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Reading for Change: Recommended Antiracism Titles for All Ages

Reading for Change: Recommended Antiracism Titles for All Ages — The Booklist Reader, a service of Booklist, an American Library Association journal, has compiled lists of recommended antiracism books for different ages. The article on their site links to the titles to reviews, and also includes links to other antiracism lists and related articles and features.

The links below link the recommended titles to the NOBLE library catalog to make it easy for you to find and request them.

Adult Nonfiction

Our Black sons matter : mothers talk about fears, sorrows, and hopes

How we fight white supremacy : a field guide to Black resistance

Writings on the wall : searching for a new equality beyond black and white

We were eight years in power : an American tragedy

Rest in power : the enduring life of Trayvon Martin

Democracy in black : how race still enslaves the American soul

Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America

When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir

Me and white supremacy : combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor

The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America

Adult Fiction

An unconditional freedom : a novel of the Civil War

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Books for Youth: Older Readers

Amazons, abolitionists, and activists : a graphic history of women

Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice

Black enough : stories of being young & black in America

Books for Youth: Middle Grade

Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968

Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendship

Books for Youth: Young Readers

Intersection allies : we make room for all

Sing a song : how Lift Every Voice and Sing inspired generations

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Reading for Change: Antiracism Books: Adult Nonfiction

Reading for Change — Recommended reading from Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association

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Reading for Change: Antiracism Books: Adult Nonfiction

Reading for Changes — Recommended reading from Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association

Ewing, Eve L.
1919
Summary:The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots that comprised the "Red Summer" of violence across the nation’s cities, is an event that has shaped the last century but is widely unknown. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event–which lasted eight days and resulted in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries–through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history, and illuminates the thin line between the past and the present.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Between the world and me
Summary:"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he’s sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him–most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear … In [this book], Coates takes readers along on his journey through America’s history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings–moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangled history of race, whether through his myth-busting professors at Howard University, a trip to a Civil War battlefield with a rogue historian, a journey to Chicago’s South Side to visit aging survivors of 20th century America’s ‘long war on black people,’ or a visit with the mother of a beloved friend who was shot down by the police"– Provided by publisher.

Perry, Imani
Breathe : a letter to my sons
Summary:"Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love–finding beauty and possibility in life–and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition. Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. Breathe offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience"–

Rankine, Claudia
Citizen : an American lyric
Summary:"Claudia Rankine’s bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV–everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person’s ability to speak, perform, and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named ‘post-race’ society"–Publisher’s description.

Glaude, Eddie S., Jr.
Democracy in black : how race still enslaves the American soul
Summary:"A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America’s great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of African Americans, but today the situation has grown even more dire. From the murders of black youth by the police, to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, to the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the Great Recession, it is clear that black America faces an emergency–at the very moment the election of the first black president has prompted many to believe we’ve solved America’s race problem. Democracy in Black is Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s impassioned response. Part manifesto, part history, part memoir, it argues that we live in a country founded on a "value gap"–with white lives valued more than others–that still distorts our politics today. Whether discussing why all Americans have racial habits that reinforce inequality, why black politics based on the civil-rights era have reached a dead end, or why only remaking democracy from the ground up can bring real change, Glaude crystallizes the untenable position of black America–and offers thoughts on a better way forward. Forceful in ideas and unsettling in its candor, Democracy In Black is a landmark book on race in America, one that promises to spark wide discussion as we move toward the end of our first black presidency"–

Prater, Loretta P.
Excessive use of force : one mother’s struggle against police brutality and misconduct
Summary:Police brutality and misconduct have been under the microscope for the last several years. Loretta Prater confronts the far-reaching consequences of police brutality through the personal case of her son, numerous examples of other cases, and a review of related research.

Kendi, Ibram X.
How to be an antiracist
Summary:""The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it — and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America — but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it. In this book, Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to

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Irish-American Heritage Month

Irish-American Heritage Month — March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day and March is Irish-American Heritage Month. Here are some fiction and nonfiction ebooks and e-audiobooks about Ireland and the Irish from our OverDrive collection, which you can download or stream to you smartphone, tablet, Kindle or other device!

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Favorite Halloween Stories for Younger Children

Bridwell, Norman.
Clifford’s Halloween
Summary:Clifford is an enormous red dog who dressed as a ghost last Halloween. What will his costume be this year?

Bunting, Eve
Scary, scary Halloween
Summary:A band of trick-or-treaters and a mother cat and her kittens spend a very scary Halloween.

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin
Happy Halloween, Biscuit!
Summary:The yellow puppy and the little girl find a pumpkin, try on costumes, and go trick-or-treating on his first Halloween.

Carlson, Nancy L.
Harriet’s Halloween candy
Summary:Harriet learns the hard way that sharing her Halloween candy makes her feel much better than eating it all herself.

Hall, Zoe
It’s pumpkin time!
Summary:A sister and brother plant and tend their own pumpkin patch so they will have jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.

Hennessy, B. G.
Corduroy’s Halloween
Summary:Corduroy loves Halloween. Lift the flaps and share his holiday fun! Corduroy has lots to do to get ready. He visits the pumpkin patch and finds a perfect pumpkin. He goes to the store to get everything he needs for his Halloween costume. And he decorates the house and puts out treats for all the trick-or-treaters who will knock on his door. Join in the excitement of Halloween with this holiday tale perfect for even the youngest reader.

Hoban, Lillian.
Arthur’s Halloween costume : story and pictures
Summary:Arthur the chimpanzee, after worrying that his Halloween costume won’t be scary enough, wins a prize for the most original costume in the school.

Hubbell, Will.
Pumpkin Jack
Summary:In the course of one year, a jack-o-lantern, discarded after Halloween, decomposes in the backyard and eventually grows new pumpkins from its seeds.

Kline, Suzy.
Horrible Harry at Halloween
Summary:The students in Miss Mackle’s third-grade class enjoy a day of Halloween surprises, including Harry’s unusual costume.

London, Jonathan, 1947-
Froggy’s Halloween
Summary:Froggy tries to find just the right costume for Halloween and although his trick-or-treating does not go as he had planned, he enjoys himself anyway.

McCully, Emily Arnold.
The grandmas trick-or-treat
Summary:Pip’s two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take Pip and her friends trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Pilkey, Dav
The Hallo-wiener
Summary:All the other dogs make fun of Oscar the dachshund until one Halloween when, dressed as a hot dog, Oscar bravely rescues the others.

Roberts, Bethany.
Halloween mice!
Summary:Mice whirling and skipping on Halloween night are threatened by an approaching cat, until they come up with a scary trick to defend themselves.

Schulz, Charles M.
Happy Halloween, great pumpkin!
Summary:Every year Linus tries to convince the Peanuts gang that the Great Pumpkin will rise up out of the pumpkin patch and bring gifts to children everywhere. Is this the year?–Cover.

Shaw, Nancy
Sheep trick or treat
Summary:When sheep dress up to go trick-or-treating at a nearby farm, their costumes scare away some wolves lurking in the woods.

Silverman, Erica.
Big pumpkin
Summary:A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.

Thompson, Lauren, 1962-
Mouse’s first Halloween
Summary:"One spooky night in the fall, Mouse creeps out and hears bats flying flit! flit! flit! and apples dropping plop! plop! plop! and children singing ‘trick or treat!’ What could it be?"

Watson, Wendy.
Boo! It’s Halloween
Summary:A family gets ready for Halloween, preparing costumes, making goodies for the school party, and carving jack-o’lanterns. Halloween jokes and rhymes are interspersed throughout the text.

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Remembering Dorothea Benton Frank, 1951-2019

Dorothea Benton Frank, author of the bestselling Lowcountry series and other novels set in South Carolina, died on September 2, 2019. Here are some of her most popular books, linked to the library catalog to make it easy to find and request them.

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Hispanic Heritage Month Chapter Books

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 through October 15. Here are some recommended chapter books for elementary school that feature characters with a Hispanic heritage.

González, Sarai
Sarai and the meaning of awesome
Summary:"Fourth grader Sarai Gonzalez can do anything. She can bake, dance, and run her own cupcake business. But when Sarai’s grandparents are forced to move, even Sarai’s not sure what to do. So she hatches a super-awesome plan with her younger sisters and cousin to buy back the house. But houses are more expensive than she ever thought, her sisters won’t listen, and she’s running out of time. Will Sarai find a way to save the day?"

Cartaya, Pablo
Marcus Vega doesn’t speak Spanish
Summary:After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus’s mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.

Salazar, Aida
The moon within
Summary:"Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Indigenous Mexican is secretive about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion; she must choose loyalty to her life-long best friend who is contemplating an even more profound change of life or the boy she likes"

Blas, Terry
Hotel dare
Summary:"Olive and her adopted siblings, Darwin and Charlotte, are spending the summer with their estranged grandma at her creepy hotel and it’s all work and no play. They’re stuck inside doing boring chores but they soon stumble upon an incredible secret… The simple turn of a knob transports them to a distant magical world filled with space pirates. Behind the next door are bearded wizards. Down the hall is a doorway to a cotton-candied kingdom. But once the doors are opened, worlds start colliding, and only one family can save them before they tear themselves apart."

Torres, Jennifer
Flor and Miranda steal the show
Summary:"When Flor finds out that Miranda and her band could potentially put her family’s petting zoo out of business, she forms a plan to keep Miranda from an important performance that night"

Meriano, Anna
A dash of trouble
Summary:Wanting to be a part of her family’s Dia de los Muertos preparations, Leonora sneaks out of school to discover her mother, aunt, and older sisters have been keeping a secret.

López, Diana
Nothing up my sleeve
Summary:When best friends Dominic, Loop, and Z stumble upon the new magic shop in town, they know just how they will spend their summer vacation–mastering cool tricks so they can gain further access into the secret world of magic.

Engle, Margarita
Forest world
Summary:Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.

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Back to School!

Here are some books for kids going back to school — or maybe going to school for the very first time!

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