Read-a-Thon Diverse Book Recommendations from the Equity Committee
Here are books that members of Adam Beck’s Equity Committee have enjoyed with their own families and recommend highly.
Primary-grade books
Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams – by Cindy Blackstock
Meet Viola Desmond – by Elizabeth Mcleod
Sulwe – by Lupita Nyong’o
I Promise – by Lebron James
The Proudest Blue – by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Malaika’s Winter Carnival – Nadia L. Hohn
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea – by Kai Cheng Thom
Middle-grade books
The New Kid – by Jerry Craft (Part 2 also by the same author – Class Act)
A Good Kind of Trouble – by Lisa Moore Ramée
The Only Black Girls in Town – by Brandy Colbert
As Brave as You – by Jason Reynolds
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu – by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Books for kindies and preschoolers
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book – by Yuyi Morales
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners – by Joanna Ho
I Am Enough – by Grace Byers
Buying books? Order from Toronto Black-owned bookstore A Different Booklist or First Nations family-owned bookstore Goodminds.com.
