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Our Favorite Books that Promote and Discuss Inclusivity

November 15, 2023 by Alana Dias


Books About Family and Community

  • A World of Families by Trish Holland
  • All Kinds of People by Shelly Rotner and Sheila M Kelly
  • Counting on Community by Innosanto Nagra
  • Families Belong by Dan Saks
  • Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
  • Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman
  • One Family by George Shannon
  • Sweet, Sweet Baby! by Javaka Steptoe
  • The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman
  • This Is a School by John Schu
  • We Are Grateful by Traci Sorell
  • We’re Better Together by Ekaterina Trukhan

Books about Race

  • Antiracist Baby by Ibram X Kendi
  • Baby Young, Gifted, and Black by Jaima Wilson
  • Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
  • Brown: The Many Shades of Love by Nancy Johnson James
  • Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
  • Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison
  • The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez
  • The Color of Us by Karen Katz
  • The Proudest Color by Sheila Modir and Jeffrey Kashou
  • The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler

Books About Gender and Identity

  • ABC What Can She Be? by Sugar Snap Studio
  • I Look like a Girl by Sheila Hamanaka
  • Islandborn by Junot Diaz
  • Julian Ia a Mermaid by Jessica Love
  • Mixed Me! by Taye Diggs
  • Rainbow: A First Book of Prie by Michael Genhart PhD
  • Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
  • Shaking Things Up by Susan Hood
  • She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton

Books About Celebrations

  • A Winter Walk in the City by Cathy Goldberg Fishman
  • Celebrations Around the World: The Fabulous Celebrations you Won’t Want to miss by Katy Halford
  • Dia de los Muertos by Hannah Eliot
  • Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal
  • Fiesta! : Bilingual Spanish/English book by Ginger Foglesong Guy
  • Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim
  • Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht
  • Playing with Lanterns by Wang Yage
  • Shabbat Shalom! by Douglas Florian

Books about Acceptance and Inclusion

  •  All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
  • All Bodies Are Good Bodies by Charlotte Barkla and Erica Salcedo
  • Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
  • It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
  • Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger by Elizabeth Cole
  • We Move Together by Anne McGuire and Kelly Fritsch
  • You Matter by Christian Robinson

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1700 Woodland Avenue, Austin, Texas 78741
512.621.7690 | sgarza@hillsideecc.org
In compliance with the Internal Revenue Service Procedure 76-60 regarding racial nondiscrimination, Hillside Early Childhood Center affirms its position regarding its admission policy and its future intent with the following statement:
Hillside Early Childhood Center admits students of any race, color, nationality and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational or admission policies, scholarship programs, athletic or other school administered programs. In compliance with the Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 Hillside Early Childhood Center affirms its position regarding discrimination on the basis of sex. It is the policy of Hillside Early Childhood Center not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs, administration policies and practices, or employment policies.