Camille Catlett at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC – Chapel Hill manages and publishes a listserv called Natural Resources that includes excellent classroom resources for early childhood teachers. (If you are unfamiliar, a listserv is like an electronic newsletter that you subscribe to via email). About once a week, subscribers receive an email with Camille’s curated resource suggestions on a topic of the week. This week’s topic included children’s books for supporting each and every child. Take a look at the list of suggestions below.
To subscribe to Natural Resources, send an email with no message to subscribe-natural_resources2@listserv.unc.edu. (Note the hyphen and underscore characters).
Children’s Books for Supporting Each and Every Child
Children’s Books that Include Diverse Family Structures
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/family/docs/lgbt-children-books.pdf
Indians in Children’s Literature: Best Books
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/best-books.html
Native Women’s History: American Indian Heritage
http://www.colorincolorado.org/booklist/remarkable-girls-women-american-indian-heritage
Latinas Who Made a Difference http://www.colorincolorado.org/booklist/latinas-who-made-difference
Board Books and More: Hispanic Heritage
http://www.colorincolorado.org/booklist/board-books-and-more-hispanic-heritage
50+ Picture Books About Mixed Race Families
http://coloursofus.com/picture-books-about-mixed-race-families/
Essential Children’s Books to Empower Black Girls to Love Their Hair
https://binoandfinoshop.com/blogs/news/a-list-of-essential-childrens-books-to-empower-black-girls-to-love-their-hair
10 Books That Empower Kids to Stand Up and Speak Out
http://www.readbrightly.com/10-books-empower-kids-stand-speak/
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Childhood Children’s Book List
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/documents/booklist.pdf
Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
http://www.tfcbooks.org/guide-anti-bias-childrens-books
African-American Experience Children’s Literary Reference Guide (2011-2016)
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2016/02/01/african-american-experience-childrens-literary-reference-guide-2011-2016/
Top 100+ Recommended African-American Children’s Books http://aalbc.com/books/children.php
The End of Bullying Begins with Me: Bullying Prevention Books for Young Children http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10255
Children’s Books that Break Gender Role Stereotypes http://journal.naeyc.org/btj/200303/Books4Children.pdf
12 Children’s Books that Challenge Traditional Gender Roles
http://humaneeducation.org/blog/2012/06/11/12-childrens-picture-books-that-challenge-traditional-gender-roles/
Looking at Gender Identity with Children’s Books
http://www.welcomingschools.org/pages/looking-at-gender-identity-with-childrens-books
Children’s Books on Bullying/Friendship Issues
http://www.k12.wa.us/safetycenter/BullyingHarassment/WorkGroup/RecommendedBooks.pdf
http://www.best-childrens-books.com/childrens-books-about-bullying.html
Culturally Relevant Books in the ELL Classroom
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/culturally-relevant-books-ell-classroom
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