#  Parenting 

 



## For parents

- [The Anti-Racism Project’s Book List](https://www.antiracismproject.org/resources)
- [How To Be An Antiracist](https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1) by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13214.I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings) by Maya Angelou
- [Just Mercy](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20342617-just-mercy) by Bryan Stevenson
- [The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness](https://newjimcrow.com/) by Michelle Alexander
- [White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism](https://robindiangelo.com/publications/) by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- [The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9674787-the-next-american-revolution) by Grace Lee Boggs
- [Me and White Supremacy](https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/) by Layla F. Saad
- [Raising White Kids](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35585862-raising-white-kids) by Jennifer Harvey
- [So You Want to Talk About Race](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race) by Ijeoma Olou

## For kids

- [Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/coretta-scott-king-book-award-winners)
    - The awards are given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
- [EmbraceRace’s Children’s Book List for Anti-Racist Activism](https://www.embracerace.org/resources/26-childrens-books-to-support-conversations-on-race-racism-resistance)
    - This list is curated to include reading material that can initiate conversations with children about race, racism, and what it means to resist oppression.
- [The Conscious Kid’s 41 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance](https://www.patreon.com/join/theconsciouskid/checkout?rid=4160049&redirect_uri=/posts/41-childrens-to-37682262)
    - The Conscious Kid is “an educational nonprofit that equips parents and educators with tools they can use to support racial identity development, critical literacy, and equitable practices in their homes and classrooms.”
    - Note: Users need a membership to access this list.

#### Best for babies and toddlers

- [Antiracist Baby](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52535437-antiracist-baby) by Ibram X. Kendi
- [A is for Activist](https://aisforactivist.org/childrens_books_for_the_99/a-is-for-activist/) by Innosanto Nagara
- [Woke Baby](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250308986) by Mahogany L. Browne
- [“More More More,” Said the Baby](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220396.More_More_More_Said_the_Baby) by Vera B. Williams
- [We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street)](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/109949.We_re_Different_We_re_the_Same) by Bobbi Kates

#### Best for younger children

- [Black is a Rainbow Color](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44280848-black-is-a-rainbow-color) by Angela Joy
- [IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All](https://diversebookfinder.org/book/intersectionallies-we-make-room-for-all/) by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi
- [Black Brother Black Brother](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51942425-black-brother-black-brother) by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- [This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45730968-this-book-is-anti-racist) by Tiffany Jewell
- [We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37935253-we-rise-we-resist-we-raise-our-voices)by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (editors)
- [Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44280832-woke) by Mahogany L. Browne
- [Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness](https://anastasiahigginbotham.com/not-my-idea/) by Anastasia Higginbotham
- [Ghost Boys](http://jewellparkerrhodes.com/children/books/ghost-boys/) by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- [Let’s Talk About Race](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/268111.Let_s_Talk_about_Race) by Julius Lester
- [A Kid’s Book About Racism](https://akidsbookabout.com/products/a-kids-book-about-racism) by Jelani Memory

#### Best for young adults

- [This is My America](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52855111-this-is-my-america) by Kim Johnson
- [Punching the Air](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49151299-punching-the-air) by Ibi Zoboi & Yself Salaam
- [Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You: A Remix](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52220686-stamped) by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- [I’m Not Dying With You Tonight](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43352274-i-m-not-dying-with-you-tonight) by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
- [When I Was the Greatest](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17428880-when-i-was-the-greatest) by Jason Reynolds
- [On the Come Up](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35887567-on-the-come-up) by Angie Thomas
- [Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) : A True Story of the Fight for Justice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38251354-just-mercy-adapted-for-young-adults) by Bryan Stevenson
- [All American Boys](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25657130-all-american-boys) by Jason Reynolds
- [Dear Martin](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974996-dear-martin) by Nic Stone