Topic: Children & Young Adults


$16.95 Add to Cart	Only Passing Through - The Story of Sojourner Truth By Anne Rockwell, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Beautiful picture book with award-winning illustrations and text. MORE INFO
$17.95 Add to Cart	Crossing Bok Chitto - A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom There is a river called Bok Chitto that cuts through Mississippi. In the days before the War Between the States, in the days before the Trail of Tears, Bok Chitto was a boundary, on one side of the river lived the Choctaws, a nation of Indian people. On the other side lived the plantation owners and their slaves. Thus begins the story about seven slaves who cross the big river to freedom, led by a Choctaw angel walking on water! MORE INFO
$7.95 Add to Cart	Aani and the Tree Huggers A beautiful book based on real events in Northern India in the 1970s. This is the story of the Chipko Andolan "Hug the Tree Movement." A movement of women to save the trees in their community. MORE INFO
$15.95 Add to Cart	¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A. Every night, Carlitos sleeps while his mother goes to work as a janitor in a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. When she comes home in the morning, she sends Carlitos off to school before she goes to bed herself. One night his mamá explains that she is not making enough money to support him and his abuelita. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike to demand better wages. Carlitos wants to help, but he doesn't know how until... MORE INFO
$17.99 Add to Cart	No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance Using true accounts, author Doreen Rappaport puts readers in the shoes of eleven extraordinary individuals, and documents the many forms of slave resistance: subversion, uprisings, escape, poetry, religion and song. Illustrations by Shane W. Evans MORE INFO
$18.95 Add to Cart	Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad? By Sandy Lynne Holman This beautifully illustrated story answers the question with a prideful primer on Africa history and culture. MORE INFO
$16.95 Add to Cart	Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki Illustrated by Dom Lee In 1942, while the U.S. was at war with Japan, the U.S. Army moved all people of Japanese descent away from the West Coast. Inspired by actual events, this is a moving tale of life in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. The story is told from the point of view of a child. MORE INFO
$16.95 Add to Cart	Richard Wright and the Library Card By William Miller Illustrated by Gregory Christie This is the touching true story of Richard Wright's fierce determination to read. MORE INFO
$14.95 Add to Cart	Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery A beautifully rendered and true account from the life of the famous writer and activist Frederick Douglass. This book is a timeless reminder that freedom is something never to be taken for granted. MORE INFO
$16.95 Add to Cart	A Young Peoples History of the United States Vol. 1 by Howard Zinn A retelling of U.S. history from the viewpoints of slaves, workers, immigrants, women, Native Americans and others whose histories are rarely included in books for young people. Also see Volume 2 MORE INFO
$17.95 Add to Cart	A Young Peoples History of the United States Volume Two by Howard Zinn Class Struggle to the War on Terror. In Volume Two, Howard Zinn's lively, clear prose takes the reader through the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century. MORE INFO
$17.95 Add to Cart	Sélavi—A Haitian Story of Hope Children long to become capable and to show how much they can care for each other. This book helps them begin to think and to find ways of doing this, even as children. Especially as children. MORE INFO
$9.95 Add to Cart	A Little Piece of Ground By Elizabeth Laird with Sonia Nimr An extraordinary book about war and peace through the eyes of a young Palestinian boy MORE INFO
$12.00 Add to Cart	We Won't Go! A Guide to Resistance This book is aimed at increasing recruiting problems by helping young people and their parents counter the lies of the recruiters. In this book, you will find practical tools for challenging recruiters, exposing their falsehoods, and getting them out of our schools. MORE INFO
$14.95 Add to Cart	The Shame of the Nation The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America By Jonathan Kozol. Since the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation of Black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968. Filled with the passionate voices of children, principals, and teachers, and some of the most revered leaders in the Black community, this book directly challenges the chilling practices now being forced upon our urban systems by the Bush administration. MORE INFO
$15.00 Add to Cart	Malcolm X Talks to Young People Young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist. And here in this country, it has been my observation that when you get into a conversation on racism and discrimination and segregation, you will find young people more incensed over it—they feel more filled with an urge to eliminate it.—Malcolm X, January 1965 MORE INFO
$10.00 Add to Cart	Addicted to War Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism By Joel Andreas Updated to include the war in Iraq. "Addicted to War is not only a witty and entertaining portrait of our war-dependent economy, but a truly relevant insight not available in the mainstream media, something our children should know before they must make their choice whether or not to become fodder for the military machine."—Susan Sarandon MORE INFO
$17.95 Add to Cart	When the Horses Ride By - Children in the Times of War Poems by Eloise Greenfield, Illustrations by Jan Spivey Gilchrist Insightful poetry and captivating illustrations combine in a tender, heartening testament to the resilience of children affected by the turmoil of war. MORE INFO