Children's Books that Promote Inclusion

Preschool – 2nd Grade:

• Bee-Bim Bop (A Korean American Celebration of Food) – by Linda Sue Park
• Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story – by Kevin Noble Maillard
• Katie Can: A Story About Special Needs – by Erin Palmer & John Joseph
• Rainbow: A First Book of Pride – by Michael Genhart PhD
• The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab & Family – by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali
• The World Needs More Purple People – Author(s) Kristin Bell & Benjamin Hart
• Tomatoes for Neela (A story of an Indian American Family)– by Padma Lakshmi
• We’re Different, We’re The Same – by Bobbi Kates

Grades K-3:

• Acceptance is My Superpower – by Alicia Ortego
• Family Means (Normalizing Different Family Structures)– Matthew Ralph
• Hair Love – by Matthew A. Cherry
• Harley’s Sensory Processing Disorder – by Emily Hayes
• I Am Enough – by Grace Beyers
• I Am Whole; A Multiracial Children’s Book Celebrating Diversity – by Shola Oz
• What if We Were All the Same – by C.M. Harris
• Yes, I Can! A Girl and Her Wheelchair – by Kendra J. Barrett

Grades K-5:   

• I Have Two Dads – Colleen LeMaire
• Making A Difference (Overcoming & Making a Difference) – by Stacy C. Bauer
• Qué Cosas Dice Mi Abuela (Grandmother Sayings Spanish) – by Ana Galá
• Riley Rae’s Pronouns – by Harriet Sutton
• Skin Like Mine -  by LaTashia M. Perry
• Stamped (Kids): Racism, Anti-Racism, & You – by Sonja Cherry-Paul
• We All Belong (Diversity, Race & Empathy) – by Nathalie Goss
• What I See: Anti-Asian Racism from the Eyes of A Child – by Christine T. Leung

Grades 5-8:

• All of Me (Body Image Acceptance) –  Chris Baron
• Allergic: A Graphic Novel – by Megan Wagner Lloyd
• Black Brother, Black Brother (2 Brothers Present as Different Races)– by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Martin McLean, Middle School Queen (Inspiration LGBTQ) -  by Alyssa Zaczek
• New Kid (Overcoming Microaggressions) – by Jerry Craft
• The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School (Differences) – Kristin Mahoney
• Wish (Belonging & Fitting In) – by Barbara O’Connor

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