Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity
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El secreto del plátano (The Secret of the Plátano)
Bajo la luna llena, Abuela dirige un baile encantado y ayuda a su nieto curioso a descubrir el ritmo de los latidos de su corazón, mientras escucha el susurro de la brisa. Under the full… Read More →
El tráfico de esclavos (The Slave Trade): La vida de los negros y la sed de ganancias (Black Lives and the Drive for Profit)
From the Series La esclavitud en Estados Unidos y la lucha por la libertad (American Slavery and the Fight for Freedom) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)
El racismo y las ganancias fueron fuerzas que impulsaron el crecimiento de la esclavitud. Aprende sobre el Pasaje del Medio, el comercio triangular y las personas que continuaron luchando por Read More →
El uso de la fuerza y la lucha contra la violencia policial (Use of Force and the Fight against Police Brutality)
From the Series Debates en marcha (Issues in Action) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)
En la primavera y el verano de 2020, tuvieron gran repercusión varios homicidios perpetrados por la policía, que generaron que la atención volviera a centrarse en la violencia policial en… Read More →
Emilia's Corte
Through a hand-me-down traditional Mayan skirt, Emilia takes flight and sees her neighborhood in a new way, embracing her Guatemalan culture and letting her personality shine through her… Read More →
Encarcelamientos masivos, hombres negros y la lucha por la justicia (Mass Incarceration, Black Men, and the Fight for Justice)
From the Series Debates en marcha (Issues in Action) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)
En Estados Unidos, los hombres negros tienen casi seis veces más posibilidades de ser arrestados que los hombres blancos. Esta incidencia desproporcionada se remonta a los tiempos de la… Read More →
Enly and the Buskin' Blues
Twelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis needs to go to band camp this summer. It’ll help him follow in the footsteps of his dad, a musician who died when Enly was too young to even remember him. Enly… Read More →
Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand: The Women's Rights Movement in Iran, 2005
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
“We want to live, we do not want to face persecution for expressing our political opinion; as women we don’t want to walk on the street with the constant horror that we could be intimidated… Read More →
Escape: One Day We Had to Run . . .
CLING. Don’t let go. Hold tight. Never give up. FLY. Rev up. Lift off. Soar. PEDAL. Set off. Cycle. Pedal for your life. Throughout history, ordinary people have been forced to leave their… Read More →
Extraordinary Women in Psychology — Trade Hardcover Set
From the Series Extraordinary Women in Psychology
These biographies of trailblazing women psychologists uncover ground-breaking research and tireless advocacy that has had great impact but remains relatively unknown. Loaded with backmatter… Read More →
Feeding Friends
From the Series Becoming Ari
When Ari spies a classmate taking food from the cafeteria, he decides to see what the kid is up to. Once he learns more, Ari and the Secret Kindness Society team up with the kid in their… Read More →
Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality
Award-winning author Jeff Gottesfeld and #OwnVoices co-writer Michelle Y. Green introduce us to another important historical figure who deserves to be better known. Along with illustrator… Read More →
Fighting for Equality: Racial Justice in North America
From the Series Spotlight on Social Justice
Racial justice seeks the fair, equal treatment of everyone regardless of their race or ethnicity. Throughout history, people of color in North America have faced racial injustices such as… Read More →
Fighting for Reproductive Justice: Black Women Leading a Movement
From the Series Gateway Biographies
Reproductive rights have been hot-button issues for generations, and recent legal decisions have put these arguments back in the spotlight. Black women activists have been leading the fight… Read More →
Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World
Nearly every day there's another news story or pop cultural anecdote related to feminism and women's rights. #YesAllWomen, conversations around consent, equal pay, access to contraception,… Read More →
Finding Refuge: Real-Life Immigration Stories from Young People
When you read about war in your history book or hear about it in the news, do you ever wonder what happens to the families and children in the places experiencing war? Many families in these… Read More →
Flower Queen
From the Series Queen Bee
Queen Bee thinks taking care of the class flowers will be royally easy! But the job ends up not being that simple. Will Beena learn how to ask for help? Beena loves all things royal, which… Read More →
Focus on Civil Rights Sit-Ins
From the Series History in Pictures (Read Woke ™ Books)
The civil rights movement started in the mid-1950s. Fueled heavily by young adults, the movement saw many people protest to demand equal rights for Black people. Through photographs from the… Read More →
Focus on Japanese American Incarceration
From the Series History in Pictures (Read Woke ™ Books)
The US government forced Japanese Americans to live in US incarceration camps during World War II (1939–1945). Through photographs from the past and present, discover how fear and racism led… Read More →
Focus on the Great Depression
From the Series History in Pictures (Read Woke ™ Books)
The Great Depression was a major economic crash that hit the US in the late 1920s. While many people suffered from the crash, Black Americans were hit especially hard. Photographs from the… Read More →
Focus on the Great Migration
From the Series History in Pictures (Read Woke ™ Books)
During the Great Migration, millions of Black Americans relocated after facing segregation, poor economic conditions, and racist policies. They moved to urban areas, northern states, and… Read More →
Focus on the Harlem Renaissance
From the Series History in Pictures (Read Woke ™ Books)
The Harlem Renaissance combined art and social change in the early 1900s. Black leaders and artists celebrated their cultural roots and demanded equitable treatment. Readers get a firsthand… Read More →
Follow Your Heart
From the Series Lorimer Real Love
Nisha has always been a good Tamil daughter. She tries to keep her grades up to meet her parents' high expectations to become a doctor. And of course she's not allowed to be in a romantic… Read More →
Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery
An ordinary construction project uncovers an extraordinary archaeological discovery. Imagine you're watching a backhoe dig up the ground for a construction project when a round object rolls… Read More →
Freedom Braids
Gather the midnight strands, tend the roots that gave you life, weave hopes into pathways— paths that lead you home. Day after day, Nemy sows seeds, pulls weeds, and strips leaves in the… Read More →