In this episode, Kelly returns to talk about growing opportunities in children's literature for marginalized voices to showcase their stories. Teaching your children empathy and correcting bullying behavior can be accomplished through celebrating diversity in books and extrapolating it to life, and we have a list of many books to suggest for enrichment for you and your children.

On the podcast

We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander

When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson

Others

Picture books:

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua

Watercress by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan and anna Bron

Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz and Micah Player

Between Us and Abuela by Mitalik Perkins and Sara Palacios

Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez

Easy Readers:

Yasmin series by Saadia Furuqui

King and Kayla series by Dori Hillestad Butler

Nonfiction:

All Thirteen: The Incredible Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

Graphic Novels: 

The Witches: The Graphic Novel by Roald Dahl

The Unwanted: Stories of Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin

Juvenile Fiction:

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Jason Reynold's Track series

Nikki's Pick:

Nick's Library Suggestion:

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