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.
Sweetest Kulu
Celina Kalluk | Ages 2+
An Indigenous Canadian mother tells her baby, Kulu, about all the animals visiting with their best wishes.
How to Find a Fox
Nilah Magruder | Ages 2+
A girl searches for a silly fox in the woods.
Neither
Airlie Anderson | Ages 2+
In a land full of bunnies and birds, can a creature who is both find a place to fit in?
Zoo Day: A My First Experience Book
Anne Rockwell | Ages 3+
A family makes the most of their first trip to the zoo.
Sharing Our World: Animals of the Native Northwest Coast
| Ages 3+
Artists from Coast Salish, Haida, Bella Bella, and many other Nations have contributed colorful images as well as cultural information about each creature.
Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner
Gareth Edwards | Ages 3+
This fun, rhyming read-aloud will guide you safely through your bedtime routine and the animals who may want to join you.
Peek! A Thai Hide-and-Seek
Minfong Ho | Ages 3+
Join a girl and her father in their noisy game of hide-and-seek in the jungle as they get help from all the animals around.
Zoe and the Fawn
Catherine Jameson | Ages 3+
Zoe and her dad see a fawn curled under a tree and go on a quest to find her mother. Bilingual English and Okanagan (Indigenous).
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
Minfong Ho | Ages 3+
A mother shushes the animals near their home as her baby sleeps.
The Girl and the Wolf
Katherena Vermette | Ages 3+
In an Indigenous take on Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf helps a girl who is lost in the woods.
A Boy and a Jaguar
Alan Rabinowitz | Ages 4+
Follow the life of Alan, who stutters as a child, but loves talking to the animals at the zoo. He grows up to work on jaguar conservation.
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
Patricia Valdez | Ages 4+
Joan went from having tea parties with lizards to becoming the first female curator at the Reptile House at the London Zoo and befriending Komodo dragons.