Ibram Kendi – 6 Books to Help Kids Understand Race [NPR Interview]

In a recent NPR interview, Activist and author of Stamped From The Beginning Ibram Kendi, recommends six books to help your kids understand race.

Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi

 
Hardcover: Bold Type Books, 2016
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LISTEN to this great NPR Interview with Ibram Kendi about the books he recommends for kids…

 
Kendi’s Reading Recommendations for Kids…
 

Dear Martin
Nic Stone

Paperback, Ember 2018
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Dear Justyce
Nic Stone

Paperback: Crown Books, 2020
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson

Paperback: Puffin Books, 2016
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The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo

Paperback: Quill Tree Books, 2020
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Erika Sánchez

Paperback: Ember, 2019
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The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph

Hardback: Candlewick, 2020
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