Children's Books for United Against Hate Week

Based on the life of Chinese American student Mamie Tape and her fight to attend the all-white Spring Valley Primary School in her San Francisco neighborhood including her family's successful 1885 lawsuit before the California Supreme Court, one step in the long journey towards equality in education. Includes author's note with biographical and historical information.

Ameena feels invisible in her all-white class, but she soon finds friendship and community with a new Muslim student.

In this historical novel-in-verse, twelve-year-old Raj and his family are forced to flee their home after the British Partition of India, and after suffering devastating losses, he must summon the courage to survive the brutal upheaval of both his country and his heart.

"A luminous picture book biography about librarian and storyteller Augusta Baker, the first Black coordinator of children's services at all branches of the New York Public library"--

"Playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Glenn Burke could do it all--hit, throw, run, field. He was the heart of the clubhouse who energized his teammates with his enthusiasm and love for the game. It was that energy that led Glenn to invent the high five one October day back in 1977--a spontaneous gesture after a home run that has since evolved into our universal celebratory greeting. But despite creating this joyful symbol, Glenn Burke, a gay Black...

Based on the author's family history, a young Armenian boy is forced to leave his home and parents to trek across the desert until he finds refuge in Lebanon--and only years later does he find the words to tell his own children the story. Includes author's note.

Traveling abroad with missionaries whose plan to “save” deaf children threatens the Wampanoag and other Native peoples’ freedom and safety, young teacher Mary Lambert must decide if her own goals are worth the price of betraying her friends and her own values.

Fleeing their homeland in search of safety in another country, a Palestinian family carries a single suitcase in which the special contents evoke 11 Arabic names for love, in this moving scrapbook that explores universal bonds of family, loyalty and friendship.

A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.

"A picture book homage to community and contemporary Native pride-intimately set in the comfort of an urban Native community center that is celebrating the inauguration of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior on March 18, 2021"--