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Omaha Picks: Racial Equity Books for Kids

This list of books can help facilitate conversations about race and racism with your children.

Omaha Public Library

29 items

  • Something Happened in Our Town

    a Child's Story About Racial Injustice

    Celano, Marianne,
    Picture Book, 2018Washington, DC : Magination Press, [2018] — jP Celano
  • Picture Book, 2016Alfred A. Knopf : New York, [2016] — jP Ringgold
  • I Walk With Vanessa

    a Story About a Simple Act of Kindness

    Kerascoët,
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2018] — jP Kerascoet
  • Separate Is Never Equal

    Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

    Tonatiuh, Duncan
    Book, 2014New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. — j 379.2 Tonatiuh
  • Picture Book, 2018New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2018] — jP Woodson
  • Little Leaders

    Bold Women in Black History

    Harrison, Vashti,
    Book, 2017New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — j 920.72 Harrison
  • Book, 2005New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2005. — j 305.8 Lester
  • Book, 2010New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010. — jB Maathai Johnson
  • Book, 2018New York : Dottir Press, [2018] — j 305.8 Higginbo
  • Picture Book, 2018New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2018. — jP Reul
  • Picture Book, 2013New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2013] — jP Nagara
  • Picture Book, 2005Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Children's Museum, c2005. — jP Tyler