Resources

#ClassroomBookADay Resources Page

Inclusive Booklists

• Social Justice Books
  • See What We See Booklists
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education @ UW-Madison
  • CCBC Booklists
  • CCBC Choices
  • Diversity Statistics
• We Are Kidlit Collective Summer Reading
• Oyate

Develop Your Critical Lens

• Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books (Social Justice Books)
• Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors (Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, 1990)
• There Is No Diverse Book (Chad Everett)
• Critically Analyzing Books for Representation (Heise & Torres for Follett)
• Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous People (Dr. Debbie Reese)
• Evaluating Muslims in KidLit (Hijabi Librarians)
• APALA Rubric to Evaluate Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Literature (APALA)
• Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Sexism and Racism (Teaching for Change)

Analyze Your Collection

• Reading Diversity Lite Tool (Teaching for Change)
• Classroom Library Questionnaire (Lee & Low)
• A Guide To Thinking Critically About Books for Your Classroom Library and Curriculum (Jess Lifshitz)

Blogs

• #31DaysIBPOC
• The Conscious Kid
• Pragmatic Mom
• I’m Your Neighbor Books
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Cotton Quilts (Edith Campbell)
• Booktoss (Dr. Laura Jiménez)
• Hijabi Librarians
• Latinxs in Kidlit
• DeColores
• American Indians in Children’s Literature (Dr. Debbie Reese & Dr. Jean Mendoza)