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.
The Runaway Tortilla
Eric Kimmel | Ages 4+
A long retelling of the gingerbread man starring a tortilla in Texas. Count the creatures chasing him.
The Same but Different Too
Karl Newson | Ages 2+
These children and animals are all very different to each other. But one thing's certain: they all love a good bedtime story!
Up Up Up Down
Kimberly Gee | Ages All
Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow a baby and father through a day filled with ups and downs, ons and offs, and plenty of fun.
Big and Little: A Book of Opposites
Carolina Buzio | Ages All
Learn all about opposites in a book that's indestructible.
Mine Mine Mine Yours!
Kimberly Gee | Ages All
Three toddlers have a day of adventures full of opposites.
Lovely
Jess Hong | Ages 2+
Celebrate differences and how they make us all lovely.
Marta! Big & Small
Jen Arena | Ages 2+
As Marta explores the jungle, she compares herself to the animals using Spanish adjectives.
Goodbye, Friend! Hello, Friend!
Cori Doerrfeld | Ages 3+
Two friends navigate transitions and change, looking at the opposites in each situation, and learning how to deal with moving apart.
ABC for You and Me
Margaret Girnis | Ages All
Photographs show children with Down syndrome in activities with objects corresponding to the letters of the alphabet.
Sleepy ABC
Margaret Wise Brown | Ages All
Karen Katz illustrates this simple book about going to bed.
B Is for Baby
Atinuke | Ages All
Baby sneaks a ride on her brother’s bicycle to visit their grandfather and learns lots of “B” words along the way.
D Is for Dress-Up: The ABC’s of What We Wear
Maria Carluccio | Ages 2+
This playful fashion alphabet shares the fun of getting dressed up and simply getting dressed.