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Early Childhood: Learning about Racial Identity |
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Black all around!
by Patricia Hubbell
An African American girl contemplates the many wonderful black things around her, from the inside of a pocket, where surprises hide, to the cozy night where there is no light
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All the colors of the Earth
by Sheila Hamanaka
A unique and colorful celebratory exploration of our culture's diversity pulsates with life and exuberance as young people dance through a peaceful and accepting world. Reprint.
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Black is brown is tan
by Arnold Adoff
A joyous and loving celebration of all the colors of the race, first published in 1973 and now newly embellished with bright watercolor paintings, depicts a contemporary family of the twenty-first century. Reprint.
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Black is a rainbow color
by Angela Joy
A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history and a legacy that lives on.
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I am Latino : the beauty in me
by Sandra L. Pinkney
Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of Latino children and their cultures and customs. By the creators of Shades of Black.
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The name jar
by Yangsook Choi
After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, she is anxious for her new classmates to like her, so to find a name they can more easily pronounce, they decide to help her by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. Reprint.
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My people
by Langston Hughes
The inspirational words of this celebrated writer's poem are brought to life through a collection of brilliant sepia-colored photographs throughout capturing the diverse features, hearts, and souls of its subjects.
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Shades of black : a celebration of our children
by Sandra L. Pinkney
A husband and wife team presents a collection of full-color photos with lively read-aloud text which celebrates the beauty and diversity of African-American children.
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The night is yours
by Abdul-Razak Zachariah
A read-aloud celebration of family love, community and diversity follows a lyrical game of nighttime hide-and-seek played by a young African-American girl with her apartment complex friends. Illustrated by the best-selling artist of I Am Enough. Simultaneous eBook
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I love my hair!
by Natasha Tarpley
A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair
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Black, white, just right
by Marguerite W. Davol
The middle way is the best way for the daughter of a black mother and a white father, the way between her mother's predilection for vegetables, ballet, and fast walks and her father's taste for ribs, rap, and dawdling.
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M is for melanin : a celebration of the black child
by Tiffany A. Rose
An empowering alphabet book celebration of diversity combines striking multicolored artwork, skill-reinforcing word examples and affirming, culturally positive messages, from “A is for Afro” and “F is for Fresh” to “V is for Voice” and “Z is for Zillion.” 25,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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The other side
by Jacqueline Woodson
Aware of the fence that separates the black part of town from the white part, Clover is curious when a white girl suddenly comes around and sits on the fence day after day, so she decides to take the initiative and make a friend despite the consequences of breaking the strict rules that everyone lives by.
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Sulwe
by Lupita Nyong'o
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade
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These hands
by Margaret H. Mason
An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory
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Chocolate me!
by Taye Diggs
When a young boy, who is being teased for looking different, asks his mother why he cannot be more like everyone else, she helps him see how beautiful being different can be
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