We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2022
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since its inception in 2015 -- recognizing the humanity of Indigenous and People of Color (IPOC) in youth literature, people with disabilities, and people from the LGBTQIA+ communities
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- 6,994 Resources including
- 771 Videos
- 392 Book Readings
- 630 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
72 Resources23 Awards


Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
68 Resources15 Awards

We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
68 Resources18 Awards




Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2021)
54 Resources15 Awards


Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
53 Resources14 Awards


We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
51 Resources14 Awards



They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2022)
43 Resources9 Awards






Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources13 Awards





The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
(Selection, 2020)
36 Resources11 Awards


No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2022)
36 Resources11 Awards



Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Selection, 2016)
34 Resources8 Awards

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Selection, 2016)
34 Resources10 Awards

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2021)
34 Resources9 Awards

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo
(Selection, 2022)
34 Resources9 Awards

Jingle Dancer
by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
(Selection, 2022)
33 Resources5 Awards



Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
(Selection, 2019)
33 Resources8 Awards

Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
(Selection, 2021)
33 Resources6 Awards







