The Books
From Pre-K to YA, check out Stories Matter's Recommendations!
Take this list with you to you local library (Scenic Regional branches, Washington Public Library, Gerald Area Library, East Central College Library) or bookstore (Neighborhood Reads), and get reading!
For book synopses and age recommendations, click here for a downloadable PDF.
Preschool/Early Elementary
Brick by Brick
Let's Talk About Race
My Nose, Your Nose
My People
Rosa
Separate is Never Equal
Shades of People
Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes
The Case for Loving
The Skin You Live In
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
We March
We're Different, We're the Same
Whoever You Are
Yo! Yes?
More More More, Said the Baby
Skin Again
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
I am Jazz
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Annie's Plaid Shirt
The Paper Bag Princess
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
The Barefoot Book of Children
The Great Big Book of Families
Mommy, Mama and Me
Daddy, Papa and Me
Tough Boris
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
The Name Jar
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina
Salam Alaikum
From Far Away
Middle Grades
Brown Girl Dreaming
Piecing Me Together
The Crossover
Booked
One Crazy Summer
The Land of Forgotten Girls
Save Me a Seat
Caminar
Tortilla Sun
Amina's Voice
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
Counting by 7s
Silent Days, Silent Dreams
The First Rule of Punk
Esperanza Rising
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Home of the Brave
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
If I Ever Get Out of Here
The Warriors
The Heart of a Chief
A Long Walk to Water
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
This Would Make a Good Story Someday
Bud, Not Buddy
George
One True Way
Inside Out and Back Again
Refugee
I Am Malala
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States
The Shadow Hero
Yes! We Are Latinos
Rad American Women A-Z
March Trilogy
Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers
The Complete Maus
Black Panther: World of Wakanda
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1
Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal,
Young Adult
The Hate U Give
Dear Martin
The House on Mango Street
American Street
Children of Blood and Bone
Girls Like Us
All American Boys
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
The Summer I Wasn't Me
Persepolis