REI Center: Oppression & Resilience

This collection features titles that fit into the Diverse BookFinder category Oppression & Resilience. According to Diverse BookFinder, this includes "books about group-based injustice and struggles for justice. These include stories about BIPOC who experience and/or resist enslavement, internment, imprisonment, or violent conflict; persecution in or forced displacement from their homelands; or barriers to basic freedoms such as land, food, housing, education, health & wellness, and bodily autonomy."

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DBF Oppression & Resilience Booklist

A one-page list of 10 books aligned to the Oppression & Resilience category from Diverse BookFinder
21101

We Are Water Protectors

Written by Carole Lindstrom and Illustrated by Michaela Goade
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues...
Pre-K - 6th
21148

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Written by Linda Sue Park and Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Young Nya takes little sister Akeer along on the two-hour walk to fetch water for the family. But...
Pre-K - 3rd
21149

Mango Moon

Written by Diane de Anda and Illustrated by Sue Cornelison
When a father is taken away from his family and faces deportation, the family is left to grieve and...
Pre-K - 3rd
21138

Paper Wishes

Written by Lois Sepahban

Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until...

4th - 7th
16519

Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama

Written by Hester Bass
Mention the civil rights era in Alabama and most people recall images of terrible violence. But for...
K - 3rd
15141

Tea Cakes for Tosh

Written by Kelly Starling Lyons
This book is about a young boy named Tosh who helps his aging grandmother remember the family...
K - 3rd
21150

Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Written by Jonah Winter and Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting...
K - 4th
21151

Yusra Swims

Written by Julie Abery
This books is a biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra...
K - 3rd
21152

Let the Children March

Written by Monica Clark-Robinson and Illustrated by Frank Morrison
In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their...
1st - 4th
21153

New Shoes

Written by Susan Meyer and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Ella Mae is used to wearing her cousin's hand-me-down shoes—but when her latest pair is already too...
1st - 4th