Bookshelf
Below are our recommended reads across our key topic areas: family well-being, workplace well-being, EDI, and Indigenous engagement.
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Inclusion for Children
Infants
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
Hats of Faith by Medeia Cohan
Katy Has Two Grampas by Julie Schanke Lyford & Robert A. Shanke
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
Preschool/Kindergarten
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold & Suzanne Kaufman
Brown: The Many Shades of Love by Nancy Johnson James & Constance Moore
Fast Friends by Heather M. O’Connor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
I’ll Walk with You by Carol Lynn Pearson
My Friends and Me: A Celebration of Different Kinds of Families by Stephanie Stansbie
Saturday by Oge Mora
The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard
Elementary aged children
Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Black Voices by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Lisbeth Kaiser
Mango, Abuela and Me by Meg Medina
Preteens and teens
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, and Nicole Neidhardt
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi
Inclusion for Adults
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel
Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities Edited by Jos Twist et al.
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo