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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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Abash and the Cyber-Bully

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By Matt Casper

Ages:6-10

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Alley Oops

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By Janice Levy

Ages:4-8

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Always Anjali

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Always Anjali
By Sheetal Sheth

Ages:4-8

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Be a Bridge

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Be a Bridge
By Irene Latham

Ages:4-8

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Bear's Braid

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Bear's Braid
By Joelle Bearstail

Ages:5-8

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Because of Mr. Terupt

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By Rob Buyea

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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Blubber

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By Judy Blume

Ages:9-12

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Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How to Deal with Bullies

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By Catherine DePino

Ages:6-12

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Confessions of a Former Bully

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Confessions of a Former Bully Book Cover
By Trudy Ludwig

Ages:8-12

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Daisy and the Doll

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By Michael Medearis

Ages:4-8

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Each Kindness

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Each Kindness Book Cover
By Jacqueline Woodson

Ages:4-8

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Fat Boy Swim

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By Catherine Forde

Ages:10-12

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Firegirl

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By Tony Abbott

Ages:8-12

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First Day in Grapes

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By L. King Pérez

Ages:6-11

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Fish in a Tree

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By Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Ages:10 and up

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Front Desk

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Front Desk Book Cover
By Kelly Yang

Ages:8-12

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Holly's Secret

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By Nancy Garden

Ages:8-12

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Hurricane Child

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Hurricane Child Book Cover
By Kacen Callender

Ages:8-12

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I Didn't Stand Up

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I Didn't Stand Up
By Lucy Falcone

Ages:5-8

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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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