Publishers listed below have donated titles related to the Black Lives Matter principles.
Thanks to their generosity, books are gifted to D.C. area teachers and Teaching for Black Lives study group members. Receive a free book by sharing your story.
SHARE YOUR STORY
Barefoot Books
I’ll See You in Ijebu by Bunmi Emenanjo and illustrated by Diana Ejaita
Beacon Press
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert
Candlewick Press
Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank
This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph
Farrar, Straus, and Girouxs
Malcolm Lives! by Ibram X. Kendi
Haymarket Books
Flying Kites: A Story of the 2013 California Prison Hunger Strike by the Stanford Graphic Novel Project
Lee and Low
How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Laleña Garcia, illustrated by Caryn Davidson
La pequeña Melba y su gran trombón (Spanish) by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair by Lisa D. Brathwaite, illustrator by Lynn Gaines
Safe Passage by G. Neri and David Brame
What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book by Laleña Garcia, illustrated by Caryn Davidson
Lerner
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Flying Through Water by Mamle Wolo
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams
Nancy Paulson Books (Penguin Random House)
Black Boys, I See You by Wade Hudson, illustrated by Keith Mallett
A Place for Us by James E. Ransome
Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of An African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi and His Journey Home by N. H. Senzai, illustrated by Anna Rich
Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins)
Teaching for Change: How Septima Clark Led the Civil Rights Movement to Voting Justice by Yvonne Clark-Rhines, illustrated by Abigail Albano-Payton
Roaring Book Press
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Daniel Minter
Scholastic Press
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, illustrated by Shane Evans
Shout Mouse Press
A to Z: The Real DC by the tutors of Reach Incorporated
Adventures in Ana Park by Trevon Evans and Kahliya Ruffin, illustrated by Liu Light
Deena Misses Her Mom by Jesse Holmes, Kahliya Ruffin, illustrated by Leslie Pyo
Man Up! by Riley Campbell, London Jones, illustrated by Joy Ingram
¡Pórtate como un hombre! (Spanish) by Riley Campbell, London Jones, Shirelle Hurt, illustrated by Joy Ingram
They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds by Free Minds Writers
The Untold Story of the Real Me: Young Voices from Prison by Free Minds Writers
Teaching for Change
Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching edited by Deborah Menkart, Alana D. Murray, and Jenice L. View
Tu Books
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina and illustrated by John Jennings
Turtleback Books
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Viking Books for Young Readers
The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes
For additional titles and booklists, please see our lists for early childhood/elementary and middle/high school. Also see Social Justice Books 13 guiding principles lists, made available at Bookshop.
Free Books for Black Lives Matter at School Stories
Publishers listed below have donated titles related to the Black Lives Matter principles.
Thanks to their generosity, books are gifted to D.C. area teachers and Teaching for Black Lives study group members. Receive a free book by sharing your story.
SHARE YOUR STORY
Barefoot Books
I’ll See You in Ijebu by Bunmi Emenanjo and illustrated by Diana Ejaita
Beacon Press
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert
Candlewick Press
Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank
This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph
Farrar, Straus, and Girouxs
Malcolm Lives! by Ibram X. Kendi
Haymarket Books
Flying Kites: A Story of the 2013 California Prison Hunger Strike by the Stanford Graphic Novel Project
Lee and Low
How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Laleña Garcia, illustrated by Caryn Davidson
La pequeña Melba y su gran trombón (Spanish) by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair by Lisa D. Brathwaite, illustrator by Lynn Gaines
Safe Passage by G. Neri and David Brame
What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book by Laleña Garcia, illustrated by Caryn Davidson
Lerner
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Flying Through Water by Mamle Wolo
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams
Nancy Paulson Books (Penguin Random House)
Black Boys, I See You by Wade Hudson, illustrated by Keith Mallett
A Place for Us by James E. Ransome
Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of An African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi and His Journey Home by N. H. Senzai, illustrated by Anna Rich
Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins)
Teaching for Change: How Septima Clark Led the Civil Rights Movement to Voting Justice by Yvonne Clark-Rhines, illustrated by Abigail Albano-Payton
Roaring Book Press
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Daniel Minter
Scholastic Press
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, illustrated by Shane Evans
Shout Mouse Press
A to Z: The Real DC by the tutors of Reach Incorporated
Adventures in Ana Park by Trevon Evans and Kahliya Ruffin, illustrated by Liu Light
Deena Misses Her Mom by Jesse Holmes, Kahliya Ruffin, illustrated by Leslie Pyo
Man Up! by Riley Campbell, London Jones, illustrated by Joy Ingram
¡Pórtate como un hombre! (Spanish) by Riley Campbell, London Jones, Shirelle Hurt, illustrated by Joy Ingram
They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds by Free Minds Writers
The Untold Story of the Real Me: Young Voices from Prison by Free Minds Writers
Teaching for Change
Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching edited by Deborah Menkart, Alana D. Murray, and Jenice L. View
Tu Books
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina and illustrated by John Jennings
Turtleback Books
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Viking Books for Young Readers
The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes
For additional titles and booklists, please see our lists for early childhood/elementary and middle/high school. Also see Social Justice Books 13 guiding principles lists, made available at Bookshop.
Posted: December 20, 2022