Fall 2021 – Create Change
Encourage students to envision the world as the kind of place they want it to be with books that help them recognize their power to make a difference.
Elementary
Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem
By Amanda Gorman & Illustrated by Loren Long
As a young Black girl leads others on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to change the world, their communities, and themselves.
THEMES: Community
Middle Grade
The Magic in Changing Your Stars
By Leah Henderson
Full of disappointment after bungling his audition to play the Scarecrow in The Wiz, Black fifth-grader Ailey Benjamin Lane is magically transported to the year 1939 where he meets his own grandfather and legendary tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
THEMES: Courage, Family
Young Adult
Love is a Revolution
By Renée Watson
Nala Robertson, a 17-year-old Black girl of Jamaican descent who is plus-size, just wants to be loved. Determined to make that happen, she pretends to be something she’s not when she meets her dream boy, the very woke Tye.
THEMES: Activism, Community, Family Friendship, Identity
