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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 Bear for Bimi

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A Bear for Bimi
By Jane Breskin Zalben

Ages:4-8

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A Hero and the Holocaust: The Story of Janusz Korczak and His Children

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By David A. Adler

Ages:8-12

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Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II

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By Marisabina Russo

Ages:6-10

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Angel Square

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By Brian Doyle

Ages:9-12

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Apple Days: A Rosh Hashanah Story

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By Allison Sarnoff Soffer

Ages:4-8

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Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place

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Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place
By Barbara Lowell

Ages:8-12

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Benjamin and the Word/Benjamin y La Palabra

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By Daniel A. Olivas

Ages:5-8

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Chik Chak Shabbat

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By Mara Rockliff

Ages:3-7

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Daddy Christmas and Hanukkah Mama

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By Selina Alko

Ages:4-8

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Elan, Son of Two Peoples

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By Heidi Smith Hyde

Ages:6-10

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Feathers

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By Heather Forest

Ages:5-8

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Gifts from the Enemy

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By Trudy Ludwig

Ages:9-12

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Goldie Takes A Stand

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By Barbara Krasner

Ages:6-10

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Hana's Suitcase

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By Karen Levine

Ages:10-12

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Hanukkah Moon

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By Deborah Da Costa

Ages:6-10

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Hiding from the Nazis

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By David A. Adler

Ages:7-12

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Hold On to Your Music

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Hold On to Your Music
By Mona Golabek

Ages:5-9

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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes her Mark

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By Debbie Levy

Ages:6-10

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Irena's Jars of Secrets

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By Marcia Vaughan

Ages:8-12

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Israel ABCs: A Book about the People and Places of Israel

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By Holly Schroeder

Ages:5-11

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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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