Books For Children

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1000 Black Girl Books: A Resource Guide

Dia Booklist engaging stories representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds to share with children from birth through 8th grade.

Inspiring Future Voters The Inspiring Future Voters booklist, developed for American Library Association’s Reader. Voter. Ready. campaign, is a collection of titles that will help young people understand the importance of voting, civic engagement, and making their voices heard. The list includes fiction and nonfiction titles for all ages, from birth to young adult.

Tough Topics Booklists from the Association for Library Service to Children (ASLC)

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Needham Library Booklist with Links to the Library Catalog, Overdrive & Hoopla 

• Race Relations, Justice, & Activism ages 0-12: booklist

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Resources for Parents and Teachers

• Improving Mental Health for Children & Families in Massachusetts (Parent Professional Advocacy League)
• Our Trauma Shall Be Viral No More (Medium.com)
• George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery, & Amy Cooper (Trevor Noah)
•  How Do I Make Sure I’m Not Raising the Next Amy Cooper (CNN)
• Avoiding Racial Equity Detours (Ed Change) 
• Bearing Witness: The Death of George Floyd (Facing History & Ourselves)
• Why We Can’t Afford Whitewashing Social-Emotional Learning (ASCD) 
• Systemic Racism Explained video
• The Unequal Opportunity Race video
• Redesigning for an Anti-Racist Classroom Blog Series
• Anti-Racism for School & Youth: This guide is intended to be a resource for anti-racism education and learning. Resources had been compiled from school and public library staff from across the state.