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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 Handful of Stars

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By Cynthia Lord

Ages:8-12

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A Shelter in Our Car

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By Monica Gunning

Ages:6-10

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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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Amanda's Big Dream

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Amanda's Big Dream
By Judith Matz

Ages:5-8

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Areli is a Dreamer

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Areli is a Dreamer book cover
By Areli Morales

Ages:4-8

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Babu's Song

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By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Ages:6-10

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Baseball Saved Us

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By Ken Mochizuki

Ages:6-12

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Beautifully Me

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Beautifully Me
By Nabela Noor

Ages:4-8

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Blubber

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By Judy Blume

Ages:9-12

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Boy, Everywhere

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Boy, Everywhere
By A.M. Dassu

Ages:10-13

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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

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Brave Girl book cover
By Michelle Markel

Ages:5-8

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Brayden Speaks Up: How One Boy Inspired the Nation

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Brayden Speaks Up: How One Boy Inspired the Nation
By Brayden Harrington

Ages:4-8

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Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth

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By Rosa Parks

Ages:9-12

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Each Kindness

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Each Kindness Book Cover
By Jacqueline Woodson

Ages:4-8

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Esperanza Rising

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By Pam Munoz Ryan

Ages:8-12

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Fat Boy Swim

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By Catherine Forde

Ages:10-12

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Felita

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By Nicholasa Mohr

Ages:9-12

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First Day in Grapes

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By L. King Pérez

Ages:6-11

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Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del otro lado

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By Gloria Anzaldua

Ages:6-10

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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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