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Explore Families & History

Students feel more comfortable sharing about their own families when you look at books together to build awareness about the diversity of families that make up your community.
By: National Education Association
Published: January 8, 2021

Books of the month:

Books of the month:

Elementary

Freedom Soup

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Freedom Soup

by Tami Charles

A grandmother teaches her granddaughter to make their traditional New Year’s soup and shares the story of Haitian independence.
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Middle Grade

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

by Kwame Mbalia

Tristan, in mourning for his best friend Eddie, attempts to recover Eddie’s story journal and finds himself on a mission to save a world populated with people he knows from stories—African American folk heroes and West African gods.
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Young Adult

It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

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It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

by Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah recalls his childhood in South Africa and shares stories of his parents' illegal interracial relationship, apartheid, bullying, and poverty as well as dating, dancing, and daring entrepreneurship.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Try titles from our Read Across America Booklist about Dr. King and others who stood up for what they believe in and acted to make a difference.
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