Here it is – my reading list for my first class at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois! There’s a lot of overlap with the reading list from my summer LIS 7190 Social Justice and Children’s/Young Adult Literature class.
- Alarcón, Francisco. Illustrated by Paula Barragán. Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos
- Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. Fighting Words
- Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House
- Curato, Mike. Flamer
- Danticat, Edwidge. Illustrated by Leslie Staub. Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
- Day, Christine. I Can Make This Promise
- DuBois, W.E.B, Augustus Granville Dill, and Jessie Redmon Fauset (eds). The Brownies Book.
- Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. Adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People
- Elliott, Zetta. Illustrated by Loveis Wise. Say Her Name
- Gansworth, Eric. Apple: (Skin to the Core)
- Hudson, Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson (eds). The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love and Truth
- Jamieson, Victoria and Omar Mohamed. Illustrated by Iman Geddy. When Stars are Scattered
- Lindstrom, Carole. Illustrated by Michaela Goade. We are Water Protectors
- Lukoff, Kyle. Illustrated by Kayla Juanita. When Aidan Became a Brother
- Reynolds, Jason and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You OR Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Anti-Racism, and You
- LeZotte, Ann Clare. Show Me a Sign
- Mabalon, Dawn and Gayle Romasanta. Illustrated by Andre Sibayan. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong
- Salazar, Aida. Land of Cranes
- Smith, Cynthia Leitich (ed). Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
- Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race (must be 2017)
- Spiegelman, Art. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
- Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. Illustrated by Lisa Uribe. Your Name is a Song
- Wang, Andrea. The Many Meanings of Meilan
- Weatherford, Carole Boston. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
- Yang, Kelly. Front Desk
- Yoo, Paula. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
- Pick and read one of the following (pick a book you haven’t read before):
- Abe, Frank and Tamiko Nimura. Illustrated by Ross Ishikawa and Matt Sasaki. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
- Atkins, Laura and Stan Yogi. Illustrated by Yutaka Houlette. Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
- Chee, Traci. We Are Not Free
- Hughes, Kiku. Displacement
- Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
- Takei, George, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott. Illustrated by Harmony Becker. They Called Us Enemy
- Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey to Topaz
- Pick and read one of the following (pick a book you haven’t read before):
- Coles, Jay. Tyler Johnson was Here
- Magoon, Kekla. How It Went Down
- Medina, Tony. Illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings. I am Alfonso Jones
- Oshiro, Mark. Anger is a Gift
- Reynolds, Jason and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys
- Stone, Nic. Dear Martin
- Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give
- Watson, Renee. Piecing Me Together
박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen, Ph.D. 