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Inspiration for Young Activists

For children and young people, these titles include information about how to make a change in your community, about activism, and inspiring tales of young change makers

Pima County Public Library

20 items

  • I Am We

    A Book of Community (A Picture Book)

    Verde, Susan
    eBook, 2024Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024
  • From the "Rocket Says . . ." series: Rocket organizes a peaceful protest to save her local library! "This empowering, heartwarming picture book is a love letter to libraries and the power of reading. And it shows the incredible power we ALL have…
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, 2023. — Picture Book Bryon
  • Carole Lindstrom is Anishinaabe/Metis and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. "Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s…
    Book, 2020New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2020] — Picture Book Lindstrom
  • How I Resist

    Activism and Hope for a New Generation

    Book, 2018New York : Wednesday Books, [2018] — 320.08309 H8301 2018 TEEN
  • Book, 2023Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2023] — Picture Book Khalil
  • What We Believe

    a Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book

    Garcia, Lalena
    Book, 2020New York : Lee & Low Books, [2020] — 323.1196 G1655w 2020 CHILD
  • Be the Change

    the Future Is in Your Hands

    Moyle, Eunice
    Book, 2018Lake Forest, CA : Walter Foster Jr., an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2018] — 303.4 M875b 2018 CHILD
  • Kids on the March

    15 Stories of Speaking Out, Protesting, and Fighting for Justice

    Long, Michael G.
    Book, 2021Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2021. — 320.0835 L8528k 2021 CHILD
  • Victory. Stand!

    Raising My Fist for Justice

    Smith, Tommie, 1944-
    Graphic Novel, 2022New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2022] — 796.42092 Sm676v 2022 TEEN
  • Book, 2020Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020. — Picture Book Brewer
  • Enough!

    20 Protesters Who Changed America

    Easton, Emily
    Book, 2018New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2018] — Picture Book Easton
  • Book, 2022Concord, MA : Barefoot Books, 2022. — Picture Book Tarnowska
  • She Sang for India

    How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change

    Subramaniam, Suma
    Book, 2022New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2022. — 92 Su14s 2022 CHILD
  • Rise Up!

    the Art of Protest

    Rippon, Jo
    Book, 2020Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2020. — 322.44002 R486r 2020 CHILD
  • Activist

    a Story of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shooting

    Hogg, Lauren, 2003-
    Graphic Novel, 2019Los Angeles : Zuiker Press, [2019] — 371.78209 H6795a 2019 TEEN
  • Malala

    My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights

    Yousafzai, Malala
    eBook, 2018Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018
  • "Blue is a quiet color. Red's a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don't like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand — until One comes along and shows all the colors how…
    Book, 2008Mill Valley, CA : KO Kids Books, 2008. — Picture Book Otoshi