Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since 2015 -- honoring exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms
Sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
- 15,088 Resources including
- 1,338 Videos
- 757 Book Readings
- 1,282 Lesson Plans
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Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016)
68 Resources15 Awards
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2021)
68 Resources13 Awards
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021)
68 Resources18 Awards
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020)
61 Resources22 Awards
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019)
52 Resources13 Awards
All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016)
51 Resources8 Awards
Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2017)
50 Resources9 Awards
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
46 Resources15 Awards
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015)
45 Resources14 Awards
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, Renée Watson, and Leah Henderson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020)
45 Resources4 Awards
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015)
44 Resources16 Awards
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Biography Selection, 2015)
44 Resources14 Awards
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2019)
44 Resources12 Awards
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
(Biography Selection, 2016)
42 Resources19 Awards
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Biography Selection, 2021)
41 Resources18 Awards
Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Women's History Selection, 2018)
40 Resources13 Awards
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Biography Selection, 2017)
39 Resources11 Awards
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014)
38 Resources10 Awards
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Geography, People, Places Selection, 2015)
38 Resources14 Awards
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall
(World History & Culture Selection, 2016)
38 Resources8 Awards
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017)
38 Resources15 Awards
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
(Biography Selection, 2017)
38 Resources12 Awards
A Place to Land
by Barry Wittenstein and Jerry Pinkney
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
38 Resources9 Awards
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017)
37 Resources13 Awards
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
(Biography Selection, 2017)
37 Resources11 Awards
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Biography Selection, 2018)
37 Resources7 Awards
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021)
37 Resources9 Awards
Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016)
36 Resources11 Awards
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
36 Resources8 Awards