Diverse Book List
The Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Equity Committee has created a Diverse Book List, geared toward consistently representing all students in an equitable and inclusive way. The book list is extensive and broken down into curriculum units that are often seen in the Co-op classrooms. From Dinosaurs to Friendship, Outer Space to Families, you are sure to find some excellent ideas for reading aloud with your children.
Dig Dig Digging
Margaret Mayo | Ages 2+
This bright, noise-filled book brings together the vehicles that children adore.
The Princess and the Pit Stop
Tom Angleberger | Ages 3+
A plucky princess races against a gaggle of fairy-tale and nursery rhyme characters in this epic car race with illustrations full of action.
The Airport Book
Lisa Brown | Ages 3+
Follow a multiracial family on their airplane trip and learn about the steps in their adventure.
Emergency!
Gail Gibbons | Ages 3+
See what people do in an emergency to help using special vehicles and equipment.
All the Way to Havana
Margarita Engle | Ages 3+
A boy and his parents drive to Havana, Cuba, experiencing the sites and sounds of the city and its vintage cars.
A Fire Engine for Ruthie
Lesléa Newman | Ages 4+
Ruthie loves to visit Nana, but Nana doesn’t have the vehicle toys that Ruthie loves to play with, so she creates her own.
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Isabel Quintero | Ages 4+
When Daisy zooms around her neighborhood with Papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places in her Southern California neighborhood.
Fly, Girl, Fly: Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World
Nancy Roe Pimm | Ages 4+
Shaesta Waiz is a refugee from Afghanistan who overcame gender stereotypes to be the youngest woman to fly around the globe by herself in a single engine aircraft.
Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight
Karyn Parsons | Ages 4+
The story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American pilot to fight for her right to fly.
Building a House
Byron Barton | Ages All
From a hill to a house and all the steps in between.
Kitten and the Night Watchman
John Sullivan | Ages 2+
The night watchman hugs his wife and kids and drives to work at the construction site. All night he is alone, until he meets a kitten.
Fix it! A Reparar!
Georgie Birkett | Ages 2+
A girl and her parents fix things around the house. Biligual English and Spanish.