EDU330: Teaching Children's Literature in Urban Grades K-6

Historically, the CCBC has documented the number of books it receives annually that are by and about Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Over the years, we’ve seen those numbers grow, but they still represents a small percentage of the overall number of books published for children and teenagers. Beginning in 2018, we began documenting the content of every book we receive around other aspects of diversity and representation in children’s and young adult literature as well, including LGBTQ+, disability, and religion. This page provides links to CCBC diversity resources, and selected links to resources beyond the CCBC.

Find free K-12 classroom resources including multicultural literature, full-text ebooks written by local BIPOC children's book authors though the MN Humanities Center and other online collections.

Lists links to Diverse Children's Books resources by demographics

P.R.I.D.E. stands for Positive Racial Identity Development In Early Education. Our goals are to: help young African American children develop a positive racial identity, support teachers and parents by building their racial knowledge, and raise awareness of the impact of race on young children. P.R.I.D.E. is a program within the Office of Child Development, which is part of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.

This guide is a compilation of selected sources to help kids and teens understand racism. We have several children's and teen books to address racism and other related subjects. The term "racism" is a logical place to start looking for titles in the library search box, but automated indexing and search functions are far from perfect. There are many other relevant titles that are not indexed with "racism" and require some creative thinking.