Appleton Public Montessori Diversity & Inclusion Committee Resources March 10, 2018 General Diversity Local Resources ● Books ● Videos ● Websites ○ African Heritage Incorporated https://www.africanheritageinc.org/ ○ Casa Hispania http://www.casahispanawi.org/ ○ Celebrate Diversity http://www.celebratediversityfoxcities.com/ ○ Community Foundation https://www.cffoxvalley.org/2017/05/09/fox-cities-working-on- diversity/ ○ Diverse & Resilient https://www.diverseandresilient.org/ ○ Fox Valley Resources http://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/diversity-and- inclusion/resources/fox-valley-diversity-resources ○ Hmong American Partnership Fox Valley https://www.hapfv.org/ ○ LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce https://wislgbtchamber.com/diverse-resilient/ ○ MId-Day Women’s Alliance https://middaywomensalliance.wildapricot.org/ ○ The New North http://thenewnorth.com/talent/diversity-resources/diversity-resource-guides/ National Resources ● Books ● Videos ● Websites ○ Diversity Best Practice http://www.diversitybestpractices.com/2017-diversity-holidays ○ Reading Diversely FAQ: https://bookriot.com/2015/01/15/reading-diversely-faq-part-1/ ○ Zinn Education Project https://zinnedproject.org/ ● Children’s books in general, including issues of diversity: ○ The Horn Book (and the The Horn Book Guide) http://www.hbook.com/ ○ School Library Journal, including the blogs Fuse 8 Production http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/ and 100 Scope Notes http://100scopenotes.com/ ● More specifically oriented toward diversity in children’s literature ○ Booktoss blog by Laura Jiménez: https://booktoss.blog/aboutme/ ○ Cooperative Children’s Book Center https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ ○ Lee and Low Books, including “The Open Book” blog: http://blog.leeandlow.com/ ○ https://readingspark.wordpress.com/about/ ○ We Need Diverse Books https://diversebooks.org/ Also download the “Our Story” app Race & Ethnicity Activism/Anti-Racism/Social Justice ● Books ○ “A is For Activist” by Innosanto Nagara ○ “Anti-Bias Education in the Early childhood Classroom” by Katie Kissinger ○ “As Good as Anybody” by Richard Michelson ○ “Astronaut Mae Jemison” by Allison Lassieur ○ “Babushka’s Doll” by Patricia Polacco ○ “Child of the Civil Rights Movement” by Paula Young Shelton ○ “Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom” by Tim Tingle ○ “Destiny’s Gift” by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley ○ “Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers” by Sarah Warren Appleton Public Montessori Diversity & Inclusion Committee Resources March 10, 2018 ○ “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech in Translation” by Leslie J. Holland ○ “Fannie Never Flinched” by Mary Cronk Farrell ○ “Fly High: The Story of Bessie Coleman” by Louise Borden & Mary Kay Kroeger ○ “Fred Korematsu Speaks Up” by Laura Atkins & Stan Yogi ○ “Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History” by Walter Dean Myers ○ “Freedom Riders” by Ann Bausum ○ “Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America” by carole Boston Weatherford ○ “Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills” by Renée Watson ○ “Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez” by Kathleen Krull ○ “Homeward Bound: Civil Rights Mouse Leader” by Philip M. Horender & Guy Wolek ○ “I’ve Seen the Promised Land” by Walter Dean Myers ○ “Let It Shine” by Andrea Davis Pinkney ○ “Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X” by Ilyasah Shabazz ○ “March Book One” by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell ○ “March On!” by Christine King Farris ○ “Marching to the Mountaintop” by Ann Bausum ○ “Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song” by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney ○ “Martin Luther King Jr.” by Josh Gregor ○ “Martin Luther King Jr.” by Kitson Jazynka ○ “Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington” by Stephanie Watson ○ “Martin’s Big Words” by Doreen Rappaport ○ “Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom” by Carole Boston Weatherford ○ “My Brother Martin: A sister Remembers” by Christine King Farris ○ “My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Martin Luther King III ○ “My Dream of Martin Luther King” by Faith Ringgold ○ “Nelson Mandela” by Kadir Nelson ○ “Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis” by Jabari Asim ○ “Rachel’s Story” by Andy Glynne & Salvador Maldonado ○ “Rosa” by Nikki Giovanni ○ “Separate Is Never Equal” by Duncan Tonatiuh ○ “She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland” by Loki Mulholland & Angela Fairwell ○ “Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down” by Andrea Davis Pinkney ○ “Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride” by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney ○ “Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh” by Uma Krishnaswami ○ “Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song” by Gary Golio ○ “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas ○ “The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Fay Hendricks” by Cynthia Levinson ○ “Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer” by Carole Boston Weatherford ○ “Walk with Me” by Jairo Buitrago ○ “We March” by Shane W. Evans ○ “What Was Your Dream, Dr. King?” by Mary Kay Carson ○ “When We Were Alone” by David A. Robertson & Julie Flett ○ “Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer” by Carole Boston Weatherford ● Videos Appleton Public Montessori Diversity & Inclusion Committee Resources March 10, 2018 ● Websites ○ The Conscious Kid https://www.theconsciouskid.org/ ○ Raising Race Conscious Children http://www.raceconscious.org/ ○ Social Justice https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/ ○ Embrace Race http://embracerace.org ○ Reading While White: Working for Racial Diversity and Inclusion in Books for Children and Teens http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/ ○ https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/12/30141803/Michelle- Martins-Top-Picks.pdf African/African American ● Books o “A Chair for My Mother” by Vera Williams o “A Poem for Peter” by Andre Davis Pinkney o “A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis” by Matt De La Pena o “A Shelter in Our Car” by Monica Gunning o “A Sweet Smell of Roses” by Angela Johnson o “Africa Is My Home: A Child of Amistad” by Monica Edinger o “Africa Is Not a Country” by Margy Burns Knight o “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely o “An American Champion” by Barry Denenberg o “Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day” by Tameka Fryer Brown o “As Brave As You” by Jason Reynolds o “Bessie Smith and Night Riders” by Sue Stauffacher o “Big Hair, Don't Care” by Crystal Swain-Bates o “Bird” by Zetta Elliott o “Bird in a Box” by Andrea Davis Pinkney o “Black Dove, White Raven” by Elizabeth Wein o “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson o “Chains” by Laurie Halse Anderson o “Chicken Sunday” by Patricia Polacco o “Child of the Civil Rights Movement” by Paula Young Shelton o “Claudette Colvin” by Phillip Hoose o “Coretta Scott” by Ntozake Shange o “Crossing Ebenezer Creek” by Tonya Bolden o “Crow” by Barbara Wright o “Crown an Ode to the Fresh Cut” by Derrick Barnes o “Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave” by Laban Carrick Hill o “Dear Baobab” by Cheryl Foggo o “Destiny’s Gift” by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley o “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech in Translation” by Leslie J. Holland o “Dream Big Dreams” by Pete Souza o “Early Sunday Morning” by Denene Millner o “Ellington Was Not a Street” by Ntozake Shange o “Fancy Party Gowns” by Deborah Blumenthal o “Fannie Never Flinched” by Mary Cronk Farrell o “Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table” by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Appleton Public Montessori Diversity & Inclusion Committee Resources March 10, 2018 o “Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington” by Jabari Asim o “Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like a Firebird” by Misty Copeland & Christopher Myers o “Fishing Day” by Andrea Davis Pinkney o “Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History” by Walter Dean Myers o “Freedom in Congo Square” by Carole Boston Weatherford & R. Gregory Christie o “Freedom Over Me” by Ashley Bryan o “Freedom Riders” by Ann Bausum o “Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America” by carole Boston Weatherford o “Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills” by Renée Watson o “Harlem Renaissance Party” by Faith Ringgold o “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans” by Kadir Nelson o “Hey Black Child” by Useni Eugene Perkins/Bryan Collier o “Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race” by Margot Lee Shetterly & Laura Freeman o “Homeward Bound: Civil Rights Mouse Leader” by Philip M. Horender & Guy Wolek o “H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination” by Christopher Myers o “How to Build a Museum” by Tonya Bolden o “Ghost: Running for His Life, or From It?” by Jason Reynolds o “Gordon Parks” by Carol Boston Weatherford o “Grace for President” by Kelly DiPucchio o “Grown-Ups, the World, and Me” by Judith Lazar (war, racism, & environmental) o “Hank’s Big Day” by Evan Kuhlman/Chuck Groenink o “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterley o “Hurricane Dancers” by Margarita Engle o “I Am Alfonso Jones” by Tony Medina o “I Am Rosa Parks” by Brad Meltzer o “I, Too, Am America” by Langston Hughes o “I’m a Big Brother Now” by Katura J. Hudson o “I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl!” by Betty K. Bynum/Claire Armstrong Parod o “I’ve Seen the Promised Land” by Walter Dean Myers o “Jahohora” by Mari Serebrov o “Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher” by Juanita Havill o “Jazz” by Walter Dean Myers o “Josephine” by Patricia Hruby Powell o “Juneteenth” by Floyd Cooper o “Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me” by Daniel Beaty & Bryan Collier