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19 books to help children find hope and strength in stressful times:
Because Amelia Smiled, by David Ezra Stein
Can I Play Too?, by Mo Willems
Counting on Community, by Innosanto Nagara
If You Plant a Seed, by Kadir Nelson
Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson
The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney
The Peace Book, by Todd Parr (replacement copy on order)
The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson
for older readers:
A Is for Activist, by Innosanto Nagara
Drum Dream Girl, by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, by Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales
I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
Malala: A Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal: A Brave Boy From Pakistan, by Jeanette Winter
Ruby Bridges Goes to School, by Ruby Bridges
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down, by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
The Storyteller’s Candle, by Lucia Gonzalez, illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes