Human rights and social justice books for children — Readings Books

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Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism

Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Aleesha Nandhra (illus.)

A vital and vibrant book answering real children's questions about racism, giving them the confidence and the tools to work towards a fairer society for all.

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I Have the Right

Reza Dalvand

A stunningly illustrated and essential volume on children's rights - an introduction for kids and a reminder for adults.

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A Is For Activist

Innosanto Nagara

A progressive ABC book for families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, civil rights and everything else that activists believe in…

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Who are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave their Homes? And Other Big Questions

Michael Rosen,Annemarie Young

A highly topical look at the current refugee crisis, encouraging readers to think for themselves about the issues involved

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You Can Change The World

Lucy Bell

Every day, we see a problem we would like to fix. A piece of rubbish in a green, grassy park. Plastic water bottles buried in the sand at the beach…

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What is Race? Who are Racists? Why Does Skin Colour Matter? And Other Big Questions

Nikesh Shukla,Claire Heuchan

An important and timely book on race and racism, encouraging children to think for themselves about the issues involved

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When Stars are Scattered

Victoria Jamieson,Omar Mohamed

A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings.

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How To Change Everything

Naomi Klein, Rebecca Stefoff

The first book for younger readers by internationally bestselling social activist Naomi Klein, with Rebecca Stefoff - the most authoritative and inspiring book on climate change for teenage readers yet.

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People Need People

Benjamin Zephaniah

A timely and uplifting picture book poem about the power of people and the importance of connecting with others. By legendary poet and performer Benjamin Zephaniah.

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Maya And Her Friends

Larysa Denysenko

A book about different children from different Ukrainian families in 2017, when Russia had conquered Crimea and temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk.

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We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures

Amnesty International

An illustrated celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stunningly brought to life by internationally-renowned artists.

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10 Ideas to Save the World with Kindness

Eleonora Fornasari

Age range 6 to 9

One small action a day can make a difference … in a big way! In 10 Ideas to Save the World with Kindness, we discover…

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No Difference Between Us

Jayneen Sanders, Amanda Gulliver

Jess and Ben are twins. Jess is a girl and Ben is a boy but in all the BIG ways, there is NO difference between them! A book to empower…

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What is Right and Wrong? Who Decides? Where Do Values Come From? And Other Big Questions

Michael Rosen,Annemarie Young

A highly topical look at how our decisions about what is right and wrong play out on an individual, local, national and global scale

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We’re All Wonders

R J Palacio

Auggie knows he is a wonder, but he wants everybody to realize they are all wonders, too.

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Hope on the Horizon: A children’s handbook on empathy, kindness and making a better world

Onjali Q. Rauf

The debut non-fiction title from bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, Onjali Q. Rauf. This is your hope handbook: a guide to being kind, showing…

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Children in Our World: Refugees and Migrants

Ceri Roberts

A beautifully illustrated picture book that sensitively explains larger issues and crises that dominate the news in an appropriate manner for children

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Children in Our World: Racism and Intolerance

Louise Spilsbury

A beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book that sensitively explains crises that dominate the news in an appropriate manner for children.

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Hope Jones Saves the World

Josh Lacey

Hi, my name is Hope Jones and I’m giving up plastic to save our oceans! Giving up plastic is really hard. There’s so much everywhere! In the supermarket, my classroom…

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The Diary of Anne Frank (Abridged for young readers)

Anne Frank

An abridged edition that gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diary of an ordinary girl who has long become a household name. It features line drawings, family…

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The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne describes in her diary the…

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Whoever You Are

Mem Fox

Every day all over Australia, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same or speak the same language but inside, they…

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr

After several dizzy spells send Hiroshima-born Sadako to the doctor, the budding school track star finds out she has leukemia–known as the atom bomb disease. But she faces life with…

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This Is Our House

Michael Rosen

A gentle tale for pre-schoolers, introducing the concept of sharing in the playground from multi award winning author and poet Michael Rosen.

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Hana’s Suitcase Anniversary Edition: A true story

Karen Levine

When Hana’s suitcase arrives from Germany at the small Holocaust education centre in Japan, all the children who visit want to know about Hana. When Fumiko Ishioka, the centre’s curator…

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The Bone Sparrow

Zana Fraillon

Subhi’s imagination is as big as the ocean and wide as the sky, but his world is much smaller: he’s spent his whole life in an immigration detention centre. The…

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I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai,Patricia McCormick

Written by Malala for her peers, this is the story of the girl behind the Nobel Prize-winning icon.

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