Check out a Conscious Kids book kit.
Books to enjoy and spark conversations about racial equity with our children.
Each Conscious Kids book kit includes a selection of books along with a discussion guide, opens a new window. There are 9 different kits available to check out, each focusing on one of these topics:
- Belonging - General Discussion Guide
- Celebrating & Centering Kids of Color - General Discussion Guide
- Discussing Hard Histories - General Discussion Guide
- Diverse Abilities - General Discussion Guide, Topic Discussion Guide
- Everybody Needs Help Sometimes, a kit about poverty, food insecurity and homelessness - General Discussion Guide, Topic Discussion Guide
- Immigration - General Discussion Guide
- Let’s Talk About Race - General Discussion Guide
- Pride, a kit about LGBTQIA pride and gender expressions - General Discussion Guide, Topic Discussion Guide
- Social Justice Stories - General Discussion Guide
To check out a kit, either place a hold in the library catalog or ask a staff member at the library. Kits check out for 3 weeks, with up to 2 renewals.
KITS
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More Information
- Raising Race Conscious Children – www.raceconscious.org, opens a new window
- Britt Hawthorne – https://britthawthorne.com/resources/, opens a new window
- Embrace Race – www.embracerace.org, opens a new window
- Social Justice Books – www.socialjusticebooks.org, opens a new window
- Teaching for Change – www.teachingforchange.org, opens a new window
- Learning for Justice – www.learningforjustice.org, opens a new window
- PFLAG – https://pflag.org/find-resources/, opens a new window
- About Kids – https://infoaboutkids.org/blog/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-immigration-recommendations-for-parents/, opens a new window
- Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights – https://www.theyoungcenter.org/books, opens a new window
- Zero to Three – https://www.zerotothree.org/parentingforsocialjustice/, opens a new window
- Sesame Workshop – https://sesameworkshop.org/topics/homelessness/, opens a new window
Articles for Further Reading
- How to Talk to Kids About Race: Books and Resources That Can Help
https://www.readbrightly.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-race-books-and-resources-that-can-help/, opens a new window - How White Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Race
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869071246/how-white-parents-can-talk-to-their-kids-about-race - Humanizing Asian Americans Through Children's Literature
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/humanizing-asian-americans-in-the-classroom-through-childrens-literature - Talking With Young Children (0-5) About Race
https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2018/05/talking-with-young-children-0-5-about-race/ - How to Talk to Kids About Homelessness
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/california-homelessness-kids.html - Gender Affirming Care: What It Is and Why It's Necessary
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/genderaffirming-care-what-it-is-and-why-its-necessary - How to Talk to Your Kid About Disabilities
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-talk-to-kids-disabilities_I_60368650c5b6dfb6a735d8b4 - Our Family Coalition
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