Anti-Bias Education
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude Steele
- Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
- Other’s People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit
Class/Status
- The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges–and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates by Daniel Golden
- The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine, Ph.D
Gender
- Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D
Race
- 40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist Child by Barbara Mathias & Mary Ann French
- Racism: A Short History by George M. Fredrickson
- The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege by Robert Jensen
- Everyday Acts Against Racism: Raising Children In a Multiracial World, Edited by Maureen T. Reddy
- The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism by Debra Van Ausdale & Joe R. Feagin
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent’s Guide to Raising Multiracial Children by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children in a Race-Conscious Society by Dr. Darlene Powell Hopson and Dr. Derek S. Hopson
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Others
- Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
- Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson, Ph.D and Catherine O’Neill Grace with Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D
- The Parents We Mean To Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development by Richard Weissbourd
- The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Dr. Norman Doidge
Hi. My client mentioned your site. You are a great resource on such an important topic. I want to recommend a book to consider for your ‘Books on My Shelf’ list: The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler is a delightful book about acceptance of all skin colors. It doesn’t use historical references or photographs. Kids enjoy the Dr. Seuss type rhymes, and parents learn a new way to talk to their kids about different skin colors. Thanks!
Thank you for the recommendation, Alicia! I will be sure to add this to the list. I love the theme and I love the cover art!