Talking to Children about Race–Recommended Reading List

Ada, Alma Flor.  I Love Saturday y domingos.  New York:  Antheneum, 2002

Birdseye, D. H., et. al., Under our Skin: Kids Talk about Race. Holiday House, 1997. 30 p.

Burnett, Karen.  If the World Were Blind: A Book about Judgment and Prejudice. Felton, CA: GR, 2001

Tatum, Beverly Daniel.  Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in The Cafeteria? And Other Coversations About Race.  BasicBooks, 1997

Fox, Mem.  Whoever You Are.  New York:  Sandpiper, 2006

Gainer, Cindy.  I’m Like You, You’re Like Me: A Child’s Book About Understanding and Celebrating Each Other.  Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit, 1998. 

Hamanaka, Sheila.  All the Colors of the Earth. New York: Mulberry, 1994.

Hoffman, Mary.  Amazing Grace.  London:  Magi, 1994.

Lester, Julius.  Let’s Talk About Race.  New York:  Amistad, 2005.

Machado, Ana Maria.  Nina bonita. San Diego: Kane-Miller, 1996.

Miller, J. Philip and Sheppard M. Greene.  We All Sing with the Same Voice.  New York: Harper Collins, 2005.

Payne, Lauren Murphy.  We Can Get Along: A Child’s Book of Choices.  Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit, 1997.

Senker, Cath.  Why are People Prejudiced.  Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.

Shaughnessy, Diane.  Let’s Talk About Racism.  New York: PowerKids, 1997.

Simon, Norma.  All Kinds of Children.  Park Ridge, IL: Albert Whitman, 1999.

Vander Zee, Ruth.  Mississippi Morning.  Eerdermans Books, 2004.