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Anti-Racism Reading List for Young Readers

The recommended books below are anti-racist and specifically combat anti-Blackness. To see the recommendations broken down by age group, click here. For anti-racism books for adults, click here. For our Black Voices book list, click here.

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A is for Activist (Board book)

By Innosanto Nagara
$11.95
ISBN: 9781609805395
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Triangle Square - November 19th, 2013
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Antiracist Baby Board Book (Board book)

By Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780593110416
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Kokila - June 16th, 2020
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Woke Baby (Board book)

By Mahogany L. Browne, III Taylor, Theodore (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9781250308986
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Roaring Brook Press - December 31st, 2018
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Hands Up! (Hardcover)

By Breanna J. McDaniel, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525552314
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Dial Books - January 22nd, 2019
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Let's Talk About Race (Paperback)

By Julius Lester, Karen Barbour (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780064462266
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: HarperCollins - December 23rd, 2008
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Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) (Hardcover)

By Anastasia Higginbotham
$18.95
ISBN: 9781948340007
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dottir Press - September 4th, 2018
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Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice (Hardcover)

By Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard
$16.99
ISBN: 9781433828546
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Magination Press - March 1st, 2018
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The Undefeated (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019
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Black Brother, Black Brother (Hardcover)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316493802
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020
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Ghost Boys (Paperback)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316262262
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019
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A Good Kind of Trouble (Hardcover)

By Lisa Moore Ramée
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062836687
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Balzer + Bray - March 12th, 2019
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A Good Kind of Trouble (Paperback)

By Lisa Moore Ramée
$7.99
ISBN: 9780062836694
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Balzer + Bray - June 16th, 2020
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Paperback)

By Bryan Stevenson
$10.99
ISBN: 9780525580065
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ember - September 10th, 2019
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Piecing Me Together (Paperback)

By Renée Watson
$10.99
ISBN: 9781681191072
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bloomsbury YA - June 5th, 2018
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Say Her Name (Hardcover)

By Zetta Elliott, Loveis Wise (Illustrator), Loveis Wise (Cover design or artwork by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781368045247
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 14th, 2020
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (Hardcover)

By Patrice Caldwell (Editor)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984835659
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Samira Ahmed, L. D. Lewis, Ray Stoeve, Laura Silverman, Sofia Quintero, Keah Brown, Darcie Little Badger, Yamile Saied Méndez, Bethany C. Morrow, Bethany C. Morrow (Editor), Connie Sun (Illustrator), Richie Pope (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338343700
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - October 1st, 2019
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Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice (Hardcover)

By Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, Theodore Taylor, III (Illustrator), Jason Reynolds (Contributions by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250311207
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - March 10th, 2020
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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adapted for Young Adults) (Hardcover)

By Michael Bennett, Dave Zirin
$18.99
ISBN: 9781642590227
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Haymarket Books - September 3rd, 2019
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Empower the Future #1) (Paperback)

By Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780711245211
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - January 7th, 2020
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All American Boys (Paperback)

By Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
$11.99
ISBN: 9781481463348
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017
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Monster: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)

By Walter Dean Myers, Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator), Guy A. Sims
$10.99
ISBN: 9780062274991
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: HarperAlley - October 20th, 2015
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Monster (Paperback)

By Walter Dean Myers
$10.99
ISBN: 9780064407311
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Amistad - March 5th, 2019
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Anger Is a Gift: A Novel (Paperback)

By Mark Oshiro
$10.99
ISBN: 9781250167033
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tor Teen - May 7th, 2019
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (Paperback)

By Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia
$10.99
ISBN: 9780062698735
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Balzer + Bray - January 7th, 2020
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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas, Nikki Giovanni (Foreword by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017
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I Am Alfonso Jones (Paperback)

By Tony Medina, John Jennings (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781620142639
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tu Books - October 10th, 2017
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On the Come Up (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498564
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Balzer + Bray - February 5th, 2019
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How It Went Down (Paperback)

By Kekla Magoon
$10.99
ISBN: 9781250068231
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Square Fish - December 15th, 2015
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Light It Up (Hardcover)

By Kekla Magoon
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250128898
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - October 22nd, 2019