Books for Teaching Diversity

Foster a feeling of belonging while building key reading skills with these colorful storybooks that spotlight a variety of neighborhoods and communities. The 10 charming stories feature characters from different cultural backgrounds who learn about the people and places around them—and their own place in the world. Each book comes with background information and discussion prompts and is correlated with guided reading levels I, J, and K. Set includes a family guide..Age group 6-8 years.Author Katrina Ardiente Alonso.9781338837216.Build community by building cultural awareness and appreciation.Provide representation with books written and illustrated by creators from the featured cultural background.Supports cultural responsiveness.Supports Family and Community Engagement.Contains a digital companion.Compelling stories expand kids' understanding and build connections across cultural experiences

Equity is a term we hear a lot these days, but what does it really mean? How can teachers ensure that every student gets what he or she needs to learn and succeed? Education leaders from around the country share their thoughts through essays that explore topics such as: how to achieve equity for all students, creating equity awareness in teachers, working with families and communities to close the opportunity gap, setting high expectations to raise academic achievement, and more..This book explores topics such as: how to achieve equity for all students, creating equity awareness in teachers, working with families and communities to close the opportunity gap.Practical strategies for ensuring equity in the classroom.Empowers teachers to help all their students succeed.128 Pages

Open the door to conversations about similarities and differences as you meet people from a wide variety of countries, cultures, abilities and lifestyles. Ensure that your classroom reflects the wider world -- and that all the children in your care see themselves in the books you read. Features stories and main characters from diverse backgrounds. Contributors have lived experiences connected to the content of the stories. Information at the back of the books dive deeper into concepts covered. Expands kids global perspectives. This bundle includes: To Carnival! [Kirkus Best Picture Books of the Year 2021 (9781646861620)]; Ganesha Goes Green [Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection (9781646869985)]; A Gift for Amma [Bank Street's Best Children's Book of the Year 2021 (9781646860623)]; Hana's Hundreds of Hijabs [New York Public Library Fall 2022 Picks for Kids, Children's Book Council Hot Off the Press Reading List 2022 (9781646866212)]..Age group 6-7 years.DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.9798888593387.This bundle includes: To Carnival! (9781646861620); Ganesha Goes Green (9781646869985); A Gift for Amma (9781646860623); Hana's Hundreds of Hijabs (9781646866212)..AUTHENTIC VOICES: Contributors have lived experiences connected to the content of the stories.ENDNOTES: Information at the back of the books dive deeper into concepts covered..GLOBAL AWARENESS: Expands kids global perspectives.Introduce children to the beautiful diversity of our world

Open the door to conversations about similarities and differences as you meet people from a wide variety of countries, cultures, abilities and lifestyles. Ensure that your classroom reflects the wider world -- and that all the children in your care see themselves in the books you read. Features stories and main characters from diverse backgrounds. Information at the back of the books dive deeper into concepts covered. Expands kids global perspectives. This bundle includes: Benita and the Night Creatures [Pura Belpré Author Honor (9798888590034)]; Run, Little Chaski [Bank Street Children's Book Committe's Best Books of 2023 (9781646861651)]; My Cousin's Mermaid (9798888590058); Stranded! [Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, ALA Notable Children's Books 2024 (9781646869923)]..Age group 6-7 years.DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.9798888593370.This bundle includes: Benita and the Night Creatures (9798888590034); Run, Little Chaski (9781646861651); My Cousin's Mermaid (9798888590058); Stranded! (9781646869923)..AUTHENTIC VOICES: Contributors have lived experiences connected to the content of the stories.ENDNOTES: Information at the back of the books dive deeper into concepts covered..GLOBAL AWARENESS: Expands kids global perspectives.Introduce children to the beautiful diversity of our world

Grow connections while fostering English and Spanish reading skills with these eight vibrant bilingual stories that spotlight Latine characters at home, in school, and in their communities. Each story reflects the characters' different cultural traditions and lifestyles, celebrating diversity while supporting multilingual learning. A teaching guide for families and educators helps build children's reading comprehension skills and deepen their understanding of various Hispanic heritages. Includes 8 books..Build reading skills in two languages, meeting the needs of multilingual learners..For ages 6-7 years.2 Workbooks.Support in-class and at-home learning with text-specific cultural notes and discussion prompts for each book.Grow cultural awareness, empathy, and social connections

We are all part of one world. This nonfiction book introduces life around the globe while pointing out things we all have in common. Fact- and photo-filled text for young readers supports social studies curriculum. After-reading activity helps reader further engage with book content. Includes photo glossary and index.Fact- and photo-filled text for young readers supports social studies curriculum.For ages 5-8..Page Count: 24 pages.ISBN: 9781731656322.After-reading activity helps reader further engage with book content.Includes photo glossary and index.This nonfiction book introduces young readers to life around the world, highlighting commonalities across cultures, with fact-filled text, photos, an after-reading activity, a photo glossary, and an index to enhance engagement and support social studies curriculum.

Stories told from the perspectives of diverse children enable students to learn about relationships and feelings! MySelf's I Respect Differences Set helps kids gain an understanding of each persons individual contribution regardless of differences..Social-Emotional Learning.Newmark Learning.Recommended age 4-6 years.Paperback.English.144 pages.6 books.9781478878100.Develop positive behavior through reading and discussions about emotions and social interaction.

This timely book counters the devastating effects of racism on children's learning with a focus on "revolutionary love". Sharing ways they've overcome personal and professional challenges in their teaching, the authors show readers how to unpack unconscious biases and examine common, but inherently racist practices that make learning difficult or impossible for many children of color. They offer in return practices that affirm and celebrate all students' identities, languages, and cultures- building a community of engaged, valued, and thoughtful learners. You'll find guidelines for selecting diverse children's books, and ways to use those books in reading and writing lessons that help children identify both glaring and veiled forms of racism and take an anti-racist stance. If you want to create a vibrant classroom community that honors the funds of knowledge that children of color and their families bring to school, this is the book for you..Provides tools for exploring oneself, one's systems, and one's curriculum to gather baseline information to create more inclusive, culturally sensitive environments for children..Suggests teaching ideas that can be applied seamlessly and smoothly to the existing reading and writing program.Offers guidelines for reaching out to families and the community to enhance curriculum.Speaks to all concerned teachers, regardless of their own cultural background, geographic location, or class make-up.Authors have worked as classroom teachers, university researchers, and teacher educators

Fluency is the bridge between word recognition and comprehension. If students don't develop it, they will struggle to read proficiently. In this eagerly anticipated new edition, Rasinski and Smith discuss fluency's connection to the science of reading. They provide dozens of ready-to-use, science-backed teaching strategies and student practice pages, updated to include more diverse authors. The book's easy-to-navigate design now includes QR codes to demonstration videos and downloadable student pages..Highlights recent research on fluency's critical role in building reading proficiency.Supports any evidence-based literacy program.Contains dozens of one-page, use-tomorrow teaching strategies for whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one instruction.Includes 200+ fluency practice texts by authors from a variety of backgrounds.Features easy-to-use assessment tools to track students' progress.Comes with a companion website featuring downloadable practice texts for students and classroom demonstration videos for teachers

Greta Thunberg, Sitting Bull, Sojourner Truth, Barack Obama … Students will be fascinated by these people's stories, as well as those of the other notable figures in this set. Each biography comes with text-dependent questions that assess students' comprehension and critical thinking skills. Includes 6 copies of each 10 biographies make this set perfect for small-group reading..Short engaging biographies of remarkable people that all students should know about.Best suited for children ages 8-10..Six copies of each biography make this set perfect for small-group reading.Teaching Guide includes text-dependent questions that assess comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills.Engaging short texts detail their diverse backgrounds, the challenges they faced, and their triumphs as they set out to make their communities and our world a better place to live in.

Cultivate empathy and boost key reading skills with this collection of 10 multicultural stories that center on friendships and school experiences. Although the characters in each story come from different cultural backgrounds, their experiences, which include feeling first-day jitters, making new friends, and conquering fears, are universally relatable. Each book provides background information and discussion prompts. Includes a family guide with reading tips and a companion website..Authentic stories foster cultural awareness and sensitivity.Mean for children ages 6/7..Each book is written and illustrated by creators from the featured cultural background.Includes online support materials.This collection of 10 multicultural stories, written and illustrated by creators from the featured cultures, fosters empathy and reading skills through relatable school and friendship experiences, with each book including background info, discussion prompts, and access to online support materials.

Written for teachers at all grade levels, this 6-page guide provides strategies and suggestions to support culturally and linguistically diverse students. With the influx of cultural diversity in schools, teachers can use the strategies in this resource to improve on five pedagogical areas—classroom management, use of text, academic vocabulary, and situational appropriateness—through meaningful and ready-to-implement activities..This 6-page AYF guide helps teachers validate students’ unique home environments while delivering tools for success in mainstream culture..Emphasizes important topics in an easy-to-read format.Provides key tips and strategies to help educators engage a diverse range of students.Includes suggestions for validating students’ home environments as well as delivering the tools for success in mainstream culture.Offers easy access to additional teacher resources such as videos, student templates, and educational websites.ISBN 9781087648316

Foster a feeling of belonging while building key reading skills with these colorful storybooks that spotlight a variety of neighborhoods and communities. The 10 charming stories feature characters from different cultural backgrounds who learn about the people and places around them—and their own place in the world. Books include background information and discussion prompts, and are correlated with guided reading levels I, J, & K. Set includes a teaching guide with reproducible activity pages. Each set includes 40 books..Age group 6-8 years.Published by Scholastic Teaching Solutions.9781338837209.40 books.Supports cultural responsiveness.Build community by building cultural awareness and appreciation.Provide representation with books written and illustrated by creators from the featured cultural background.Contains a digital companion.Supports Family and Community Engagement.Foster a feeling of belonging while building key reading skills with these colorful storybooks that spotlight a variety of neighborhoods and communities

Frida Kahlo, Lin Manuel Miranda, Billie Jean King, Shohei Ohtani … These are just some of the outstanding artists and sports figures whose life stories are sure to captivate students. Each biography comes with text-dependent questions that assess students' comprehension and critical thinking skills. Includes 6 copies of each 10 biographies make this set perfect for small-group reading..Short engaging biographies of remarkable people that all students should know about.Best suited for children ages 8-10..Six copies of each biography make this set perfect for small-group reading.Teaching Guide includes text-dependent questions that assess comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills.Engaging short texts detail their diverse backgrounds, the challenges they faced, and their triumphs as they excelled in their respective fields.

Katherine Johnson, Shigeru Miyamoto, Temple Grandin, Benjamin Banneker … These people's stories, along with those of other notable figures in this set, will fascinate students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and math. Each biography comes with text-dependent questions that assess comprehension and critical thinking skills. Includes 6 copies of each 10 biographies make this set perfect for small-group reading..Short engaging biographies of remarkable people that all students should know about.Best suited for children ages 8-10..Six copies of each biography make this set perfect for small-group reading.Teaching Guide includes text-dependent questions that assess comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills.Engaging short texts detail their diverse backgrounds, the challenges they faced, and their triumphs.

Based on the real-life daughter of actor Jamie Hector, Chloé asks questions most children wonder about and builds key social-emotional skills as she solves them with her family's help. She learns about various cultures, takes responsibility for her little brother and her cat, figures out how to handle stress in school, and more. This set includes five books plus a skill-building family guide..Age group 6-7 years.Written by Jamie Hector and Alaine Roberson, Published by Scholastic.ISBN: 9781338823219.16 pages and a 4-page family guide written in collaboration with Yale Child Study Center.5 full-color 16-page books; Levels I, J & K..She learns about various cultures, takes responsibility for her little brother and her cat, figures out how to handle stress in school, and more.Introducing Chloé—a curious kid with a lot of heart

Use thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as We are the Water Protectors, Dreamers, and Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, to build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class. Companion mini-lessons offer reading strategies, discussion questions, and carry-over coaching prompts designed to hone students' comprehension skills, including character analysis, determining themes, and exploring perspectives. A must-have resource in every classroom!.Age group 8-10 years.Written by Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, and Jigisha Vyas, Published by Scholastic.ISBN: 9781338861914.144 pages.1 book.Build students' cultural competence through literacy..Carefully chosen mentor texts bring stories of celebration, hardship, love, and loss..Aligned to core reading standards, social justice standards, and SEL competencies..Build students' cultural competence through literacy.

Cultivate empathy and boost key reading skills with this collection of 40 books (4 copies of 10 titles) multicultural stories that center on friendships and school experiences. Although the characters come from different cultural backgrounds, their experiences, which include feeling first-day jitters, making new friends, and conquering fears, are universally relatable. Each book provides background information and discussion prompts. Includes a 16-page teaching guide with skill-building activity pages and a companion website..Authentic stories foster cultural awareness and sensitivity.Best suited for children ages 6-7..40 Full-Color, 16-Pg Books (4 Copies Of 10 Titles, 16-Pg Teaching Guide And Sturdy Storage Box.Each book is written and illustrated by creators from the featured cultural background.Value-priced multiple set provides critical mass of titles for instruction.Includes online support materials.This collection of 40 multicultural books, focusing on friendships and school experiences, fosters empathy and reading skills while offering relatable stories, teaching resources, and a companion website.

Introducing Chloé—a curious kid with a lot of heart. Based on the real-life daughter of actor Jamie Hector, Chloé asks questions most children wonder about and builds key social-emotional skills as she solves them with her family's help. She learns about various cultures, takes responsibility for her little brother and her cat, figures out how to handle stress in school, and more. This set includes five copies of five original stories, plus a skill-building teaching guide..Age group 6-7 years.Written by Jamie Hector and Alaine Roberson, Published by Scholastic.ISBN: 9781338882476.16-page books and a 16-page teaching guide with reading tips and skill-building reproducibles..25 full-color 16-page books (5 copies of 5 titles); Levels I, J & K..Helps boost SEL skills as laid out by CASEL and in conjunction with Yale Child Study Center.Chloé asks questions most children wonder about and builds key social-emotional skills as she solves them with her family's help

Build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class with thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as Alma and How She Got Her Name, Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao, In My Mosque, and more. Companion mini-lessons offer reading strategies, discussion questions, and carry-over coaching prompts designed to hone students' comprehension skills, including character analysis, determining themes, and exploring perspectives. A must-have resource in primary classrooms!.Age group 5-7 years.Written by Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, and Jigisha Vyas, Published by Scholastic.ISBN: 9781338861907.144 pages.1 book.Carefully chosen mentor texts bring stories of celebration, hardship, love, and loss.Aligned to core reading standards, social justice standards, and SEL competencies..Build students' cultural competence through literacy.

When you look at all of the reading books in your classroom, can you be sure that each of your students' voices and experiences are well represented? Drs. Briceño and Rodriguez-Mojica created Conscious Classrooms to help teachers learn how to authentically include different voices and experiences in the classroom. They navigate the many questions surrounding diverse texts while also assisting with improving representation within the classroom..Tools for auditing read-aloud texts, classroom libraries, and curricula.Sample book lists and ideas for acquiring diverse texts on a tight budget.Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 9.For ages: 4+ years.Checklists and tips to determine if a book has questionable content.Research and instructional frameworks for diversity, equity, and inclusion.Conscious Classrooms, created by Drs. Briceño and Rodriguez-Mojica, helps teachers authentically include diverse voices and experiences in the classroom through tools for auditing texts, book lists, budget-friendly acquisition ideas, and frameworks for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.