Green is a Chile Pepper – A Book of Colors by Rosanne Greenfield Thong This book talks celebrates beautiful skin colors from people all over the world. The story is between a boy in America and a boy in India who are pen pals. I love this book! It is talking about how we can have so many similarities with people in different countries. Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw Anyone who has ever jumped off a diving board can relate to Jabari! My youngest loves this book, so we’ve read this one a lot. It’s to give you a list of really good books to use in the classroom that are inclusive. However, this blog post is not to talk about Dr. Seuss books and concluded that only 2% of his books had characters of color (45 characters out of 2,240 (identified) human characters.) Check out this post to read more on this topic. Did you know none of his books include girls of color? Or that he was a racist political cartoonist before becoming an author and illustrator? Children’s books are an effective tool for starting conversations and opening minds to diversity in the world. One powerful way to do this is through books. You have a voice and an important role in the fight against racism. With the recent events, I think it’s important for teachers and parents to take a look at what they are teaching and make changes. Today I’m sharing with you my suggestions for multicultural books for early childhood classrooms. Are they inclusive? What are they teaching? Or what are they omitting? Sometimes it’s not what’s inside of a book, but what’s missing altogether. Take a look at your curriculum, toys, and books in your classroom. If you are a teacher, you have an important role in the fight against racism.
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