Social Justice Begins With Me
Book Club for Kids
Join the Book Club!
Social Justice Begins with Me: A Book Club for Kids
Saturday, October 10, 2020
10:30 – 11:30 am
Virtual Program | Zoom
Pre-registration required.
Children ages 4-11 can explore social justice topics that impact their daily lives through children’s literature. GRPL, the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University, GRPL, Safe Haven Ministries Gender Equity Reading Initiative, and community volunteers will read children’s books on that month’s social justice topic (e.g. celebrating diversity, gender, equity, disability).
After the book readings, we virtually discuss the month’s social justice topic in small groups. Participants will leave with instructions to a creative activity that can be done at home.
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September 12, 2020: Environmental Justice
If Sharks Disappeared
by Lily Williams
(Ages 4 – 5)
Young Water Protectors
by Aslan Tudor and Kelly Tudor
(Ages 6 – 8)
Aquicorn Cove
by Katie O’Neill
(Ages 9 – 11)
October 10, 2020: Gender Equity
Hug Me
by Simona Ciraolo
(Ages 4 – 5)
Don't Touch My Hair
by Sharee Miller
(Ages 6 – 8)
The Prince and the Dressmaker
by by Jen Wang
(Ages 9 – 11)
November 14, 2020: Racial Justice
Antiracist Baby
by Ibram X. Kendi
(Ages 4 – 5)
(Ages 6 – 8)
The Proudest Blue: A story of the hijab and family
by Ibtihaj Muhammad
(Ages 4 –5)
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander
(Ages 6 – 8)
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about racial injustice
by Marianne Celano and Ann Hazzard
(Ages 9 – 11)
Not my Idea: A book about Whiteness
by Anastasia Higginbotham
(Ages 9 – 11)
December 12, 2020: Human Rights
I have the Right to be a Child
by Alain Serres
(Ages 4 – 5)
The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
(Ages 6 – 8)
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
by Celia C. Pérez
(Ages 9 – 11)