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.
If Bees Disappeared
Lily Williams | Ages 4+
Explores what would happen if bees became extinct, and how their extinction would effect not just bees' environment, but the world as a whole.
If Tigers Disappeared
Lily Williams | Ages 4+
Join children as they track the devastating reality of what our world might look like without tigers.
If Elephants Disappeared
Lily Williams | Ages 4+
Trace the repercussions of a world without elephants in this picture book about loss and conservation.
If Polar Bears Disappeared
Lily Williams | Ages 4+
If Polar Bears Disappeared uses accessible, charming art to explore what would happen if the sea ice melts, causing the extinction of polar bears, and how it would affect environments around the globe.
My Mommy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me: These Are the Things We Found by the Sea
Natalie Meisner | Ages 4+
Two kids and their moms spend the day on the beach, sharing the creatures and objects they find, and the people they meet.
Hank’s Big Day: The Story of a Bug
Evan Kuhlman | Ages 3+
Hank is a pillbug who goes on adventures with his human friend Amelia around her yard.
Dragonfly Kites / Pimithaagansa
Tomson Highway | Ages 4+
Two Cree brothers play with the animals in nature around them.
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
Margarita Engle | Ages 4+
In the middle ages, Maria Merian studied caterpillars in secret because people believed insects were evil.
Bea’s Bees
Katherine Pryor | Ages 4+
When the bees disappear from her favorite bumblebee nest, Beatrix goes on a research expedition to learn how to bring them back.
Maria Had a Little Llama (Maria Tenia una Llamita)
Angela Dominguez | Ages All
The traditional nursery rhyme about Mary is set in Peru with a mischievous llama.
I Like the Farm
Shelley Rotner | Ages All
Simple prose and pictures show diverse children with farm animals.
We All Play
Julie Flett | Ages 2+
Come along on a joyful romp through nature with animals and humans who all play.