Social Justice Books [web resource]

SocialJusticeBooks.org is a project of Teaching for Change, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world.

Since its founding in 1989, Teaching for Change has vetted and promoted social justice books for children and adults. This is in response to the wide diversity gap in children’s books and the publishing industry. More than half of the children enrolled in U.S. public schools are people of color or Native American, but only 22% of children’s books published in 2016 were about people of color, and fewer than 13% of books published were written by people of color or Native Americans.

Book Lists

SocialJusticeBooks.org offers more than 50 lists of recommended books for children, young adults, and educators on a variety of themes. The focus is on books that address people’s history, including stories of African Americans, Latinx, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, labor activists, international populations, and women. In addition to representation and untold histories, books are reviewed for their literature and illustrations.

Book Reviews

SocialJusticeBooks.org hosts a database of children’s book reviews for the See What We See (SWWS) coalition. See What We See is a coalition of writers, scholars, educators, librarians, and activists who believe that books reflect what is valued in society and can therefore shape people’s attitudes and actions towards one another.

View the Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books.  Visit the SocialJusticeBooks.org website for the most recents book lists, articles, reviews, and more.

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