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Kids’ Book Recommendations: Black Lives Matter

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At RJ Julia Booksellers, we're committed to learning and improving how we can be impactful and part of substantive progress. Unsurprisingly, we turn to books to help us accomplish this. Below, we have provided a number of recommendations for readers to begin down the path so many of us need to travel. If you have suggestions, recommendations, or requests, please do not hesitate to share them with us. We have a sense of hope that this is a moment where a shift can really occur. Let's do this together.

A is for Activist By Innosanto Nagara Cover Image
$11.95
ISBN: 9781609805395
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Published: Triangle Square - November 19th, 2013

Citizen Baby: My Vote By Megan E. Bryant, Daniel Prosterman, Micah Player (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
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ISBN: 9781524793128
Published: Penguin Workshop - May 5th, 2020

Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America By Deborah Diesen, Magdalena Mora (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Deborah Diesen, Magdalena Mora (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534439580
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Published: Beach Lane Books - February 18th, 2020

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Black Is a Rainbow Color By Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626726314
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - January 14th, 2020

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The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
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Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019

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Clean Getaway By Nic Stone Cover Image
$16.99
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ISBN: 9781984892973
Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020

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Black Brother, Black Brother By Jewell Parker Rhodes Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316493802
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020

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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich By Ibi Zoboi Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780399187353
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - August 27th, 2019

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Genesis Begins Again By Alicia D. Williams Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481465809
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - January 15th, 2019

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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks By Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481438285
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 8th, 2019

Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus) By Lawrence Goldstone Cover Image
$18.99
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ISBN: 9781338323481
Published: Scholastic Focus - January 7th, 2020

After the Shot Drops By Randy Ribay Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780358108061
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Published: Clarion Books - January 21st, 2020

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Kent State By Deborah Wiles Cover Image
$19.99
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ISBN: 9781338356281
Published: Scholastic Press - April 21st, 2020

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I'm Not Dying with You Tonight By Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal Cover Image
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781492678892
Published: Sourcebooks Fire - August 6th, 2019

Long Way Down By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781481438261
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - April 2nd, 2019

Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel (Stevie Stevenson ) By April Sinclair Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781504058520
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Published: Open Road Media - June 25th, 2019

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come By Mildred D. Taylor Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780399257308
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020

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The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017

Brown Girl Ghosted By Mintie Das Cover Image
$17.99
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ISBN: 9780358128892
Published: Versify - March 24th, 2020

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You Should See Me in a Crown By Leah Johnson Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338503265
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Published: Scholastic Press - June 2nd, 2020

Ghost Boys By Jewell Parker Rhodes Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780316262262
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019

The Boy in the Black Suit By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781442459519
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 16th, 2016

American Street By Ibi Zoboi Cover Image
$19.99
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ISBN: 9780062473042
Published: Balzer + Bray - February 14th, 2017

Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday By Natalie C. Anderson Cover Image
$11.99
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ISBN: 9780399547621
Published: Penguin Books - January 14th, 2020

Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard By Echo Brown Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250309853
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - January 14th, 2020

No True Believers By Rabiah York Lumbard Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525644255
Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - February 11th, 2020