December

Rosa Parks Jailed, December 1, 1955

• As Fast As Words Could Fly
• Dear Mrs. Parks
• Frederick Douglass and the Last Day of Slavery
• George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
• Hammering for Freedom
• Howard Thurman’s Great Hope
• John Lewis in the Lead
• Love Twelve Miles Long
• Midnight Teacher
• Night Golf
• Paul Robeson
• Richard Wright and the Library Card
• Seven Miles to Freedom 
• The Bus Ride
• The Palm of My Heart
• The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
• Up the Learning Tree

Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th

• A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
• Baseball Saved Us
• Flowers From Mariko
• Heroes
• Irena’s Jar of Secrets
• Passage to Freedom
• Quiet Hero When Horses Ride By: Children in the Times of War

Human Rights Day, December 10th

• A Shelter In Our Car
• A Song for Cambodia
• As Fast As Words Could Fly
• Amazing Faces
• Amelia's Road
• Awakening
• Brothers In Hope
• Calling the Doves
• Calling the Water Drum
• Confucius
• Crazy Horse's Vision
• Dear Mrs. Parks
• Dia’s Story Cloth
• Etched in Clay
• Every Month is a New Year
• First Day in Grapes
• Frederick Douglass and the Last Day of Slavery
• Growing Peace
• Grand Theft Horse
• Hammering for Freedom
• Howard Thurman’s Great Hope
• I and I Bob Marley 
• Ira's Shakespeare Dream
• Irena’s Jars of Secrets
• John Lewis in the Lead
• Juneteenth Jamboree 
• The Legend of Freedom Hill
• Lend a Hand
• Love Twelve Miles Long
• Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
• Mangrove Tree
• Midnight Teacher
• Night Golf
• Paul Robeson
• Poems to Dream Together
• Passage to Freedom
• Richard Wright and the Library Card
• Rebellion
• Seeds of Change
• Seven Miles to Freedom
• Sharing Our Homeland
• Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
• Tankborn
• The Bus Ride
• The Three Lucy's
• Twenty-two Cents
• When the Horses Ride By: Children in the Times of War

Holiday Season/Gift Giving

• Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
• Baby Born
• Babu’s Song
• Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures
• Christmas Makes Me Think
• Destiny’s Gift
• Elizabeti's Doll
• Estela’s Swap 
• Every Month is a New Year
• Finding the Music
• Giving Thanks
• Goldfish and the Chrysanthemums
• Gracias · Thanks
• Grandfather Counts
• Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems
• King for a Day
• Lend a Hand
• Our Celebracion
• Raymond’s Perfect Present
• Rent Party Jazz
• Sam and the Lucky Money
• Seaside Dream
• Steel Drumming at the Apollo 
• Sunday Shopping
• Sweet Potato Pie 
• Sweet Music in Harlem
• The Birthday Swap
• The Can Man 
• The Jones Family Express
• The Road to Sanitago
• The Story I'll Tell
• The Storyteller’s Candle
• The Turtle Ship
• Toddler Two
• Under the Lemon Moon
• When This World Was New

Additional Resources:

Holiday Season:
Books that Celebrate Families
Books for Children and Educators about Kindness
Infographic: 10 Ways to Lend a Hand
Lending a Hand for Random Acts of Kindness Week
Mix it up! 15 Books about Kindness and Giving
A Lee & Low Christmas
Lee & Low's Gift Guide

Human Rights:
Social Activism Diverse Book List for Grades PreK-8
10 Great Resources for Teaching About Racism
Anna May Wong and Women of Color in Hollywood Today
How to Inspire Your Classroom with Cesar Chavez's Legacy
Resources for Teaching About Wangari Maathai and Seeds of Change

Using Picture Books to Teach and Discuss Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera with Students
Protesting Injustice Then and Now
The Opposite of Colorblind: Why It's Essential to Talk to Children About Race
What Does Juneteenth Celebrate?
Que es deportar?: Teaching From Students' Lives
Voices from the Civil Rights Movement: Interview with Moses Teel, Jr.