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Social Justice Reads: Juvenile Titles
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Picture Books
Those Shoes
by
Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
Call Number: E BOE
ISBN: 9780763624996
Publication Date: 2007-09-11
The Story of Ruby Bridges
by
Robert Coles; BookSource Staff (Compiled by)
Call Number: E COLES ROB
ISBN: 9780606231893
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Vote for Our Future!
by
Margaret McNamara; Micah Player (Illustrator)
Call Number: E MCNAM MAR
ISBN: 9781984892805
Publication Date: 2020-02-18
It Feels Good to Be Yourself
by
Theresa Thorn; Noah Grigni (Illustrator)
Call Number: E ORBEC CON
ISBN: 9781250302953
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Vanishing Colors
by
Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen; Akin Düzakin (Illustrator)
Call Number: E ORBEC CON
ISBN: 9780802855183
Publication Date: 2019-03-01
Just Ask!
by
Sonia Sotomayor; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)
Call Number: E SOTOM SON
ISBN: 9780525514121
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Round Is a Mooncake
by
Grace Lin (Illustrator); Roseanne Thong
Call Number: E THO
ISBN: 0811826767
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Heartbeat
by
Evan Turk (Illustrator)
Call Number: E TURK EVA
ISBN: 9781481435208
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Sofia's Dream
by
Land Wilson; Sue Cornelison (Illustrator)
Call Number: E WILSO LAN
ISBN: 9781492698739
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
All the Way to the Top
by
Annette Bay Pimentel; Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins (Foreword by); Nabigal-Nayagam Haider Ali (Illustrator)
Call Number: J BIOG Keelan, Jennifer
ISBN: 9781492688976
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
Fiction (chapter books)
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!
by
Alex Gino
Call Number: Iowa J GINO ALE
ISBN: 9780545956253
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
Iggie's House
by
Judy Blume
Call Number: J BLUME JUD
ISBN: 9781481411042
Publication Date: 2014-04-29
The Long Ride
by
Marina Budhos
Call Number: J BUDHO MAR
ISBN: 9780553534221
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
Walking with Miss Millie
by
Tamara Bundy
Call Number: J BUNDY TAM
ISBN: 9780399544576
Publication Date: 2018-07-03
King of the Dragonflies
by
Kacen Callender
Call Number: J CALLE KAC
ISBN: 9781338129335
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
The Only Black Girls in Town
by
Brandy Colbert
Call Number: J COLBE BRA
ISBN: 9780316456388
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
It All Comes down to This
by
Karen English
Call Number: J ENGLI KAR
ISBN: 9780544839571
Publication Date: 2017-07-11
Rick
by
Alex Gino
Call Number: J GINO ALE
ISBN: 9781338048100
Publication Date: 2020-04-21
The Lions of Little Rock
by
Kristin Levine
Call Number: J LEVIN KRI
ISBN: 9780142424353
Publication Date: 2013-01-10
How High the Moon
by
Karyn Parsons
Call Number: J PARSO KAR
ISBN: 9780316484008
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
As Brave As You
by
Jason Reynolds
Call Number: J REYNO JAS
ISBN: 9781481415903
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Black Brother, Black Brother
by
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Call Number: J RHODE JEW
ISBN: 9780316493802
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Ghost Boys
by
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Call Number: J RHODE JEW
ISBN: 9780316262286
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
The Colors of the Rain
by
R. L. Toalson
Call Number: J TOALS RL
ISBN: 9781499807172
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
by
Brenda Woods
Call Number: J WOODS BRE
ISBN: 9781524737092
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Blended
by
Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781442495005
Publication Date: 2018-10-30
Nonfiction
This Book Is Anti-Racist
by
Tiffany Jewell; Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)
Call Number: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY J 305.8 JEWEL TIF
ISBN: 9780711245211
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
What Are Human Rights?
by
Amy B. Rogers
Call Number: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY J 323 ROGER AMY
ISBN: 9781534567375
Publication Date: 2019-07-15
What's Income Inequality?
by
Joseph Stanley
Call Number: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY J 339.22 STANL JOS
ISBN: 9781534525870
Publication Date: 2018-07-15
Poverty and Hunger
by
Louise Spilsbury; Hanane Kai (Illustrator)
Call Number: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY J 362.5 SPILS LOU
ISBN: 9781438050195
Publication Date: 2017-08-01
What's Universal Health Care?
by
Lorraine Harrison
Call Number: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY J 368.4 HARRIS LOR
ISBN: 9781534525955
Publication Date: 2018-07-15
The Voice That Won the Vote
by
Elisa Boxer; Vivien Mildenberger (Illustrator)
Call Number: HISTORY J 324.623 BOXER ELI
ISBN: 9781534110496
Publication Date: 2020-03-15
Kamala Harris
by
Nikki Grimes; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Call Number: HISTORY J BIOG Harris, Kamala
ISBN: 9781534462670
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
What's Intolerance?
by
Richard Alexander
Call Number: J 179.9 ALEXA RIC
ISBN: 9781534525085
Publication Date: 2017-12-15
Taking Action to Achieve Equality
by
Rebecca Sjonger
Call Number: J 305 SJONG REB
ISBN: 9780778766582
Publication Date: 2019-09-30
The Talk
by
Wade Hudson (Editor); Cheryl Willis Hudson (Editor)
Call Number: J 305.8 TALK CON
ISBN: 9780593121641
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
Who Are Refugees?
by
Joyce Jeffries
Call Number: J 305.9 JEFFR JOY
ISBN: 9781534524330
Publication Date: 2017-12-15
What's Gender Equality?
by
Katie Kawa
Call Number: J 305.42 KAWA KAT
ISBN: 9781534525030
Publication Date: 2017-12-15
Everything You Need to Know about Confronting Racist Behavior
by
Lisa A. Crayton
Call Number: J 305.800973 CRAYT LIS
ISBN: 9781508179153
Publication Date: 2018-07-15
What's Racism?
by
Amy B. Rogers
Call Number: J 305.800973 ROGER AMY
ISBN: 9781534525061
Publication Date: 2017-12-15
I Voted
by
Mark Shulman; Serge Bloch (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 324.6 SHULM MAR
ISBN: 9780823445615
Publication Date: 2020-01-21
How Women Won the Vote
by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti; Ziyue Chen (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 324.623 BARTO SUS
ISBN: 9780062841308
Publication Date: 2020-05-19
Taking Action for Responsible Growth
by
Rebecca Sjonger
Call Number: J 338.927 SJONG REB
ISBN: 9780778766513
Publication Date: 2019-09-30
Taking Action to End Poverty
by
Rebecca Sjonger
Call Number: J 362.5561 SJONG REB
ISBN: 9780778766599
Publication Date: 2019-09-30
Taking Action to Help the Environment
by
Rebecca Sjonger
Call Number: J 363.7 SJONG REB
ISBN: 9780778766643
Publication Date: 2019-09-30
Exquisite
by
Suzanne Slade; Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
Call Number: J BIOG Brooks, Gwendolyn
ISBN: 9781419734113
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
No Truth Without Ruth: the Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by
Kathleen Krull; Nancy Zhang (Illustrator)
Call Number: J BIOG Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
ISBN: 9780062560117
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
Pride: the Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
by
Rob Sanders; Steven Salerno (Illustrator)
Call Number: J BIOG Milk, Harvey
ISBN: 9780399555312
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Become a Leader like Michelle Obama
by
Caroline Moss
Call Number: J BIOG Obama, Michelle
ISBN: 9780711245181
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Greta's Story
by
Valentina Camerini; Moreno Giovannoni (Translator); Veronica Carratello (Illustrator)
Call Number: J BIOG Thunberg, Greta
ISBN: 9781534468771
Publication Date: 2019-11-26
Who Are You?
by
Brook Pessin-Whedbee; Naomi Bardoff (Illustrator)
Call Number: LC 305.3 PESSI BRO
ISBN: 9781785927287
Publication Date: 2016-12-21
The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids
by
Kelly Sherman Storck; Diane Ehrensaft (Foreword by)
Call Number: LC 305.3 STORC KEL
ISBN: 9781684030309
Publication Date: 2018-04-01
You Be You!
by
Jonathan Branfman; Julie Benbassat (Illustrator)
Call Number: OURSELVES J 305.3 BRANF JON
ISBN: 9781787750104
Publication Date: 2019-07-18
Is It Our Job to Protect the Environment?
by
David Anthony
Call Number: SCIENCE J 304.2 ANTHO DAV
ISBN: 9781534525719
Publication Date: 2018-07-15
Our Environment
by
Jacques Pasquet; Yves Dumont (Illustrator); Shelley Tanaka (Translator)
Call Number: SCIENCE J 577 PASQU JAC
ISBN: 9781771473897
Publication Date: 2020-03-15
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