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EDC 425 Children's Literature and Social Justice: Prof. Cami Condi : Social Justice Books

Social Justice Booklists by Topic

Social Justice Booklists by topic

Good Reads Social Justice Text Sets Books

Good Reads Social Justice Text Sets Books

Poverty

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763624996
Publication Date: 2007-09-11
Poverty: Fiction
On Our Street by Jillian Roberts; Jaime Casap; Jane Heinrichs (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781459833401
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
Poverty Nonfiction

Poverty

What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack; April Harrison (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0375936157
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Poverty Fiction
Sonia Sotomayor by Jonah Winter; Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781442403031
Publication Date: 2009-11-10
Poverty Nonfiction
The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court.

Poverty

A Thirst for Home by Christine Ieronimo; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802723086
Publication Date: 2014-05-20
Poverty Fiction
Who Is Oprah Winfrey? by Barbara Kramer; Who HQ; Dede Putra (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781524787516
Publication Date: 2019-07-02
Poverty Nonfiction

Poverty

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke; Van Thanh Rudd (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781536200317
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Poverty Fiction
That's Not Fair! / No Es Justo! by Carmen Tafolla; Sharyll Teneyuca
ISBN: 9780916727338
Publication Date: 2008-04-30
Poverty Non fiction
Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams; Khadra Mohammed; Doug Chayka (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802852960
Publication Date: 2016-05-13

Discrimination

Who Was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough; Who HQ; Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780448454429
Publication Date: 2010-12-23
Discrimination Nonfiction
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419710544
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Discrimination Nonfiction
Stealing Home by J. Torres; David Namisato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781525303340
Publication Date: 2021-10-05
Race Discrimination
The First Step by Susan E. Goodman; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802737397
Publication Date: 2016-04-07
Nonfiction

Discrimination

The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson; Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481400718
Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Discrimination Nonfiction
New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823425280
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
Fiction
A Taste of Colored Water by Matt Faulkner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416916291
Publication Date: 2008-01-08
Fiction
Blue by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
ISBN: 1590783891
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Race Discrimination: Fiction
Jackie Robinson: He Led the Way by April Jones Prince; Robert Casilla (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780448447216
Publication Date: 2007-12-27
Jackie Robinson became the first black Major League baseball player of the modern era when he stepped onto the field as a Brooklyn Dodger in 1947. Nonfiction

Gender Discrimination

Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaële Frier; Aurélia Fronty (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580897853
Publication Date: 2017-02-07
Nonfiction

Human Rights

Human Rights and Liberty by Charlie Ogden
ISBN: 9780778732679
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Nonfiction
The Life of Dolores Huerta by Gillia M. Olson
ISBN: 9781681525952
Publication Date: 2021-03-16
Nonfiction
Dreams of Freedom by Amnesty International
ISBN: 9781847804532
Publication Date: 2015-03-15
Nonfiction
The Story of Malala Yousafzai by Joan Marie Galat
ISBN: 9781647396824
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
Nonfiction
Human rights workers biography
IntersectionAllies by Chelsea Johnson; LaToya Council; Carolyn Choi; Ashley Seil Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781948340083
Publication Date: 2019-07-23
Nonfiction

Ways Children's Literature can promote social justice include:

Ways children's literature can promote social justice include:

Representation

Awareness

Empathy

Critical thinking

Social activism

Climate Change

Stand up! Speak Up! by Andrew Joyner
ISBN: 9780593301586
Publication Date: 2020-10-06
Fiction
Subject: Climatic Change
What Is Climate Change? by Gail Herman; Who HQ; John Hinderliter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781524786151
Publication Date: 2018-06-19
Nonfiction
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1250203554
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Fiction
Subject: water conservation
What Every Child Should Know about Climate Change Children's Earth Sciences Books by Baby Professor
ISBN: 9781541940161
Publication Date: 2017-03-15
Nonfiction
One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781467716086
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
Nonfiction
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
ISBN: 9780316043076
Publication Date: 2010-08-16
Fiction
I Am Farmer by Miranda Paul; Baptiste Paul; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781512449143
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
Nonfiction
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250203557
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal