With the backing of Behind The Eyes, three friends — Michelle, Peggy and LaDreda — spearheaded a children’s book project to plant the seeds of citizen activism for racial, social, economic and environmental justice. Black, brown and white children all benefit from learning how to feel empathy and knowing that they hold the power to change their society. Thinking long-term, educating children will empower them in their own lives and make it better for future generations of every race, religion and orientation.

Thanks to many generous donations, we were able to share 26 picture books with a group of beautiful children at the wonderful “Reading, Rhythm and Arts” program by the Akoben Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. The list of books was carefully curated and more can be found at The Conscious Kid Library.

If you wish to hold your own fundraiser to give a Uniting Book Bundle to a school, class or group of children near you, contact us.

List of Fabulous Books

TITLE & AUTHOR	FOCUS	ESTIM. PRICE (Amazon)	AGE RANGE
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney	Blacks	$9.28, paperback	Ages 6 – 9 Grades 1 – 4
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (Mexican-American)	Hispanics	$12.27, hardcover	Ages 6 – 9 Grades 1 – 4
When We Were Alone by David Robertson	Native Americans	$13.14, hardcover	Ages 4 – 8 Grades Pre-K – 3
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson	Blacks	$11.98, hardcover	Ages 5 – 10 Grades K – 5
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi	Japanese	$13.96, hardcover	Ages 6 – 10 Grades 1 – 5
Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song by Gary Golio	Blacks and Jews	$18.47, library binding	Ages 8 – 12 Grades 3 – 7
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom by Tim Tingle	Native Americans	$14.65, hardcover	Ages 7 – 13 Grades 2 – 8
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz	Blacks	$11.18, hardcover	Ages 6 – 10 Grades 1 – 5
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim	Blacks	$14.39, hardcover	Ages 4 – 8 Grades Pre-K – 3
She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland by Loki Mulholland	White allies	$14.40, hardcover	Ages 8 – 10 Grades 3 – 5
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull	Hispanics	$9.89, hardcover	Ages 4 – 7 Grades Pre-K – 2
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson	Blacks	$10.98, hardcover	Ages 4 – 8 Grades Pre-K – 3
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford	Blacks	$12.90, hardcover	Ages 4 – 8 Grades Pre-K – 3
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo	Chinese	$17.95, hardcover	Ages 6 – 11 Grades 1 – 6
As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr., and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson	Blacks and Jews	$7.99, paperback	Ages 6 – 9 Grades 1 – 4
We March by Shane Evans	Blacks	$6.98, paperback	Ages 2 – 7 Grades Pre-K – 2
That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice by Carmen Tafolla (Mexican American)	Hispanics	$19.93, hardcover	Ages 5 – 7 Grades K – 2
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford	Blacks	$12.96, hardcover	Ages 5 – 8 Grades K – 3
Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renee Watson	Blacks	$17.97, hardcover	Ages 3 – 7 Grades Pre-K – 2
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford	Blacks	$14.53, hardcover	Ages 9 – 12 Grades 4 – 7
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell	Blacks	$13.19, hardcover	Ages 10 – 13 Grades 4 – 8
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History by Walter Dean Myers	Blacks	$11.98, hardcover	Ages 6 – 10 Grades 1 – 5
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren	Hispanics	$14.35, hardcover	Ages 6 – 8 Grades 1 – 3
Rosa (Parks) by Nikki Giovanni	Blacks	$12.76, hardcover	Ages 4 – 8 Grades Pre-K – 3
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney	Blacks	$14.78, hardcover	Ages 5 – 9 Grades K – 4
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney	Blacks	$10.98, hardcover	Ages 7 – 10 Grades 2 – 5

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
— Audrey Hepburn