Recommended Reading & Resources
If you are struggling to understand current events and looking for ways to promote healing right now, these authors can help. Search our online catalog to place a hold on their titles or borrow them from Hoopla.
- Michelle Alexander
- Asha Bandele
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Layla Saad
- Keeanga-Yamaahtta Taylor
- Ibram X. Kendi
- Richard Rothstein
- Matt Taibbi
- Angie Thomas
- bell hooks
- Roxane Gay
- Lawrence Goldstone
Resources by Age Group
Are you looking for ways to discuss current events with your children? Here are some resources that may help.
Ages 0-11
- American Indians in Children’s Literature
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association
- Black Children’s Books & Authors
- CBC Diversity
- The New York Times: These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids
- Christopher Paul Curtis Supplementary Content to Go With His Books
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- EmbraceRace – 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
- Jacqueline Woodson books
- Stone Bookworms: Anti-Racist Reading
- Walter Dean Myers Books by Grade Level
Ages 12-15
- Booklist Shelf Care Interview with Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds as they discuss Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
- SLJ Social Justice Middle Grade
- Kekla Magoon books
Ages 16-18
Caregivers & Educators
- #Blacklivesmatter Library Resource List
- CommonSense Media Discussion on how to talk to children about racism
- Common Sense Media’s How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids
- Children’s Perception of Race at Different Ages Chart – Accompanying Resources
- Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
- Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi Keynote Conversation | SLJ Day of Dialog 2020
- NAACP Image Award Winning and Honored Books
- NBC Nightly News for Kids: Episode about Racism and protests
- nErDcamp VT’s Diversity Toolkit
- Penguin Randomhouse – Anti-Racist Books and Resources
- Range of Suggestions from the Anti-Defamation League
- Reading to End Racism (Local Program)
- Teaching for Change, Social Justice Books
- Teaching Tolerance
- We Need Diverse Books