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Nicole and Matthew discuss doing the work of anti-racism, sitting with discomfort, and building children’s aptitude toward empathy and social justice with help from a bookshelf playlist of stories to keep folks talking. This episode is sponsored by: TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift! Lost Beast, Found Friend from Oni Press Bella’s Story by W. Bruce Cameron, from Starscape To get even more kidlit news and recommendations, sign up for our The Kids Are All Right newsletter! RELEVANT LINKS: 47 Black-Owned Bookstores Across the Country That You Can Support (EW article) KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators (website and video stream) Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani; illustrated by Rachelle Baker Modern Herstory : Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History written by Blair Imani; illustrated by Monique Le BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: PICTURE BOOKS: Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer Spirit of the Civil Rights Movementby Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Ekua Holmes Ruth and the Green Bookby Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss and illustrated by Floyd Cooper Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood; illustrated by Theodore Taylor, III Not My Idea: A Book about Whitenessby Anastasia Higginbotham Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel; illustrated by Shane W. Evans AntiRacist Babyby Ibram X. Kendi; illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boyby Tony Medina, Javaka Steptoe, and R. Gregory Christie MIDDLE GRADE: This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurelia Durand What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado Black Brother, Black Brotherby Jewell Parker Rhodes Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voicesedited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson WHERE TO FIND CHILDREN’S BOOKS DURING QUARANTINE Your local library – Even as libraries are closing for the quarantine, they have a ton of e-books, resources, and movies for kids. Epic! – Epic! is the Leading Digital Library for Kids 12 & Under Susan Tan’s Authors Everywhere YouTube channel How Kids’ Lit Is Responding to the Coronavirus Read, Wonder, and Learn – Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere COVID-19 Resources compiled by We Need Diverse Books Resources for Online PreK-12 Teaching During COVID and Beyond Little free libraries – There may be free books in a free library just around the corner from you. Give a book, get a book, and remember to wash those hands! CLOSING NOTE: Let us know what books or topics you’ve been sharing this week, or if you have a suggestion or book recommendation for an upcoming episode. Find us on email (kidlitthesedays@bookriot.com) or Twitter (@MatthewWinner and @ittybittyny).