▶ CVMC members have access to age appropriate, diverse books as part of our traveling library.
▶ Black Lives Matter has put together an online library that includes links of the books being read aloud.
▶ Here's a list of children's books that feature children of color that was created by Kelly Shimoda. There are lots of good book lists out there that include historical race-related stories, but Shimoda focuses on black/brown skinned kids just 'being themselves' with the idea that our kids’ bookshelves should highlight kids of every color enjoying and experiencing life as they do!
▶ For a book that very factually and plainly talks about skin color and melanin check out All The Colors We Are.
▶ Wonderful read alouds on youtube, a great selection by Sankofa Reads.
▶ Lee and Low Books is a publisher with a great selection of multicultural kids’ books.
▶ Diverse Book Finder is a searchable database of all picture books with BIPOC.
▶ We Need Diverse Books works to get more diverse books to more children. They often have curated collections featured on Scholastic, etc.
▶ Read With Mocha Books suggests diverse books.
▶ Hereweeread suggests diverse books.
▶ Here’s an article from the NYT (6/2/20) that offers some books recs as well as discussion points for talking with your kids about race and what’s happening right now.
❇ Also: a plug for our local bookstore or a black-owned online bookstore or bookshop.org when shopping for any of these books. In California we have Ashay By The Bay located in Vallejo and Eso Won Books located in Los Angeles.