Building a classroom library that offers a wide-range of reading abilities is important. However, perhaps even more important when building your classroom library is making sure that your collection includes books that represent diversity, are inclusive, and address tough issues such as race, prejudices, and LGBTQ at an age-appropriate level.

When people know better, they do better. Our role as educators is to teach young citizens to be kind, accepting, and knowledgeable about others’ differences. What better way to get students talking about things that matter than through meaningful and relevant literature?   And of course, in order to do that, you’re going to need literature in your classroom that represents diversity. 

The list of books below include titles that you may want to consider adding to your collection (click on each title to purchase off Amazon.com, if desired):