Resource Lists: Diversity - General
This is a non-comprehensive list of recommended books, documentaries, and movies for self-learning or for teachers to use in the classroom. It includes resources that directly address social justice topics as well as books with main characters from a variety of underrepresented backgrounds.
Elementary School
Mental Health
- My Emotions by Isabelle Filiozat and Virginie Limousin
- Nobody’s Perfect: A Story for Children about Perfectionism by Ellen Flanagan Burns
- Mind OVer Basketball: Coach Yourself to Handle Stress by Jane Weierbach and Elizabeth Phillips-Hershey
- 1-2-3 A Calmer Me: Helping Children Cope When Emotions Get Out of Control by Colleen Patterson and Brenda Miles
- My Fears by Isabelle Filiozat
- Find more books about mental health at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/browse?query=subject:Resilience
Race and Ethnicity
- Hair Love by Matthew Cherry and Vashti Harrison
- Lulu the One and Only by Lynette Mawhinney
- Marvelous Maravilloso: Me And My Beautiful Family by Carrie Lara
- Something Happened In Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzar
- There’s a Cat in Our Class! A Tale About Getting Along by Jeanie Franz Ransom
- The Heart of Mi Familia by Carrie Lara
- Abuelo and Opa Make Music by Michael Genhart
- My Singing Nana by Pat Mora
- Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
- Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- My Hair is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Young Water Protectors… A Story About Standing Rock by Aslan Tudor
- My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
- Chocolate Milk, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy by Maria Dismondy
- Voice of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford
- When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson
- Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo and Lin Wang
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
- Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
- White Water by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
- CJ’s Big Dream by C.J. Watson
- CJ’s Big Project by C.J. Watson
- CJ’s Big Moment by C.J. Watson
- Son, You Are a King by Jasmine Hatcher
- Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices on Netflix
- Bee-bim Bop by Linda Sue Park
- Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin
- Dear Juno by Soyung Park
- Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji
- The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
- The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
- Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk Board
- At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell
- Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew
- Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp
- Where Are You From? By Yamile Saied Méndez
- Maria Had a Little Llama by Angela Dominguez
- Gracias/Thanks by Pat Mora
- Niño wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales
- Mango, Abuela, and Me
- From Far Away by Robert Munsch and Saqoussan Askar
- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
- Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
- We Shall Overcome by Debbie Levy
- Ellray Jakes by Sally Warner
- Alvin Ho by Lenore Look
- Stella Díaz Never Gives Up by Angela Dominguez
- Key Hunters by Eric Luper
- Shai & Emmie by Quvenzhané Wallis
- Sofia Martinez by Jacqueline Jules
- King and Kayla by Dori Hillestad Butler
- Zoe Ann Sassafras by Asia Citro
Religion
- Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi
- The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Hats of Faith by Medeia Cohan
- My Religion, Your Religion by Lisa Bullard
- Who Believes What? by Wills
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
- Under My Hijab by Hena Khan
- Sadiq and the… by Siman Nuurali
- The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Meet Yasmin! By Saadia Faruqi
- Lost and Found Cat by Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes
- Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian
LGBTQ+
- Papa, Daddy, and Riley by Seamus Kirst
- My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman
- Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart
- Sewing the Rainbow by Gayle E. Pitman
- When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built A Community by Gayle E. Pitman
- This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
- Jacob’s Room to Choose by Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman
- Either Way: Story of A Gay Kid
- Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
- What Was Stonewall? by Nico Medina
- Love, Penelope by Joanne Rocklin
Gender Roles and Stereotypes
- Cinderstella: A Tale of Planets Not Princes by Brenda Miles
- Not Every Princess by Jeffery Bone and Lisa Bone
- Too Nice by Marjorie White Pellegrino
- Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty
- I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
- Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
- Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
- Shaking Things Up by Susan Hood
- This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer by Joan Holub
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The Twelve by Cindy Lin
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- Want to Play Trucks? By Ann Stott
- Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- Pink is for Boys by Robb Peralman
- Ho’onani Hula Warrior by Heather Gale
Other
- Yes I Can! A Girl and Her Wheelchair by Kendra Barrett, Jacqueline B. Toner, and Claire A. B. Freeland
- All Kinds of Families by Suzanne Lang
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
- The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- All Ways Family by Noemi Fernandez Selva
- Hair Love - Oscar Winning Short Film directed by Matthew A. Cherry
- A Family is A Family is A Family by Sara O’Leary
- My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes by pro familia
- Find more books about bullying, adoption, divorce, friendship, grief, and more at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/browse?query=subject:Resilience
Middle School
Mental Health
- The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller
- Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
- The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
- Many Ways to Learn, Second Edition: A Kid’s Guide to LD by Uzi Ben-Ami and Judith M. Stern
- The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis
Race and Ethnicity
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
- Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Tight by Torrey Maldonado
- Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
- The House That Lou Built by Mae Respicio
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
- Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
- Zoe in Wonderland by Brenda Woods
- Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition by Reyna Grande
- 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
- Star Cursed by Nandini Bajpai
- Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
- Written in the Stars by Asisha Saeed
- A Time to Dance by Padma Venkataraman
- Island’s End by by Padma Venkataraman
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Religion
- Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
- Does My Head Look Big in This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah
- More to the Story by Hena Khan
- Sadia by Colleen Nelson
- Broken Strings by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer
- This is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl
- My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J. Freedman
- The Whole Story of Half A Girl by Veera Hiranandani
- Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
- Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
- The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
- Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
- All-of-a-Kind-Family by Sydney Taylor
LGBTQ+
- Either Way: Story of A Gay Kid
- George by Alex Gino
- Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
- Rick by Alex Gino
- Kenzie Kickstarts a Team by Kit Rosewater
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
- The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
- A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor
- Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
- What Was Stonewall? by Nico Medina
- The Whispers by Greg Howard
- My Life as A Diamond by Jenny Manzer
- Nate Expectations by Tim Federle
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
- Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Gender Roles and Stereotypes
- Feminism From A to Z
- Tight by Torrey Maldonado
- The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
- The House That Lou Built by Mae Respicio
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
- Star Cursed by Nandini Bajpai
- A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor
- No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
Other
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
High School
Mental Health
- Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
- Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
- Mosquitoland by David Arnold
- I Don’t Want to Be Crazy by Samantha Schutz
- All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
- Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Race and Ethnicity
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnero
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lajiri
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story by Ghada Karmi
- Written in the Stars by Asisha Saeed
- American Street by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
- Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
- March by John Lewis
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Racial Profiling by Alison Behnke
- The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
- This Side of Home by Renée Watson
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Wrong End of the Table by Ayser Salman
Religion
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
- The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
- Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
- That Thing We Call A Heart by Sheba Karim
- You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
- A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
LGBTQ+
- Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, And Being You by Karen Rayne and Kathryn Gonzales
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
- Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
- Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager
- Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum
- The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
- Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens
- You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
- SImon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Gender Roles and Stereotypes
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- Fight Like A Girl by Laura Barcella
- Girl Rising by Tanya Lee Stone
- On the Basis of Sex directed by Mimi Leder
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
- Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
- Women, Culture, and Politics by Angela Davis
Other
- Animal Farm
College and University
Mental Health
- AD/HD And The College Student: The Everything Guide to Your Most Urgent Questions by Patricia O. Quinn
- On Your Own: A College Readiness Guide For Teens with ADHD/LD
- Survival Guide for College Students with ADHD or LD, Second Edition by Kathleen G. Nadeau
- A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Haley Moss & Susan J. Moreno
- U Thrive by Dan Lerner & Alan Daniel Schlechter
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
- Rising Strong by Brene Brown
Race and Ethnicity
- 13th (film directed by Ava DuVernay) on Netflix
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
- American Street by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
- How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
- March by John Lewis
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Just Mercy (film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton)
- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alverez
- No Choirboy by Susan Kuklin
- Racial Profiling by Alison Behnke
- The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
- This Side of Home by Renée Watson
- X by Ilyasah Shabazz
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo
- The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole
- So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Solitary: Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope by Albert Woodfox
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dána-Ain Davis
- Everyday Anti Racism: Getting Real About Race in School edited by Mica Pollock
- Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the US by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- How to Be Black by Barathunde Thurston
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
- Yellow - Race in America Beyond Black and White by Frank H. Wu
- The Wrong End of the Table by Ayser Salman
- Women, Culture, and Politics by Angela Davis
Religion
- The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- How to Be A Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies edited by Arthur J. Magida
- Generation M by Shelina Jammohamed
- 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilizations by Salim Al-Hassanni
- The Fear of Islam: An Introduction of Islamophobia in the West by Todd H. Green
- Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals by George Robinson
- Ramayana, translated by Kamala Subramaniam
- Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion by Stephen P. Huyler
- An Introduction to Hinduism by Gavin Flood
- Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists edited by Sumi Loundon Kim
- What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
- The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations: Understanding the History, Beliefs, and Differences by Ron Rhodes
- So What’s the Difference? A Look at 20 Worldviews, Faiths and Religions and How They Compare to Christianity by Fritz Ridenour
- The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values by Ben Howe
LGBTQ+
- Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, And Being You by Karen Rayne and Kathryn Gonzales
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
- Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum
- Becoming A Visible Man by Jamison Green
- Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
- Last Time I Wore A Dress by Daphne Scholinski
- Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Noncomforming Children
- Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son by Lori Duron
- The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools by Stuart Biegel
- The Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook: A Guide to Gender by Sam Killerman
- The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
- Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
- The Men with the Pink Triangle by Heinz Heger
- Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution by Susan Stryker
Gender Roles and Stereotypes
- On the Basis of Sex directed by Mimi Leder
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
- The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jane Sherron De Hart
- Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen
- Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
- Fight Like A Girl by Laura Barcella
- Jane Addams: Spirit in Action by Louise W. Knight
- Girl Rising by Tanya Lee Stone
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose
- No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
- In Pursuit of Disobedient Women by Dionne Searcey
- Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
- Women, Culture, and Politics by Angela Davis
Other
- Check Your Privilege: Live into the Work by Myisha T. Hill, Brandy Varnado, and Jennifer Kinney
- Whistling Vivaldi And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us by Claude M. Steele
- The Diversity and Inclusion Handbook by Sondra Thiederman
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