I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Gordon C. James
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves took on the World
Kathy Lowinger
(Grades 9-12)
Islandborn
Junot Díaz and illustrated by Los Espinosa
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Abdul’s Story
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Tiffany Rose
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway
Rosemary Sadlier
(Grades 8-12)
Through My Eyes
Ruby Bridges
(Grades 6-9)
History of Me
Adrea Theodore and illustrated by Erin Robinson
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem
Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
I Am Enough
Grace Byers and pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Boonoonoonous Hair!
Olive Senior and illustrated by Laura James
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Brave Leaders and Activists Who Changed the World
J.P. Millar and Chellie Carroll
(Grades 4-9)
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
Cynthia Grady and illustrated by Michele Wood
(Grades 4-8)
The Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Grades 6-9)
We Are Not Equal: Understanding the Racial Divide
Tonya Bolden
(Grades 10-12)
Your Name is a Song
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Luisa Uribe
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandala's Hope for His Nation
Lindsay McDivitt
(Grades 2-8)
Africville: An African Nova Scotian Community is Demolished – and Fights Back
Gloria Ann Wesley
(Grades 8-12)
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Paul Lee
(Grades 4-8)
Meet Viola Desmond
Elizabeth MacLeod and illustrated by Mike Deas
(Kindergarten-Grade 12)
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
(Grades 5-9)
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly
(Kindergarten-Grade 9)
Creating a Hapy School Community
Bobbie Kalman
(Grades 3-5)
Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science
Jeannine Atkins
(Grades 5-8)
Eyes & Spies: How You’re Tracked and Why You Should
Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Belle Wuthrich
(Grades 4-11)
Information Literacy and Fake News
Diane Dakers
(Grades 5-9)
Father’s Road
Ji-yun Jang
(Grades 1-5)
Mapping Human Activity
Tim Cooke
(Grades 5-9)
Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War
María José Ferrada
(Grades 2-4)
Pier 21: Stories from Near and Far
Anne Renaud
(Grades 5-9)
This is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias
Tanya Lloyd Kyi
(Grades 7-12)
What is Money?
Ben Hubbard
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
What’s So Special About Shakespeare?
Michael Rosen
Grades 5-8)
A Voice for the Spirit Bears
Carmen Oliver and illustrated by Katy Dockrill
(Grades 1-7)
The Trail of Nenaboozhoo and Other Creation Stories
Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch (Ojibwe)
(Grades 7-12)
Mapping My Way Home: A Gitixan History
Neil J. Sterritt (Gitxsan)
(Grades 9-12)
I Lost My Talk
Rita Joe (Mi'kmaq) and illustrated by Pauline Young (Mi'kmaq)
(Kindergarten to Grade 3)
I’m Finding My Talk
Rebecca Thomas (Mi'kmaw) and illustrated by Pauline Young (Mi'kmaq)
(Kindergarten to Grade 3)
There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities
Ingrid R.G. Waldron
(Grades 10-12)
Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People
Eldon Yellowhorn (Piikani Nation) and Kathy Lowinger
(Grades 4-9)
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environment Justice, from Colonialization to Standing Rock
Dina Gilio-Whitaker (member of the Colville Confederated Tribes)
(Grades 10-12)
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
(Grades 8-12)
Th’owiya: The Hungry Feast Dish
Joseph A. Dandurand (Kwantlen)
(Grades 7-12)
Little Wolf
Teoni Spathelfer (Heiltsuk) and illustrated by Natassia Davies (Coast Salish)
(Grades 1-5)
Kiviuq and the Bee Woman
Noel McDermott and illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas
The Eagle Mother
Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson (Gitxsan) and illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Métis)
(Grades 1-4)
When I Was Eight
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialuit)and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
(Grades 2-4)
Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialuit), and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
(Grades 4-7)
Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndasswsii - I Am Not a Number
Jenny Kay Dupuis (Anishinaabe), Kathey Kacer, and illustrated by Gillian Newland
(Grades 3-6)
Goodbye Buffalo Bay
by Larry Loyie (Cree) with Constance Brissenden
(Grades 6-7)
No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of Kuper Island Residential School
by Sylvia Olsen (Tsartlip First Nation) with Rita Morris (Tsartlip First Nation) and Ann Sam (Tsartlip First Nation)
(Grades 6-9)
On the Side of the Angels
by Jose Amaujay Kusugak (Inuk)
(Grades 6-9)
Orange Shirt Day, September 30th by the Orange Shirt Society
(Kindergarten-Grade 12)
The Orange Shirt Story
by Phyllis Webstad (Secwépemc) and illustrator Brock Nicol
(Grades 2-7)
Residential Schools: Indigenous Life in Canada, Past, Present, Future
by Heather C. Hudak
(Grades 4-9)
The Secret Pocket
by Peggy Janicki (Dakelh) and illustrated by Carrielynn Victor (Coast Salish)
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)
Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story
by David Alexander Robertson (Swampy Cree) and Scott B. Henderson
(Grades 7-12)
Posted
John David Anderson
(Grades: 2-4)
Save Me A Seat
Sarah Weeks
(Grades: 5-7)
A Song Below Water
Bethany C. Morrow
(Grades: 10-11)
The Street Belongs to Us
Karleen Pendleton Jimenez and drawings by Gabriela Godoy
(Grades: 3-8)
Those Who Dwell Below
Aviaq Johnston (Inuk) and illustrated by Toma Felzo Gas
(Grades: 9-12)
Powwow Summer
Nahanni Shingoose (Saulteaux)
(Grades: 4-9)
Can You See Me?
Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
(Grades: 3-7)
Melissa
Alex Gino
(Grades: 3-7)
My Name is Konisola
Alisa Siegel
(Grades: 5-8)
The Ghost Collector
Allison Mills (Ililiw/Cree and settler Canadian)
(Grades 6-8)
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
(Grades: 5-9)
Count Me In
Varsha Bajaj
(Grades 6-9)
The Barren Grounds
David Robertson (Cree)
(Grades 4-9)
Birdie
Eileen Spinelli
(Grades 5-8)
Butterfly Park
Elly MacKay
Don't Touch My Hair
Sharee Miller
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
Julia Finley Mosca
Hello Ruby Adventures in Coding
Linda Liukas
I Like Myself
Karen Beaumont
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
Isabel F. Campoy
Not All Princesses Dress in Pink
Jane Yolan
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade
Justin Roberts
Land Acknowledgement
Trinity Western University's Langley campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Stó:lō people. We are grateful for the opportunity to live, work, and learn on this land.
