We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since its inception in 2015 -- recognizing the humanity of Indigenous and People of Color (IPOC) in youth literature, people with disabilities, and people from the LGBTQIA+ communities
- 8,855 Resources including
- 958 Videos
- 490 Book Readings
- 784 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 518 book results
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
68 Resources22 Awards
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
67 Resources19 Awards
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
65 Resources16 Awards
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2021)
53 Resources18 Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
47 Resources14 Awards
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2023)
47 Resources18 Awards
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2022)
44 Resources8 Awards
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
43 Resources14 Awards
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2021)
42 Resources10 Awards
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources13 Awards
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Selection, 2023)
38 Resources13 Awards
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2022)
37 Resources11 Awards
The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Selection, 2020)
36 Resources11 Awards
Jingle Dancer
by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
(Selection, 2022)
35 Resources4 Awards
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Tony Medina
(Selection, 2019)
34 Resources7 Awards
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
(Selection, 2021)
34 Resources6 Awards
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo
(Selection, 2022)
34 Resources9 Awards
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Selection, 2016)
33 Resources10 Awards
