We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2021
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
Sponsored by The We Are Kid Lit Collective

- 5,575 Resources including
- 609 Videos
- 322 Book Readings
- 505 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 319 book results


Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
70 Resources15 Awards

We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
68 Resources18 Awards



We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
52 Resources13 Awards



Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2021)
47 Resources15 Awards


Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
46 Resources14 Awards




Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources13 Awards








The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Selection, 2020)
35 Resources11 Awards

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2021)
35 Resources8 Awards



Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Selection, 2016)
33 Resources10 Awards



Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
(Selection, 2021)
33 Resources7 Awards


Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
(Selection, 2019)
32 Resources8 Awards


Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Selection, 2016)
31 Resources8 Awards



Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
(Selection, 2015)
30 Resources6 Awards


One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
(Selection, 2015)
30 Resources8 Awards

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
by Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly, and S.K. Ali
(Selection, 2021)
30 Resources11 Awards

Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Selection, 2015)
29 Resources9 Awards


We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Tony Medina
(Selection, 2019)
29 Resources5 Awards


When Aidan Became a Brother
by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita
(Selection, 2020)
29 Resources9 Awards

