We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2023
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
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- 8,069 Resources including
- 919 Videos
- 450 Book Readings
- 720 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
69 Resources23 Awards
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
68 Resources19 Awards
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
64 Resources16 Awards
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2021)
56 Resources16 Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
53 Resources14 Awards
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2023)
50 Resources19 Awards
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
49 Resources14 Awards
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2022)
44 Resources8 Awards
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2021)
42 Resources10 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)
36 Resources11 Awards
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2022)
36 Resources11 Awards
Jingle Dancer
by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
(Selection, 2022)
35 Resources4 Awards
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
(Selection, 2021)
35 Resources6 Awards
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Selection, 2016)
34 Resources8 Awards
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo
(Selection, 2022)
34 Resources9 Awards
Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Selection, 2015)
33 Resources11 Awards
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
(Selection, 2019)
33 Resources8 Awards
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Tony Medina
(Selection, 2019)
33 Resources7 Awards
