Temple Israel-Curated Booklist: Confronting Racial Bias and Embracing Differences

Click below to learn about each recommended title, and consider ordering from a Black-owned independent bookstore.

For Preschool Students

Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, and Isabel Roxas
Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, and Jennifer Zivoin
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
The Skin I'm In: A First Look at Racism by Pat Thomas and Lesley Harker

For Elementary-Age Learners

Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi, and Ashley Seil Smith
Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship By Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Sean Qualls, and Selina Alko
Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester and Karen Barbour
Don't Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson and E. B. Lewis

For Young Adults

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brandan Kiely
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
On the Come up by Angie Thomas
Dear Martin by Nic Stone

For Adults

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X Kendi
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota by Sun Yung Shin
What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy By Robin DiAngelo
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo