4 Great Kids Books Celebrating Social Justice

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy through books about making a difference, being kind to others, and creating a more just world throughout history…

The Kindness Book by Todd Parr. Little readers can learn about kindness with bright and beautiful pictures. Recommended for infants.

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Peaceful Leader by Sarah Albee. Discover how Dr. Martin Luther King changed the world and pioneered many historic changes. Recommended for toddlers.

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan.  9-year-old Lorraine Jackson tells the full story of the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968 using verse and prose. Recommended for elementary schoolers.

The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren. An introduction for younger children to the Holocaust about Danish resistance who shelter a Jewish family and create a plan for their safe passage to Sweden. Recommended for tweens.