots: Underwater Sea Adventure by Karen A. Gasperini

Join five-year-old disabled girl Arianna again this time on a magical journey under the sea. Where her "Magic Boots," which are Ankle-foot orthosis (AFOs) and sneakers become a mermaid tail that helps her swim to a new adventure and meet some mermaid friends. All she has to do is close her eyes and stomp three times and say "Away we go" and the adventure begins.

April 2018

Aretha Franklin is a musical and cultural icon who created an amazing legacy spanning six decades! Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942, Aretha got her start singing in front of her father's Baptist congregation and found minor success as a gospel singer.

Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions.

It's talent show time at school, and eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi is excited to show her stuff. But as she thinks about her strengths―tree-climbing, mochi making, collage―none of them feel quite right to perform on-stage. Jasmine's friends already have a talent: Tommy yo-yo's, Daisy dances, and Linnie plays piano. Plus, Maggie Milsap (aka Miss Perfect) is saying she'll have the best talent.

Sunny (Track) by Jason Reynolds

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics. They all have a lot of lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold's electrifying middle grade series.
The very first picture book about the remarkable and inspiring story of the Gay Pride Flag!
In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today''s world.

May 2018

Everyone knows the names Venus & Serena Williams. They've become synonymous with championships, hard work, and with shaking up the tennis world. This picture book, by an award-winning sports journalist, details the sisters' journey from a barely-there tennis court in Compton, CA, to becoming the #1 ranked women in the sport of tennis.

Bookjoy, Wordjoy by Pat Mora

An inspiring collection of Pat Mora's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, and singing.

Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community in Baltimore, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since she's black and almost everyone she knows is white. Then her mom's grandmother-Imani's great-grandma Anna-passes away, and Imani discovers an old journal among her books. It's Anna's diary from 1941, the year she was twelve and fled Nazi-occupied Luxembourg alone, sent by her parents to seek refuge in Brooklyn, New York. Anna's diary records her journey to America and her new life with an adoptive family of her own. And as Imani reads the diary, she begins to see her family, and her place in it, in a whole new way.

How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation by Tim Federle

Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they're bound to inherit. They're ready to stand up and be heard - but with much to shout about, where they do they begin? What can I do? How can I help?

How I Resist is the response, and a way to start the conversation. To show readers that they are not helpless, and that anyone can be the change. A collection of essays, songs, illustrations, and interviews about activism and hope, How I Resist features an all-star group of contributors, including, Jodi Picoult, Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and more. In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance

Kaylee loves pulling pranks: from dropping water balloons on passers by to even tricking Santa Claus, she's a prize-winning prankster!

But is she the Princess of Pranks? No! That title is held by none other than the Tooth Fairy. But when Kaylee loses a tooth and the Tooth Fairy goes about her usual tooth-taking business, Kaylee pranks her with a fake frog. As Kaylee and the Tooth Fairy try to out-prank one another, things get way out of hand, until the two finally see eye and eye and decide to share the crown!

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes - and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself?

Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests.

Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed.

Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language?

Fourth grader Zayd Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He's not just going to be a professional basketball player. He's going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows this deep in his soul. It's his destiny. There are only a few small things in his way.

June 2018

Grand Mandela by by Ambassador Zindzi Mandela Zazi and Ziwelene Mandela

Two great-grandchildren ask their grandmother 15 questions about the man they remember as Grandad, and the world remembers as Nelson Mandela, the global icon of peace and forgiveness who spent 27 years in prison. They learn that he was a freedom fighter who put down his weapons for the sake of peace, and who then became the President of South Africa and a Nobel Peace Prize-winner. They learn that they can continue his legacy in the world today. Seen through a child's perspective, and authored jointly by his great-grandchildren and daughter, this amazing story is told as never before to celebrate what would have been Nelson's Mandela 100th birthday.

Gianna Has Pink Eye by Dr. Tanya Thompson-Badamosi

Oh no! Gianna woke up with pink eye! When her mom takes her to the doctor, she learns how to make it better and what she has to do to keep the people around her from catching it. Pink eye is common, but it doesn't have to spread if you listen to your doctor and protect your friends!

On the First Day of First Grade by Trish Rabe

On the first day of first grade, there will be lots of fun! This is the perfect book to share with a kindergartner getting ready for the step up to "big kid" school!

From choosing books to read to building things with clay to performing in a play, there are many exciting firsts to look forward to. Saying good-bye to mom and dad can be hard, but when the school bus pulls up, it's time for some first-grade fun!

This engaging, vibrant adaptation of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" helps show parents and children alike that there is no place cooler than a first-grade classroom.

This board book edition is the perfect size for little hands.

The 5'OClock Band by Troy Andrews & Bill Taylor

In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winningTrombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and soak up inspiration. Along the way he'll meet street musicians, a favorite restaurant owner, and the famous Mardi Gras Indians. Each has some NOLA-bred wisdom to share with Shorty about being an artist, a leader, and a friend.

Sophia and Noodle, her One True Desire, are together at last. But Noodle comes with two gigantic problems, and those problems are tearing Sophia's family apart! Can a little creative experimenting save Noodle? Or will Sophia have to bid him adieu?

You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home?

As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about math, about the universe.
In this companion story to I'm New Here, three elementary schoolers-who aren't new-begin to understand and embrace three immigrant students.
Are you new here? Do you know someone new? In I'm New Here and Someone New, young readers explore the immigrant experience through both "windows" and "mirrors." In I'm New Here, readers meet three recent immigrants trying to adjust to a new country and school. In Someone New, the same story is told from the perspective of the students who welcome the newcomers. An honest and heartwarming look at diversity, inclusion, and friendship.

A coming-of-age story that explores culture and family, forgiveness and friendship, and what makes a true home.
Lou Bulosan-Nelson has the ultimate summer DIY project. She's going to build her own "tiny house," 100 square feet all her own. She shares a room with her mom in her grandmother's house, and longs for a place where she can escape her crazy but lovable extended Filipino family. Lou enjoys her woodshop class and creating projects, and she plans to build the house on land she inherited from her dad, who died before she was born. But then she finds out that the land may not be hers for much longer.

July 2018

A Paintbrush for Paco by Tracey Kyle

Paco loves daydreaming and drawing, but he struggles to concentrate during class. When his profesor takes him to the Art room, Paco is amazed by the colorful paints: pink, rosado; purple, morado; fiery orange, anaranjado; and more! Could art be just what Paco needs?

Venus and Serena Williams are two of the greatest tennis players of all time. Some say they're two of the greatest athletes of all time. Before they were world famous, they were little girls with big dreams.

Six days a week they awoke before the sun came up to practice their serves and returns, to learn to run faster and hit harder. They were unstoppable. At age fourteen, Venus played her first professional match. Three years later, it was Serena's turn. It wasn't easy. Some tennis fans cheered for these two fresh faces, while those who were unhappy to see two black girls competing in a nearly all-white sport booed and taunted them. But they didn't let it stop them.

Sterling the dog has always wanted a home. But no home has ever wanted him. So when Sterling sees a sign on the side of the Butlery Cutlery Company advertising free "shipping to homes around the world," he is determined to become the most terrific fork ever! For what home doesn't need flatware?

August 2018

Who Was Selena? by Max Bisantz

Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century! As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The family performed at fairs, weddings, quinceañeras, and on street corners in their native Texas. Selena learned how to sing in Spanish and soon became hugely popular within the Latino community-so much so that she became the best-selling Latin artist of the 1990s.

You Should Meet: Lin-Manuel Miranda by Laurie Calkhoven

Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda! Lin-Manuel is a writer, singer, actor, songwriter, and rapper who created the hit Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical. He was also the cocomposer of Disney's Moana and is the star of the upcoming film, Mary Poppins Returns, with Emily Blunt. His creativity appeals to children and adults alike and he has already won a Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and a Pulitzer Prize for his work.

Meet Yasmin! Yasmin Ahmad is a spirited second-grader who s always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation assuming her imagination doesn t get too big, of course! A creative thinker and curious explorer, Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family will delight and inspire readers.

The First Laugh Ceremony is a celebration held to welcome a new member of the community. As everyone-from Baby's nima (mom) to nadi (big sister) to cheii (grandfather)-tries to elicit the joyous sound from Baby, readers are introduced to details about Navajo life and the Navajo names for family members. Back matter includes information about other cultural ceremonies that welcome new babies and children, including man yue celebration (China), sanskaras (Hindu) and aquiqa (Muslim).

September 2018

This beautiful book will spark readers' curiosity and imagination with its celebration of global diversity.

Some families look different than others. A father who doesn't live full-time with his son tells him all the ways he misses and loves him. Perfect for families who are separated, whatever the circumstances, this message of love underscores the bond between parent and child in ways that little ones will understand.

A poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). Pablo has a lunch date with his friend Matilde, who shows the moody poet her garden. Where Pablo sees conflict and sadness, Matilde sees love and hope. The story is less a biography of Neruda and his muse, Matilde Urrutia (1912-1985), and more a simple ode to a vegetable that is humble and luminous, dark and light, gloomy and glad, full of grief and full of joy-just like life.

Fourth-grader Sarai Gonzalez can do anything. She can bake, dance, and run her own cupcake business. But when Sarai's grandparents are forced to move, even Sarai's not sure what to do. So she hatches a super-awesome plan with her younger sisters and cousin to buy back the house. But houses are more expensive than she ever thought, her sisters won't listen, and she's running out of time. Will Sarai find a way to save the day? Inspired by true events from viral video star and social activist Sarai Gonzalez. Ages 7-10.

Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans. This combination of talent is just right for introducing this legendary figure to a new generation of children. Ages 4-8.

It's Sparkle the unicorn's first Christmas!

October 2018

Francie Latour Aunt Luce's Talking Paintings by

Every winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit her Auntie Luce, a painter. The moment she steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and familiar sights soon follow ― the boys selling water ice by the pink cathedral, the tap tap buses in the busy streets, the fog and steep winding road to her aunt's home in the mountains.

Dream Big, Little Leader by Vashti Harrison

Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little Leader is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History. Among these women, you'll find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them.

Even Olympians have to start somewhere. And in this charming illustrated book, Laurie Hernandez tells the story of Zoe, a little girl who dreams of flying-and becoming a gymnast. When Zoe sees a gymnast on TV, she realizes that gymnastics is just like flying. But when she first goes to class and falls off the balance beam, she discovers that following her dreams is harder and scarier than she thought.

From the picture book dream team behind I Am Yoga and I Am Peace comes the third book in their wellness series: I Am Human. A hopeful meditation on all the great (and challenging) parts of being human, I Am Human shows that it's okay to make mistakes while also emphasizing the power of good choices by offering a kind word or smile or by saying "I'm sorry." At its heart, this picture book is a celebration of empathy and compassion that lifts up the flawed fullness of humanity and encourages children to see themselves as part of one big imperfect family-millions strong.

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. Andone by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself?

Debut author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a heartwarming story of sharing and community in colorful cut-paper designs as luscious as Omu's stew, with an extra serving of love. An author's note explains that "Omu" (pronounced AH-moo) means "queen" in the Igbo language of her parents, but growing up, she used it to mean "Grandma." This book was inspired by the strong female role models in Oge Mora's life.

Each spread highlights an important trait, and is enhanced by a quote from Michelle herself. Kids will grow up hearing the words of this influential woman and will learn what YOU value in a person!

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew

Celebrating the stories of Indigenous people throughout time, Wab Kinew has created a powerful rap song, the lyrics of which are the basis for the text in this beautiful picture book, illustrated by the acclaimed Joe Morse. Including figures such as Crazy Horse, Net-no-kwa, former NASA astronaut John Herrington and Canadian NHL goalie Carey Price, Go Show the World showcases a diverse group of Indigenous people in the US and Canada, both the more well known and the not- so-widely recognized.

Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and learned to say good-bye to his amiguitoseach time his family moved to a new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write English and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the street after school. And when he grew up, he became the United States Poet Laureate and read his poems aloud on the steps of the Library of Congress. If he could do all of that . . . what could you do?

Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she's Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she's Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves.

November 2018

Juno embarks on an epic journey through time and space, stepping into the shoes of female icons from Frida Kahlo and Cleopatra to Lady Gaga and Serena Williams. Each pair of shoes Juno tries brings a brand new adventure―and a step towards understanding that her very own shoes might be the best shoes of all.

Ping! Ping! Cha-cha-cha! In this lively introduction to different kinds of music, a little girl tries out lots of instruments so she can play with her whole family! She rings a triangle with her dad's string quartet, jingles a cowbell with her brother's rock band, and hits a woodblock with her aunt's jazz group! Festive and animated cut paper art helps the sounds of music to leap off the page in this award-winning primer on musical genres.

Kendra J. Barrett Yes, I Can!: A Girl and Her Wheelchair by

Like many kids her age, Carolyn loves animals, castles, and building with blocks. She helps out her mom and dad, and even her baby brother. But when Carolyn was born, her body did not work like most people's. She cannot use her legs to walk and so she uses a wheelchair. But she can do almost everything at school, even when she needs to do things a bit differently! Carolyn shows her classmates and readers how to learn about and be a friend to children with disabilities.

Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison

Featuring the true stories of 40 women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists, Visionary Women Around the World inspires as it educates. Readers will meet trailblazing women like Mary Blair, an American modernist painter who had a major influence on how color was used in early animated films, actor/inventor Hedy Lamar, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, architect Zaha Hadid, filmmaker Maya Deren, and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. Some names are known, some are not, but all of the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in.

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito

This stunning picture book looks into the life of Georgia Gilmore, a hidden figure of history who played a critical role in the Civil Rights movement and used her passion for baking to help the Montgomery Bus Boycott achieve its goal.

Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch Company in Montgomery, Alabama. When the bus boycotts broke out in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested, Georgia knew just what to do. She organized a group of women who cooked and baked to fund-raise for gas and cars to help sustain the boycott. Called the Club from Nowhere, Georgia was the only person who knew who baked and bought the food, and she said the money came from "nowhere" to anyone who asked. When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his role in the boycott, Georgia testified on his behalf, and her home became a meeting place for civil rights leaders. This picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts and demonstrated that one person can make a real change in her community and beyond. Ages 6-9.

December 2018
For all the littlest progressives, waking up to seize a new day of justice and activism.
Woke babies are up early. Woke babies raise their fists in the air. Woke babies cry out for justice. Woke babies grow up to change the world.

This lyrical and empowering book is both a celebration of what it means to be a baby and what it means to be woke. With bright playful art, Woke Baby is an anthem of hope in a world where the only limit to a skyscrapper is more blue.

Struttin' with Some Barbecue: Lil Harden Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz by Patricia Hruby Powell

This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself-and for Louis Armstrong, her modest, unassuming husband. Louis might never have become the groundbreaking jazz player he was, if it hadn't been for Lil. Scat-inspired verse celebrates how Lil overcame race and gender barriers to become the first lady of the Chicago jazz scene.

Bold & Blessed by Trinitee Stokes

In her first ever book, Bold and Blessed: How to Stay True to Yourself and Stand Out from the Crowd, Trinitee encourages other kids with big dreams. This book features Trinitee's answers to real fans about friends, faith, and fame, and also includes a special photo insert with pictures from Trinitee's childhood to now. Perfect for readers 8 and up, Bold and Blessed will empower girls and boys to chase what matters most and have fun along the way!

Mina vs. The Monsoon by Rukhsanna Guidroz

Mina loves to play soccer all year round. Nothing comes close to it. But when the monsoon arrives, Mina is stuck indoors and she can't help feeling restless and bored. Her ammi doesn't understand. The doodhwalla doesn't understand. That's when Mina decides she'll find ways of chasing away the clouds herself. In doing so, she makes an unexpected discovery. Soccer will never be the same again for Mina!

My Little Golden Book About Martin Luther King Jr. by Bonnie Bader

Looking Ahead to 2019...

Bonus book published December 2017!
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

You can read my review here AND check me out on Vashti's Review Page here!

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The 2018 Ultimate List of Diverse Children's Books - Here Wee Read

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What books are you and your kids looking forward to reading in the year ahead? Most of the books listed here are recommended either for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary readers since my children fall within those groups and so do the little readers in my core target audience.

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No White Saviors: Kids Books About Black Women in US History

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[Image Description: Feature of an illustrated portrait of Alma Woodsey Thomas from an inner page of 'Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History,' by Vashti Harrison]
In this post: Pictures books to inspire young history buffs - Stories of Black Women in American history. Bonus - learn to identify 3 common ways authors whitewash history.

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I'm not Black. As a non-Black woman of color, raised in the US, I'm bound to miss some things. I've done my best to boost the voices of Black femmes, but feel free to comment if/when I screw up. This a working list, imperfect (and incomplete).

Sparking Curious Kids

Our kids are racist. And so are we.

We don't have to be - we can fight it. We can fight the bias drilled into our kids from the media, from our institutions, from our own personal, subconscious bias.

To start - we need to re-frame how we see people of color - how women in particular have been held back by our kyriarchy. (You could argue we should focus on Indigenous/Trans/disabled/etc. women, and we should - but for now, Black History Month is an easy start).

To get kids truly inspired by history, you need something that entices your kids to ask questions, to get curious about the past - and hopeful for the future. We need stories that connect all kids (even white-presenting boys like mine) to the stories of women who shaped our nation. No more dry factoids of dates and dry, dreary illustrations. No more overwhelming despair and powerlessness.

So after a few years of searching...I've got a pretty kick-ass collection to share with you.

But before you get started - stick around for the whole thing. To fight white supremacy at story time - you'll need to learn how to identify common ways authors whitewash mainstream children's books. (Keep reading!)

Crappy stories do active harm

After last year's election, publishers are finally boosting the stories of more Black heroes. Even Chelsea Clinton made a half-assed attempt at diverse representation ( COUGH opportunist ...COUGH cash-grab COUGH). We're seeing more filler books. You're left to sift through more time-wasters.
Captioned age ranges are for when my sons were able to understand and enjoy each story. Your mileage may vary since every kid is different. Stories validating lived experiences and normalizing racial diversity is vital, but for this post, we're focusing on validating & insightful stories on the experience of Black women and girls in American history.
*Asterisk-marked books are #OwnVoices stories written by Black women.
I can't stress this enough - do not force your kids to read boring, redundant history books. Nothing shuts down curiosity, acceptance, and compassion like boredom. Wasting your time with shitty, whitewashed books is an act of white supremacy. It derails us from the stuff we need to grow stronger, smarter, and kinder.

Sparking Empathy With Fiction

Though the eyes of young Black girls, my boys are able to see how systemic racism affects real kids. Rather than filling readers with overwhelm in despair, these stories based on history and lived experience demonstrate the importance of anti-racism work, the urgency of maintaining the fight, and gives kids a sense of power showing that they, too, have a responsibility to carry that torch.
The Story of Ruby Bridges, *Child of the Civil Rights Movement, The Youngest Marcher *Voice of Freedom, *Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History, *Someday Is Now Fancy Party Gowns *Asterisk-marked books are written by Black women. Strange Fruit
Lillian's Right To Vote, *Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings

*A Sweet Smell of Roses, Ruth And The Green Book, Juneteenth For Mazie

Young Freedom Fighters

There comes a time around age 4 when kids are all about big feats of bravery. My kids emulate superheroes who jump higher, run faster, and show extraordinary courage . We run with that enthusiasm - and teach our kids that true courage comes not in the absence of fear, but in spite of it.

These stories teach our kids that being brave doesn't just mean sticking up for ourselves when necessary. Being brave means sticking up for others even when it would be easier to walk away.
STEP 1: STOP CENTERING WHITE DUDES
*Little Melba And Her Big Trombone, Let The Children March

Following In The Path Of Firebrands

There's nothing worse than a bland biography full of dates and names to turn little kids off to learning. At this age, kids want inspiration, they want super heroes who struggle and survive and stand up in glory even when the odds are against them.

These aren't 100% vetted for historical accuracy, but picture-book biographies spark curiosity in little minds and encourage them to learn more. Stories like these make Superman pale in comparison, and inspire my kids to run through the house screaming, "I AM HARRIET TUBMAN! I AM BRAVE!"

I am Rosa Parks ( see below for discussion on Meltzer's history of whitewashing & sexism), *Let It Shine: Stories Of Black Women Freedom Fighters, Minty

I Am Harriet Tubman (for ages 4+, cover not pictured) is another one of our favorites - slightly more engaging than 'Minty.'
STEP 2: STOP EXCUSING OPPRESSORS
Sing It Loud

For every girl of color who's been told to stay quiet, that her voice doesn't count, that nothing she has to say matters, she needs to see a loud woman claiming space and visibility. For generations, Black performers have used the stage to open the eyes of white fans to inequality. They've kept their voices raised even when reviled, insulted, silenced, and threatened. They've used their power and influence to fight for desegregation, voting rights, and community crises. Music continues to be one of the few spaces where Black women are heard, and they've used those voices to enact change in courageous ways.

Josephine, Bessie Smith & The Night Riders, * Harlem's Little Blackbird.

Calculating Genius

Pioneering doctors, mathematicians, and astronauts, oh my!

The Doctor With An Eye For Eyes, Hidden Figures (picture book version), and *Mae Among The Stars.

The Moon Over Star (not pictured) is another beautiful book featuring Mae Jemison about changing generational values, best for older kids (ages 6+)

The Girl With A Mind For Math, Counting On Katherine
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Biographies of Black Woman Authors

(I'm still screening books for this section - gimmie a minute)

Zora Neale Hurston And The Chinaberry Tree, Maya Angelou, Yours For Justice, Ida B. Wells

Caveat: 'Maya Angelou' contains a good deal of white-washing, and the makers have been known to write about Nazi-sympathizers (Coco Chanel). For now, it's the only children's book about Angelou we can find, and my kids adore the illustrations. Also, it briefly mentions the assault and abuse she was victim to as a child.

Kids Books Are Whitewashed - Learn to spot subtle supremacy

Let's discuss white saviors!

It's just unnecessary, misleading, and more than a little silly to center a white man in stories about the fight for civil rights and racial justice.

If you pick up ' Sweet Land of Liberty,' (which features Marian Anderson on the cover) you'd think this book would be about the discrimination and obstacles Anderson encountered in her career, or at least the tumult surrounding her rendition of 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee' in 1939 at the Lincoln Memorial.

Nope!

It's about a white dude and how instrumental his white savior work was to Anderson's success - as if she was some nobody who just showed up that day, and not one of the most celebrated singers in American history.

What self-defeating nonsense. If Oscar Chapman truly was an accomplice for civil rights (he sounds like a great guy, but come ON) - if he worked his whole career to boost the visibility and agency of people like Marian Anderson - would he really want a book about this event to be about him?

White accomplices have a place in books about the fight for civil rights - a place of honor and appreciation. But - it's in the background.

' Blue Sky, White Stars' and pretty much anything by Kadir Nelson shows does this well, with white accomplices standing in solidarity WITH or behind Black folks. In a single page of text, ' Little Leaders ' provides a more accurate and empowering history of Anderson's accomplishments.

Being a 'nice' slaver doesn't make slavery okay. You don't get points for exploiting other humans nicely.

From ' Phillis's Big Test,' "Her first winter was so very cold and awful. She survived only by the kindness of her masters."

Maybe Phillis's first winter wouldn't have been so cold and awful if she wasn't KIDNAPPED AND SOLD AS A SLAVE. She didn't survive because of her enslavers, she survived DESPITE them.

For more problematic literally sugarcoating slavery, look to ' A Fine Dessert,' which inspired the hastag #SlaveryWithASmile (coined by BLM Activist Leslie Mac) in a detailed article by Kenrya Rankin from Colorlines. In another, Demetria Lucas D'Oyley from The Root shows us another horrific example of whitewashing in ' A Birthday Cake For George Washington. '

This 'good' slavery story is common from white authors - another reason why we need to read books by Black authors.

Stay Curious & Stand Brave & Support Women of Color

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No White Saviors: Kids Books About Black Women in US History - Books For Littles

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Image Description: Feature of an illustrated portrait of Alma Woodsey Thomas from an inner page of 'Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History,' by Vashti Harrison] In this post: Pictures books to inspire young history buffs - Stories of Black Women in American history. Bonus - learn to identify 3 common ways authors whitewash history.

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voice of freedom: fannie lou hamer - spirit of the civil rights movement

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement [Weatherford, Carole Boston, Edwards, Janina] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

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Childrenʻs Books By Brilliant Black Women

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Childrenʻs Books By Brilliant Black Women

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In this post: Gorgeous, captivating, and endearing children's picture books written and illustrated by Black women & nonbinary* authors & illustrators. This post is no longer updated - to find the latest #OwnVoices books written by Black women & femmes, check out our frequently updated list on Bookshop. -AR July 2021
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Disclosure: I'm not Black. As a non-Black woman of color, raised in the US, I'm bound to miss some things. I've done my best to boost the voices of Black women, but feel free to comment below if/when I screw up. This is bound to be an imperfect (and incomplete) list. I'm human.

Also: In an earlier version of this post, I accidentally appropriated the term 'femme.' Whoops - sorry! Learn why that's not okay in the end of this post.

When White folks appropriate the identities of Black characters

Racism is so embedded in kidlit that we don't see when authors perpetuate stereotypes and reinforce white supremacist narratives.

When women of color & Indigenous women tell us how we're erasing them from the dominant narrative - listen to them. Even when it's hard. Even when they force us to confront the horrors of slavery, the prison industrial complex, and the ways we are complicit in their oppression.

No matter how uncomfortable it gets, no matter how much you want to shout "NOT ME! I'M NOT THE PROBLEM!" - Hush. Believe Black women. After a lifetime of living in this skin, they are the experts on their experience.

What we can't see through the white gaze

People of color are neither monolithic nor infallible - we grow up in the same racist society White folks do. Authors who write from lived experience can create problematic books - but these stories are more likely to humanize protagonists of color with dimension, agency, and cultural insight than authors without lived experience.

When a white author appropriates the identity of women of color, it's easy to feed into subtle racism and stereotypes without realizing it.

To illustrate this - Let's compare how athlete Althea Gibson is portrayed by a white author, with her treatment by a Black author.

Sue Stauffacher (a white author) feeds into the narrative of Gibson as a loud, angry Black girl in Nothing But Trouble. If you don't know why this is a problem - I suggest you google ' how the Angry Black Woman stereotype silences women. '

Compare Stauffacher's portrayal to Vashti Harrison's biography of Gibson in Little Leaders, (Harrison is a Black woman).

Harrison focuses on Gibson's accomplishments. Gibson's troublesome behavior isn't erased - but it's placed in context of her behavior as a child. Gibson isn't a one-dimensional, running stereotype, she's a woman who grows up and matures over a lifetime.

Through the white gaze, Gibson's nature is violent and out of control - it's something to be overcome, or rather, to be tamped and adjusted (by a man, of course.) The entire book reads like a letter of gratitude to this dude - it's centered on Gibson's mentor, rather than Gibson herself. Stauffacher erases the discipline and drive that Gibson must have had to become the first Black athlete to desegregate international tennis and get inducted to the Tennis and International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. You don't get that far when you're just a wild puppet on a string.

In Harrison's version, Gibson is self-driven to overcome her hurdles, she is self-motivated to mature and harness her strength and energy. We also see how she taps into the cultural wealth of her Black community. Growing up in a Black community is good for her, fighting against the trope of a troubled teen trying to escape a Black neighborhood.

Which book do you want your kids reading?

Or rather - what messages do you want your kids to take away from the books you read together? Are Black women complex, independent, autonomous individuals with power, strength, and vulnerability - or are they wild tools of aggression who need to be directed and saved by superior (re: white/male) forces?

Support Black Women & Nonbinary* Makers

White authors appropriate and profit off the identities of people of color. It's not enough to read books about Black women - we need to support Black women and nonbinary artists and authors. Be cautious and do your research when searching #Ownvoices authors - I've come across so many reading lists who include books featuring Black characters by white authors and claim they are written by Black authors. Be cautious and do your research when searching #Ownvoices authors. Below, find our favorite books that I've been able to confirm are written or illustrated by Black women.

I've made this super simple for you - start with just one book each month.

Don't wait until Black history month or Women's history month to read books by women of color. Pick up a couple of these once a month from the library.
Does your son's bookshelf pass the Uhura Test?
Originally from Nigeria, now living in the UK, Atinuke interweaves discussions of privilege, restorative justice, cultural wealth, wealth inequality, and normalizing multiracial families into endearing characters and adorable stories that leave me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. She's got a collection of both board & picture books for toddlers and preschoolers as well as chapter book series for elementary-aged children. They are all amazing.

Badiel wrote this book in tandem with Verde & Reynolds, based on her childhood growing up in Burkina Faso.

Badiel, an activist and model, has used her pretty privilege (yes this is a thing) to advocate for access to potable water for villages in Burkina Faso - an issue that is deeply intertwined with climate change, environmental racism, colonialism, sexism, education rights, and wealth inequality. This book is a fantastic starter to scaffold later discussions.

Boston Weatherford's books are written for kids slightly above the BFL target age range (0-7), but her books on African American activists are wonderful. I will admit it's a struggle to get the Earthquakes to read them more than once a year, but they will enjoy them more when they're older. Her work is great for school book reports and library reference shelves, rather than bedtime stories.

Born & raised in Spain to a Chilean father & Afro-Brazilian mother, Bustos is the multiracial Latinx Black illustrator we've been begging for to represent smart girls of color in the comic book industry.

Coincidence that the chaotic, goofy illustrations of a complicated, smart-but-also-immature braniac is my 6-year-old's absolute favorite super hero? Probably not.

GIVE US MORE WOMEN OF COLOR IN MAINSTREAM COMICS, PLEASE.

Black children in kidlit are often forced to embody a single dimension of all-powerful, all-knowing, and invulnerable perfection to overcome negative stereotypes. In Clifton's books, however, they are allowed to be - to misunderstand, to be misunderstood, to learn, and to be little.

It's well done, and a must-read for kids growing up in the US.

Jaden Toussaint is the smart, gentle model of healthy young masculinity we need. He's funny, hard-working, innovative, and like the characters in Clifton's books - still little and learning.

This series of chapter books spanning Jaden's year in kindergarten is filled with pop-culture references that go over my 6-year-old's head. But the jokes also make this series re-readable, since it will give my kids more to glom as they get older.

There's also something very important in Jaden that I want to model for my kids - that it's cool to care about things. Jaden is enthusiastically nerdy, his feelings get hurt, he gets scared and frustrated. But he's cool and confident and not afraid to speak up and try and fail at things. I wish every little boy had the space to be his whole self the way Jaden does.

Elliott continues to work, and work hard at giving us complex, intersectional representation for kids of color with agency. It shows in her work - from picture books for preschoolers to chapter books and YA, Elliott has been pouring her heart and soul into creating mirrors for kids who are traditionally under-represented and erased from the dominant narrative.

What I love most about Elliott is her humility - she doesn't suggest that she knows all, or is doing things perfectly. She's worked tirelessly to reach out to people with the identities she's representing to make sure they are heard, to counter stereotypes and misunderstandings, and to keep growing and learning.

We need more stories like this!

Franklin's debut 2019 book - Not Quite Snow White, tackles racism head-on with scenes kids can engage and grapple with. This refreshing honesty is rare for picture books! Ashley is an African-American Muslim writer, mother, and professor.

Freeman has illustrated so many books I haven't even made a dent in her library. Her illustrations are dynamic and diverse - depicting a wide range of skin tones (including some multiracial characters) and lately, body sizes.
*Update: See the comments - some of Freeman's authored work looks problematic in stigmatizing type 4 hair.

This appears to be a first book by Thompkins-Bigelow and there are a bunch of new releases coming out this year by Glenn. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THESE.

There are a few stories destigmatizing & empowering stories for and about Muslim women who wear khimars (there are lots of different names and types of veils/hijabs worn by Muslim women depending on what language you're using), and this one was by far our favorite.

Countering the Islamaphobic nonsense that a khimar is a tool of oppression against women, Mommy's Khimar celebrates them as a symbol of joy, faith, warmth, and comfort. Wearing a khimar is choice, an honor, and a celebration.

I'll admit I'm still working on getting the Earthquakes to stop pointing and shouting "MOMMY, LOOK!" when they see a person wearing a khimar in public (yikes). BUT, when they do, they are eager to say hello, and tell these new friends how beautiful their khimar is.

A Shelter In Our Car was (for better or for worse) the Earthquake's first introduction to homelessness, the fact that police officers are not concerned with the well being of all children, some of the obstacles that many immigrants face, and a reality for many families who hit hard times.

It hit them like a punch in the gut - and that's a good thing. We shouldn't be okay with the fact that many children are homeless and struggling. It's not our job as parents to keep them from the pain of knowing this - it's our job to help them channel those big feelings into world-changing action.

I'm a sucker for childish characters who are given space to learn, grow, and do better. Harrington's stories are universal for all children, featuring characters of color in stories that aren't about race.

Harrison suddenly hit the kidlit sphere and now we've got spinoffs to Little Leaders, both in board book form, and to cover international women in history. Her illustrations are adorable, and the anthologies are accessible and well-written.

I'm just now recognizing a pattern of awesomeness in Holmes's work, between Voice of Freedom (pictured above, written by Carole Boston Weatherford), The Stuff of Stars & What Do You Do With A Voice Like That, in particular, struck a chord with my particularly loud kid who has trouble regulating the volume of his voice.

Jackson's work is sometimes credited as 'Brittany Jackson,' sometimes 'Bea Jackson,' and sometimes she's not credited at all. So if you want to keep up with her luminous work, it's best to check her website.

We don't often see history's heroes doing the tedious, unglamorous part of activism. We don't see them facing doubt, worry, and fear. We also don't see many books highlighting the power of teachers. But now we do. Yay!
"I've seen stories about us revised, rewritten, turned on its head, and sold back to us by people who I know have no intention in mind but 'selling a Black product to its intended buyers.'" Read more...

Okay so technically I haven't gotten my hands on this book yet since it hasn't come out, so I can't really tell you beyond all doubt that it is totally awesome. BUT. I looked closely at the book trailer and noticed it features a multiracial family without a white parent. If you're familiar with this website, you know this SO RARE.
"Racism was programmed into you without your consent. Be mad about that. You never agreed to carry it forward" Become a Patron! #OwnVoices was coined by author *I originally used 'femme' instead of 'women' in this post to include folks beyond a gender binary but a reader alerted me to the fact that I was misusing that word - 'femme' is a term for feminine people within the LGBTQiA2s+ community only. So I'll use 'women' until I can find a better umbrella term for women and feminine people who don't identify as women. Updated February 3, 2020: (added new makers, fixed broken images).
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And then I started looking closer. It features trans boy preparing for the arrival of his new sibling. And and and and...it's illustrated by a Native Hawaiian/Black multiracial person who identifies as LGBQT+. I don't want to get my hopes up too high but OH GOSH MY HOPES, SO HIGH.

2020 Update: I read it, it's AMAZING. Everything I had hoped for, and more.

Oh. My. Goodness. This book - it's so good.

Latour's story touches on that uncomfortable liminal space that third-culture kids (TCK) inhabit, where we don't feel like we belong in any specific community. She introduces kids to the history of the Haitian Revolution against slavers and colonist oppressors. She touches on that hunger we all have to understand our family narratives, our cultural background, and how we find a place to belong in the world. GO READ THIS NOW.

I could write a book about the great things in this book. So coming soon, I've connected with Francie to feature her in a maker spotlight, so follow BFL on Patreon if you want a heads up when that comes out.

This book is lovely, and I'm excited for my kids to grow up a little so we can read it together.

From the story: "Me and my dad talk about important things. Things like truth and what it means to be free. Dad says books can help you. Not every book is true, he says, but the more you read, the easier it is to figure out for yourself what is true."

Nelson carries on her family's legacy as bibliophiles taking action for civil rights, particularly in this book about her great-uncle, activist Lewis H. Michaux. This book, in particular, highlights the whole reason why this Raising Luminaries and Books for Littles exists.

Miller did a spectacular job creating a book that validates microaggressions against kids with fantastic hair that also help kids without curly kinky hair understand why it's not okay to poke and prod.

I grew up with that straight black Asian hair that white people insisted on petting and tug, and this book was sat-is-fying to read. This book is adorable, hilarious, and accessible even for my boys, who learned why it's not okay to treat other people like animals in a petting zoo.

The Proudest Blue is one of the most spectacular books of 2019.

I could go on about this loving tribute to the author's sisters - but you're better off just reading it.

So lovely and powerful.

Nolen's storytelling is a bit long-winded and difficult for a read-aloud, but her heros are intelligent, vulnerable, complicated, and everything I want in a childhood hero. The plots to her stories are irreverent, modern folktales that I want to hold on to and read to my grandchildren.

Normally, when an actor tries their hand at writing a children's book, it's a condescending, miserable failure. So I was really nervous about this book.

But oh my gosh. OH MY GOSH. This book - it's full. It's got depth, it's gorgeous, it's just magic, affirming, validating, everything. SO AMAZING.

Peterson is a mixed-media collage artist who works with radical feminist authors to bring contemporary art into kidlit, creating sophisticated books with layers of meaning that are intended for adults just as much as for children. Her work is not for the fragile. I adore them.

Disclosure: The publisher sent me a free review copy of The Nightlife of Jacuzzi Gaskett, and we've got a maker spotlight on the author, Brontez Purnell, over here.

I'll admit these aren't exciting or sit-down-and-cuddle stories, my kids don't pick these up and ask me to read them over and over again. Pinkney's books lean toward didactic and do best in a school or library. But she's a prolific powerhouse who has led the way for many women authors of color, and it would just feel weird not to include her in this list.

Sadler passed away in 2013. This is an enormous loss for our children - she was just getting started illustrating children's books and Seeds of Change remains one of the most gorgeously illustrated biographies I've ever read.

The author of Seeds Of Change, Jen Cullerton Johnson, established the Sonia Lynn Salder Award for children's illustrators, and I'm looking forward to seeing how illustrators inspired by her work will continue her legacy.

Sometimes credited as Renee (without the accent mark), Watson's books can be hard to search for. They are worth it though. Her picture books have depth and layers, and her young-adult chapter books, good gosh. I can't keep up with her pace, we have so much more of her work to look forward to. Watch her rise. Seriously - there will be future generations of authors who will cite the legendary influence of her work.

I'm assuming you don't live under a rock, and have heard of Jacqueline Woodson by now - she's been at this for a while, and her craft and ability to connect with kids gets better with every book.

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Want more? Find our 2021 list of 50+#OwnVoices Black women & femme authors here.

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Children's Books By Brilliant Black Women: #OwnVoices Authors & Illustrators - Raising Luminaries

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The Journey North features new work that examines the mythology of freedom through multiple narratives from the lives of the artist’s ancestors, which trace their migrations north from the Caribbean, Florida, and a Maryland plantation. Through installations of woven, stitched, and digitally printed imagery, Hampton narrates the internal struggles that accompanied her ancestors’ diaspora and points to a broader struggle with identity felt in America today.

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Curated by Stephen J. Goldberg, Associate Professor of Art History, Hamilton College and Susanna White, Associate Director and Senior Curator of Collections, Wellin Museum of Art

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Karen Hampton: The Journey North - Wellin Museum

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Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages.

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Eyes on the Prize: Americaʻs Civil Right Movement (PBS Documentary)

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Eyes on the Prize: Americaʻs Civil Right Movement (PBS Documentary)

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Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement

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Jazz, race and an unlikely friendship inspire the new film about navigating Jim Crow America

Smithsonian Magazine |

It was well after dark on a Saturday night in January 1963 when the Don Shirley Trio took the stage in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The program of show tunes, jazz and classical music, the local paper reported, was "brilliant and exciting and warmly received by the large crowd." But its famed leader and pianist, Don Shirley, who was black, knew his welcome was conditional. A hateful sign stood at Manitowoc's city limits: "N-----, don't let the sun go down on you in our town."

When the trio set out on another tour later that year, Shirley hired a white driver, a gregarious Italian-American bouncer known as Tony Lip, to handle problems that might arise in the "sundown towns" of the North and the Jim Crow-era South. "My father said it was almost on a daily basis they would get stopped, because a white man was driving a black man," recalls Lip's son Nick Vallelonga, who has turned their journey into , a new film garnering Oscar buzz.

Vallelonga was 5 years old when his father headed out on the road with the pianist. After they returned more than a year later, the men lived their separate lives-Shirley played to acclaim in Europe and Lip became an actor-but they remained friends. As a child Vallelonga visited Shirley in his studio in Manhattan and heard stories about their trip. "That's an unbelievable movie," he remembers thinking. "I'm gonna make it one day." In his 20s, Vallelonga, an actor and occasional screenwriter, interviewed his father and Shirley about how these two men from starkly different backgrounds navigated the racism they encountered. But Shirley stipulated that he didn't want the story told until after his death.

Both men passed away in 2013, and those conversations, along with letters Lip wrote his wife, form the basis of Green Book, which stars Mahershala Ali as Shirley and Viggo Mortensen as Lip. The title is a reference to The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide for African-Americans published from 1936 to 1967 that promised "vacation without aggravation."

Making the film more than half a century after the events it depicts hasn't muted its powerful message about overcoming prejudice. Lip "was a product of his times. Italians lived with Italians. The Irish lived with the Irish. African-Americans lived with African-Americans," Vallelonga says. The trip "opened my father's eyes...and then changed how he treated people."

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The True Story of the 'Green Book' Movie

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Smithsonian Magazine | It was well after dark on a Saturday night in January 1963 when the Don Shirley Trio took the stage in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The program of show tunes, jazz and classical music, the local paper reported, was "brilliant and exciting and warmly received by the large crowd."

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Discussion notes from our workshop discussion groups.

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Teacher Workshop- Protest, Racism and Social Change Resources

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A list of songs centered around protest

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A list of teacher-submitted questions for the "Why is Protest a Bad Word?" workshop. Collected from the workshop registration.

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Suggested Resource: From a Native Daughter

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Suggested Resource: From a Native Daughter

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For teachers, college level students, adults
Written by: Haunani K. Trask

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Home / Book / From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii (Revised Edition)

About the Book

Since its publication in 1993, From a Native Daughter, a provocative, well-reasoned attack against the rampant abuse of Native Hawaiian rights, institutional racism, and gender discrimination, has generated heated debates in Hawai'i and throughout the world. This 1999 revised work includes material that builds on issues and concerns raised in the first edition: Native Hawaiian student organizing at the University of Hawai'i; the master plan of the Native Hawaiian self-governing organization Ka Lahui Hawai'i and its platform on the four political arenas of sovereignty; the 1989 Hawai'i declaration of the Hawai'i ecumenical coalition on tourism; and a typology on racism and imperialism. Brief introductions to each of the previously published essays brings them up to date and situates them in the current Native Hawaiian rights discussion.

Contributors

Haunani-Kay Trask, activist, author, and poet, is professor of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i.

Reviews and Endorsements

One of the strongest and most influential texts of the sovereignty movement.-
The Nation

This book is not for the politically squeamish. It is a blueprint for sovereignty movements that aims at fueling the collective memory of a people.-
Pacific Affairs

Like Hawaii's volcano Kilauea . . . Trask sets off explosions.-
The New York Times

Impassioned and provocative. . . . A welcome addition to the growing body of literature on indigenism.-
Publishers Weekly

Trask's analysis . . . provides a moral and political rationale for Hawaiian self-determination and sovereignty.-
The Honolulu Advertiser

A masterpiece! . . . This book is so powerful, it will change the way you think about Hawaii, and all lands seized by force, forever.-
Alice Walker, Ms. Magazine interview

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From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii (Revised Edition)

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Since its publication in 1993, From a Native Daughter, a provocative, well-reasoned attack against the rampant abuse of Native Hawaiian rights, institutional racism, and gender discrimination, has generated heated debates in Hawai'i and throughout the world. This 1999 revised work includes material that builds on issues and concerns raised in the first edition: Native Hawaiian...

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For teachers, college level students, adults
Written by: Judy Rohrer

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Home / Book / Haoles in Hawaii

About the Book

Haoles in Hawai'i strives to make sense of haole (white person/whiteness in Hawai'i) and "the politics of haole" in current debates about race in Hawai'i. Recognizing it as a form of American whiteness specific to Hawai'i, the author argues that haole was forged and reforged over two centuries of colonization and needs to be understood in that context. Haole reminds us that race is about more than skin color as it identifies a certain amalgamation of attitude and behavior that is at odds with Hawaiian and local values and social norms. By situating haole historically and politically, the author asks readers to think about ongoing processes of colonization and possibilities for reformulating the meaning of haole.

For more information on Haoles in Hawaii, visit http://haolesinhawaii.blogspot.com/

Contributors

Judy Rohrer grew up a haole girl on Kaua'i and O'ahu. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Hawai'i.

Reviews and Endorsements

-Haoles in Hawai'i is a precious little book. It gently introduces the lay reader to the intricacies and intensity of Hawaiian debates on ethnic diversity, belonging, indigeneity and sovereignty without unnecessary complication but also without compromising on the need to account for local specificity on the one hand, and remain respectful of indigenous sensitivities on the other.
Ethnic and Racial Studies

Judy Rohrer has written an extraordinary and long-needed examination of the historical and contemporary place of haoles in Hawai'i. This study goes far beyond the typical ways that haoles are talked about: as wrong-headed and evil colonizers, dumb -malihini who don't know how to act, or, more recently, victims of reverse discrimination. Her lucid and witty prose as well as her mastery of our homeland's brand of English will make readers laugh as well as think. Rohrer writes that the aim of this long overdue study is "to begin to imagine how [people] might become haole in different and better ways." Haoles will gain a better understanding of why they sometimes get "stink-eye," and everyone else will gain a greater understanding of the workings of power in Hawai'i nei. Everyone in Hawai'i should read this book!
Noenoe Silva, associate professor of political science, University of Hawai'i, and author of Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism

-Haoles in Hawai'i is a terrific book. It handles complex and sensitive issues with knowledge, grace, and sophistication, while at the same time making them accessible to the general reader. Judy Rohrer knows this subject from a lifetime of experience and years of scholarly study. Although it is certain to appear on many college and university reading lists, this is a book that everyone should read. It will make Hawai'i a better place.
David E. Stannard, professor of American studies, University of Hawai'i, and author of Honor Killing: How the Infamous "Massie Affair" Transformed Hawai'i

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Haoles in Hawai'i strives to make sense of haole (white person/whiteness in Hawai'i) and "the politics of haole" in current debates about race in Hawai'i. Recognizing it as a form of American whiteness specific to Hawai'i, the author argues that haole was forged and reforged over two centuries of colonization and needs to be understood...

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For Elementary and Middle School Teachers (version 2)

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For Elemtary and Middle School Teachers

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Passing and Trespassing in the Academy (Grandmother Activity) 

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Reading for teachers, college-level, and adults
Written and Presented by: Charles Lawrence III

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