To learn more about how to talk to children about race, take a look at these resources and books:
“Check It Out” Box Websites:
- How Silence Can Breed Prejudice: A Child Development Professor Explains How and Why to Talk to Kids About Race (page 5)
- Talking to Our Children About Racism & Diversity (page 12)
- If You See Racism Say Racism (page 14)
Books – Early Childhood:
- Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
- The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope and Apartheid in South Africa by Phil Bildner
- Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
- Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
- Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad? by Sandy Lynne Holman
- Skin Again by bell hooks
- The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
- All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Got Our Skin Color by Katie Kissinger
- Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
- Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack
- Busing Brewster by Richard Michelson
- The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
- Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
- White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman
- The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
- I Love Saturdays y Domingos by Alma Flor Ada
- Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan
Books – Late Childhood:
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
- Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen
- The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell
- They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an America Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Books – Adults:
- How Silence Can Breed Prejudice in Washington Post
- Why are the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverly Tatum
- I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World by Marguerite Wright
- Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School by Mica Pollack