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Books Matter™

Children's & Young Adult Literature

ADL’s online bibliography of recommended children’s and young adult books about bias, bullying, diversity and social justice.

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A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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By David A. Adler

Ages:6-10

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A Picture Book of Rosa Parks

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By David A. Adler

Ages:6-10

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A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart

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A Place Inside of Me
By Zetta Elliott

Ages:4-8

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A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

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By Amy Lee-Tai

Ages:6-10

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A Shelter in Our Car

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By Monica Gunning

Ages:6-10

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A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson

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By Michelle Y. Green

Ages:8-12

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A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen

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By Kathryn Lasky

Ages:9-12

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A Very Special Critter

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By Mercer Mayer

Ages:4-8

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A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull

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By Kathleen Krull

Ages:7-12

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Abash and the Cyber-Bully

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By Matt Casper

Ages:6-10

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ABC: A Family Alphabet Book

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By Bobbie Combs

Ages:3-5

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Abuela

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By Arthur Dorros

Ages:3-6

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Abuela's Weave

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Abuela's Weave
By Omar S. Castaneda

Ages:4-8

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Across the Alley

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By Richard Michelson

Ages:4-8

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Ada Twist, Scientist

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By Andrea Beaty

Ages:5-8

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Africa Brothers and Sisters

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By Virginia Kroll

Ages:4-8

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Africa Is Not a Country

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By Margy Burns Knight

Ages:6-12

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Alejandria Fights Back!

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Alejandria Fights Back!
By Leticia Hernández-Linares

Ages:5-8

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Alicia and the Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico/Alicia Y El Huracán: Un Cuento De Puerto Rico

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Alicia and the Hurricane
By Leslea Newman

Ages:4-8

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All About My Brother

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By Sarah Peralta

Ages:4-8

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Summer Reading

Monthly Featured Book

Each month a book from Books Matter is featured. Each Monthly Featured Book has educator and parent discussion guides to expand upon young people's learning from the book. Suggested activities help to facilitate discussions about identity and diversity, understanding and challenging bias and promoting social justice.

See Monthly Featured Books here.

ADL recommends children’s and young adult books that educators, students, families and others can use to explore concepts including identity, diversity, bias, and bullying. We choose age-appropriate works of literature that have engaging plots, strong themes and relevant content topics.

A book recommendation should not be considered — and is most certainly not — an approval of everything the author may have said or done. Indeed, at times, we have featured books where we may vehemently disagree with the authors on other issues outside of the content of their books. We think this not only allows us to choose the best books for educational purposes, but it is an important lesson that you can value a work even if you disagree with the creator’s views expressed elsewhere. For more, please read our post on how we can value books and other content even when one disagrees with the author and how to engage young people in this conversation.

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