We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since its inception in 2015 -- recognizing the humanity of Indigenous and People of Color (IPOC) in youth literature, people with disabilities, and people from the LGBTQIA+ communities
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- 8,855 Resources including
- 987 Videos
- 487 Book Readings
- 786 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 518 book results
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
68 Resources22 Awards
![Poet X, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0062662805.jpg)
![We Are Water Protectors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250203554.jpg)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
66 Resources19 Awards
![Last Stop on Market Street](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0399257748.jpg)
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
64 Resources16 Awards
![Brown Girl Dreaming](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0399252517.jpg)
![Day You Begin, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399246533.jpg)
![Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626727465.jpg)
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2021)
57 Resources18 Awards
![Watercress](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75090_hi.jpg)
![Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0544102290.jpg)
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
53 Resources14 Awards
![March Book One](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1603093001.jpg)
![Alma and How She Got Her Name](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0763693553.jpg)
![Clap When You Land](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0062882767.jpg)
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2023)
51 Resources18 Awards
![We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61171_hi.jpg)
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
50 Resources14 Awards
![Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0544109414.jpg)
![They Called Us Enemy](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1603094504.jpg)
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2022)
44 Resources8 Awards
![Elatsoe](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/71971_hi.jpg)
![With the Fire on High](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006266283X.jpg)
![Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0807049395.jpg)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2021)
42 Resources10 Awards
![One Crazy Summer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0060760885.jpg)
![Shadowshaper](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0545591619.jpg)
![When You Trap a Tiger](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1524715700.jpg)
![Burn Baby Burn](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0606409041.jpg)
![Bridge Home, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1524738115.jpg)
![Land of the Cranes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1338343807.jpg)
![No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0761361693.jpg)
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2022)
38 Resources11 Awards
![Freedom in Congo Square](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1499801033.jpg)
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
38 Resources13 Awards
![Darius the Great Is Not Okay](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0525552960.jpg)
![King and the Dragonflies](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1338129333.jpg)
![Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0892392223.jpg)
The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Selection, 2020)
37 Resources11 Awards
![Hearts Unbroken](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763681148.jpg)
![Jingle Dancer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006301811X.jpg)
Jingle Dancer
by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
(Selection, 2022)
35 Resources4 Awards
![Starry River of the Sky](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0316125954.jpg)
![Thing about Luck, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1442474653.jpg)
![Patron Saints of Nothing](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0525554912.jpg)
![Eyes that Kiss in the Corners](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0062915622.jpg)
![Marvellers, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1250174945.jpg)
![Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/83962_hi.jpg)
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Selection, 2023)
35 Resources12 Awards
![Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1606869396.jpg)
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Selection, 2016)
34 Resources8 Awards
![Tía Isa Wants a Car](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0763641561.jpg)
![Gabi, a Girl in Pieces](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1935955942.jpg)
![As Brave as You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481415905.jpg)
![Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1250311209.jpg)
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
(Selection, 2021)
34 Resources6 Awards
![From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75765_hi.png)
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo
(Selection, 2022)
34 Resources9 Awards
![Ace of Spades](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/76190_hi.jpg)
![Jazz](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823415457.jpg)