Nicole and Matthew discuss doing the work of anti-racism, sitting with discomfort, and building children’s aptitude toward empathy and social justice with help from a bookshelf playlist of stories to keep folks talking.

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Lost Beast, Found Friend from Oni Press

Bella’s Story by W. Bruce Cameron, from Starscape

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RELEVANT LINKS:

47 Black-Owned Bookstores Across the Country That You Can Support (EW article)

KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators (website and video stream)

Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani; illustrated by Rachelle Baker

Modern Herstory : Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History written by Blair Imani; illustrated by Monique Le

BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: PICTURE BOOKS:

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss and illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood; illustrated by Theodore Taylor, III

Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham

Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel; illustrated by Shane W. Evans

AntiRacist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi; illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina, Javaka Steptoe, and R. Gregory Christie

MIDDLE GRADE:

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurelia Durand

What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

WHERE TO FIND CHILDREN’S BOOKS DURING QUARANTINE

• Your local library– Even as libraries are closing for the quarantine, they have aton of e-books, resources, and movies for kids.
• Epic!– Epic! is the Leading Digital Library for Kids 12 & Under
• Susan Tan’s Authors EverywhereYouTube channel
• How Kids’ Lit Is Responding to the Coronavirus
• Read, Wonder, and Learn – Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere
• COVID-19 Resources compiled by We Need Diverse Books
• Resources for Online PreK-12 Teaching During COVID and Beyond
• Little free libraries– There may be free books in a free library just around the corner from you. Give a book, get a book, and remember to wash those hands!

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