Why I like this book: Lynnette Mawhinney has written a sensitive and heartfelt story that empowers children who are mixed race, biracial, or multiracial. Lulu is always being asked the BIG question:What are you?In the story she learns how to deal with her feelings about being mixed race ...
Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind by Cynthia Grady, illustrated by Amiko Hirao A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps. From The Ch...
Resources: The author is biracial and shares many ways parents can start conversations with their children about race. Make sure you check out herAuthor’s Noteat the end. Lynnette Mawhinney, Ph.D, is the author of many books on education and teaching, but this is her first children’s b...
Draper’s tackles a timely subject that is rarely addressed in middle grade books — how do biracial children feel about their mixed identity? Draper offers a vivid portrayal of Izzy/Isabella’s emotional landscape. Is she white or is she black? Which box does she check when she fills out ...
Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America’s history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom. When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on ...
What I like about this series of books: This is a perfect time to shareJohn LasserandSage Foster-Lasser’scharming series for children about cultivatingkindness,gratitudeandjoyin their own lives, and sharing it with others. Children are learning very early that the world is a tough place in ...
Biracial Children: Racism Advice for White Parents Race Manners: Comments about the superior beauty of your biracial child aren’t just weird — they’re troubling. By Jenée Desmond-Harris Updated Monday April 8, 2013 The Root— “I’m a Caucasian woman with a biracial child (her father...
“For the rest of the day, Apollo seemed upset. He walked back and forth all over the house. He was worried about something. Astrid felt sorry for him.” page 32 Astrid and Apollo and the Puppy Surprise by V.T. Bidania, illustrated by Evelt Yanait. ...
Another novel about an epic friendship follows two biracial dancers who meet as children and come of age in the 80s with a shared love of Hollywood musicals and pop music. They are outcasts in their working class neighborhood in London mostly because they are biracial. The unnamed narrator ha...
When Rowan Chase, a biracial teenager living in present-day Tulsa, discovers the remains of William Tillman, a young white man who died a hundred years prior, she sets off a chain of events that unearths some long-buried secrets surrounding Tulsa’s violent history. The narrative switches ...