DEI Books
In 2022, the Keller PTA purchased these books for the Keller library to help with our DEI initiative. These books also align with our IB curriculum. Not pictured are books about neurodiversity and persons with disabilities, such as: Benny Doesn’t Like to Be Hugged, Meeting Mimi: A Story About Different Abilities, Mr. Gringle’s Magical Wheelchair, Keisha’s Doors, An Autism Story, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and many more.
You can view the entire list of books below!
| Book Title | Author | IB Trait |
| The Big Bed | Bunmi Laditan | Communicator |
| The Boy Who Loved Words | Roni Schotter | Communicator |
| Can I Play Too | Mo Willems | Communicator |
| Chester's Masterpeice | Melanie Watt | Communicator |
| Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin | Duncan Tonatiuh | Communicator |
| Diary of A Spider | Doreen Cronin | Communicator |
| Drawn Together | Minh Le | Communicator |
| Exclamation Mark | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Communicator |
| Hello My Name is Ruby | Philip C Stead | Communicator |
| Hello! Hello! | Matthew Cordell | Communicator |
| Library Mouse | Daniel Kirk | Communicator |
| Mango, Abuela, and Me | Meg Medina | Communicator |
| Marianthe's Story: Painted Words | Aliki | Communicator |
| Max's Words | Kate Banks | Communicator |
| My Name is Yoon | Helen Recorvits | Communicator |
| Nerdy Birdy Tweets | Aaron Reynolds | Communicator |
| One Word From Sophia | Jim Averback | Communicator |
| Phileas's Fortune: A Story About Self-Expression | Agnes De Lestrade | Communicator |
| The Quiet Place | Sarah Stewart | Communicator |
| The Story Machine | Tom McLaughlin | Communicator |
| Telephone | Mac Barnett | Communicator |
| That Fruit is Mine! | Anuska Allepuz | Communicator |
| The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles | Michelle Cuevas | Communicator |
| Up The Learning Tree | Marcia Vaughan | Communicator |
| Voices in the Park | Anthony Browne | Communicator |
| Why Am I Me? | Paige Britt | Communicator |
| A Bad Case of the Stripes | David Shannon | Balanced |
| The Busy Beaver | Nicholas Oldhand | Balanced |
| Fergal is Fuming | Robert Starling | Balanced |
| The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes | Mark Pett | Balanced |
| The Good Egg | Jory John | Balanced |
| The Incredible Book Eating Boy | Oliver Jeffers | Balanced |
| Joy | Corrine Averiss | Balanced |
| The Liszts | Kyo Maclear | Balanced |
| Moon | Alison Oliver | Balanced |
| More | I.C. Springman | Balanced |
| The Nowhere Box | Sam Zuppardi | Balanced |
| The OK Book | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Balanced |
| Over-Scheduled Andrew | Ashley Spires | Balanced |
| Razia's Ray of Hope | Elizabeth Suneby | Balanced |
| So Few of Me | Peter H Reynolds | Balanced |
| Sun and Moon Sisters | Khoa Le | Balanced |
| Sweep | Louise Greig | Balanced |
| Sweet Tooth | Margie Palatini | Balanced |
| Temple Cat | Andrew Clements | Balanced |
| Tidy | Emily Gravett | Balanced |
| Unplugged | Steve Antony | Balanced |
| Burger Boy | Alan Durant | Balanced |
| Ten Tiny Things | Meg McKinlay | Balanced |
| A Book | Mordicai Gerstein | Thinkers |
| Ada Twist, Scientist | Andrea Beaty | Thinkers |
| Chalk | Bill Thomson | Thinkers |
| Dreamers | Yuyi Morales | Thinkers |
| The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: Temple Grandin | Julia Finley Mosca | Thinkers |
| Going Places | Peter H Reynolds | Thinkers |
| How the Ladies Stopped the Wind | Bruce McMillan | Thinkers |
| I Am Henry Finch | Alexis Deacon | Thinkers |
| Izzy Gizmo | Pip Jones | Thinkers |
| Magic Ramen: Momofuku Andro Story | Andrea Wang | Thinkers |
| Mr. Ferris and His Wheel | Kathryn Gibbs Davis | Thinkers |
| Not a Stick | Antoinette Portiss | Thinkers |
| On a Beam of Light: The Story of Albert Einstein | Jennifer Berne | Thinkers |
| Sarabella's Thinking Cap | Judy Schachner | Thinkers |
| Wabi Sabi | Mark Reibstein | Thinkers |
| The Way Back Home | Oliver Jeffers | Thinkers |
| What Do You Do With an Idea? | Kobi Yamada | Thinkers |
| A Stone for Sascha | Aaron Becker | Reflective |
| The Bad Seed | Pete Oswald | Reflective |
| Big Bear Hug | Nicholas Oldhand | Reflective |
| Bob the Artist | Marion Deuchars | Reflective |
| Bug in a Vacuum | Melanie Watt | Reflective |
| First Come the Zebra | Lynne Barasch | Reflective |
| KEVIN | Rob Biddulph | Reflective |
| Rosie Revere, Engineer | Andrea Beaty | Reflective |
| The Red Tree | Shaun Tan | Reflective |
| Ruby Finds a Worry | Tom Percival | Reflective |
| Shh! We Have a Plan | Chris Haughton | Reflective |
| Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad | James Rumford | Reflective |
| The Silence Seeker | Ben Morley | Reflective |
| Something Beautiful | Sharon Dennis Wyeth | Reflective |
| The Thank You Book | Mo Willems | Reflective |
| Those Shoes | Maribeth Boelts | Reflective |
| Life Without Nico | Andrea Meturana | Reflective |
| Would You Rather? | John Burningham | Reflective |
| Be a Maker | Katey Howes | Inquirers |
| Beyond the Pond | Joseph Kuefler | Inquirers |
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | William Kamkwamba | Inquirers |
| The Fortune-Tellers | Lloyd Alexander | Inquirers |
| Her Idea | Rilla Alexander | Inquirers |
| How to Read a Book | Kwame Alexander | Inquirers |
| Imagine a Place | Sarah L. Thompson | Inquirers |
| Max the Brave | Ed Vere | Inquirers |
| The Most Magnificent Thing | Ashley Spires | Inquirers |
| Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei | Peter Sis | Inquirers |
| Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge | Mem Fox | Inquirers |
| Wolves | Emily Gravett | Inquirers |
| Zoom | Istvan Banyai | Inquirers |
| How to Live Forever | Colin Thompson | Inquirers |
| The Antlered Ship | Dashka Slater | Knowledgeable |
| The Boy Who Knew Nothing | James Thorp | Knowledgeable |
| Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Oliver Jeffers | Knowledgeable |
| Iggy Peck, Architect | Andrea Beaty | Knowledgeable |
| Tomas and the Library Lady | Pat Mora | Knowledgeable |
| Weslandia | Paul Fleischman | Knowledgeable |
| Black Dog | Levi Pinfold | Risk-Taker |
| The Cow Who Climbed a Tree | Gemma Merino | Risk-Taker |
| The Dark | Lemony Snicket | Risk-Taker |
| The Dreadful Fluff | Aaron Blabey | Risk-Taker |
| Emmanuel's Dream: The Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson | Risk-Taker |
| Fearless | Colin Thompson | Risk-Taker |
| Giraffes Can't Dance | Giles Andreae | Risk-Taker |
| Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick | Cressida Cowell | Risk-Taker |
| Jabari Jumps | Gaia Cornwall | Risk-Taker |
| Journey | Aaron Becker | Risk-Taker |
| The Koala Who Could | Rachel Bright | Risk-Taker |
| The Lion Inside | Rachel Bright | Risk-Taker |
| Parachute | Danny Parker | Risk-Taker |
| The Real Boat | Marina Aromshtam | Risk-Taker |
| The Story of Fish and Snail | Deborah Freedman | Risk-Taker |
| The Thing Lou Couldn't Do | Ashley Spires | Risk-Taker |
| There Might Be Lobsters | Carolyn Crimi | Risk-Taker |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken | Douglas Rees | Risk-Taker |
| The Visitor | Antje Damm | Risk-Taker |
| What If… | Anthony Browne | Risk-Taker |
| Another | Christian Robinson | Open-Minded |
| The Day You Begin | Jacqueline Woodson | Open-Minded |
| Finding Wild | Megan Wagner Lloyd | Open-Minded |
| For Pete's Sake | Ellen Stoll Walsh | Open-Minded |
| Henry and the Kite Dragon | Bruce Edward Hall | Open-Minded |
| It's Okay To Be Different | Todd Parr | Open-Minded |
| Jack (Not Jackie) | Erica Silverman | Open-Minded |
| Julian Is a Mermaid | Jessica Love | Open-Minded |
| Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School | David Mackintosh | Open-Minded |
| Mary Wears What She Wants | Keith Negley | Open-Minded |
| The Other Side | Jacqueline Woodson | Open-Minded |
| Perfect Square | Michael Hall | Open-Minded |
| The Promise | Nicola Davies | Open-Minded |
| The Sandwich Swap | Kelly DiPucchio | Open-Minded |
| Sunday Chutney | Aaron Blabey | Open-Minded |
| Windows | Julia Denos | Open-Minded |
| Yoko | Rosemary Wells | Open-Minded |
| Thank You, Omu! | Oge Mora | Personal Narrative |
| Hair Love | Matthew Cherry and Vashti Harrison | Personal Narrative |
| The Hula Hoopin' Queen | Thelma Lynne Godin | Personal Narrative |
| Sparkle Boy | Leslea Newman | Personal Narrative |
| Carmela Full of Wishes | Matt de la Pena | Personal Narrative |
| My Papi Has a Motorcycle | Isabel Quintero | Personal Narrative |
| Hiking Day | Anne Rockwell | Personal Narrative |
| Not Little | Maya Myers | Personal Narrative |
| Kitchen Dance | Maurie J Manning | Personal Narrative |
| Roller Coaster | Marla Frazee | Personal Narrative |
| Tight Times | Barbara Shook Hazen | Personal Narrative |
| Saturdays and Teacakes | Lester L Laminack | Personal Narrative |
| Fireflies | Julie Brinckloe | Personal Narrative |
| Ralph Tells a Story | Abby Hanlon | Personal Narrative |
| My Dog Mouse | Eva Lindstrom | Personal Narrative |
| A Space For Me | Cathryn Falwell | Personal Narrative |
| Evelyn Del Ray is Moving Away | Meg Madina | Personal Narrative |
| On the Trapline | Andrea Wang | Personal Narrative |
| New Shoes | Chris Raschka | Personal Narrative |
| Watercress | Andrea Wang | Personal Narrative |
| Twister | Darlene Bailey Beard | Personal Narrative |
| An Extraordinary Egg | Leo Lionni | Caring |
| A Symphony of Whales | Steve Schuch | Caring |
| A Home For Bird | Philip C Stead | Caring |
| Be Kind | Pat Zietlow Miller | Caring |
| The Big Umbrella | Amy June Bates | Caring |
| Each Kindness | Jacqueline Woodson | Caring |
| The Digger and the Flower | Joseph Kuefler | Caring |
| Fly Free! | Roseanne Thong | Caring |
| Grandpa | John Burningham | Caring |
| Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate | Bob Graham | Caring |
| Little Bird | Germano Zullo | Caring |
| My Father's Arms are a Boat | Stein Erik Lunde | Caring |
| The Lion and the Bird | Marianne Dubuc | Caring |
| The Odd Egg | Emily Gravett | Caring |
| The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of one Ordinary Bicycle | Jude Isabella | Caring |
| Sad, the Dog | Sandy Fussel | Caring |
| Sidewalk Flowers | Jonarno Lawson | Caring |
| Strictly No Elephants | Lisa Mantchev | Caring |
| First Laugh, Welcome Baby | Rose Ann Tahe, Nancy Bo Flood | Native American Heritage |
| Fry Bread | Kevin Noble Maillard | Native American Heritage |
| We Are Grateful: Otsalihelig | Traci Sorell | Native American Heritage |
| My Heart Fills With Hapiness | Monique Gray Smith | Native American Heritage |
| When We Were Alone | David Robertson | Native American Heritage |
| You Hold Me Up | Monique Gray Smith | Native American Heritage |
| Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message | Jake Swamp | Native American Heritage |
| Bowwow Powwow | Brenda Child | Native American Heritage |
| Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story | SD Nelson | Native American Heritage |
| We Are Water Protectors | Carole Lindstrom | Native American Heritage |
| The Water Walker | Joanne Robertson | Native American Heritage |
| Simonie and the Dance Contest | Gail Matthews | Native American Heritage |
| Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina | Kate Moening | Native American Heritage |
| Hiawatha and the Peacemaker | Robbie Robertson | Native American Heritage |
| Thanku: Peoms of Gratitude | Miranda Paul | Native American Heritage |
| The First Blade of Sweetgrass | Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey | Native American Heritage |
| Greet the Dawn: The Lakota Way | SD Nelson | Native American Heritage |
| The Star People: A Lakota Story | SD Nelson | Native American Heritage |
| Ho'onani: Hula Warrior | Heather Gale | Native American Heritage |
| We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know | Traci Sorell | Native American Heritage |
| Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heros | Wab Kinew | Native American Heritage |
| The Girl and the Wolf | Katherena Vermette | Native American Heritage |
| The Whale Child | Keith & Chenoa Egawa | Native American Heritage |
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Lucky Broken Girl |
Ruth Behar |
Other |
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Benny Doesn’t Like to Be Hugged |
Zetta Elliott |
Other |
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Why Are You Looking At Me? I Just Have Down Syndrome |
Lisa Tompkins |
Other |
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Meeting Mimi: A Story About Different Abilities |
Francie Dolan |
Other |
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Skin Like Mine |
Latashia M. Perry |
Other |
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Completely Matt: An ADHD Story |
Justine Green, Ed.D. |
Other |
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Why is That Doggie in the Store? |
Joaquin Juatai |
Other |
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My Friend Suhana |
Shaila Abdullah & Aanya Abdulla |
Other |
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Juan Has the Jitters |
Aneta Cruz |
Other |
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Sign Up Here: A Story About Friendship |
Kathryn Cole |
Other |
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Completely Me |
Justine Green Ed.D. |
Other |
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Moses Goes to a Concert |
Isaac Millman |
Other |
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Rescue & Jessica, A Life-Changing Friendship |
Jessica Kensey & Patrick Downes |
Other |
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Mr. Gringle’s Magical Wheelchair |
Natalie Conchar |
Other |
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Different is Awesome! |
Ryan Haack |
Other |
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I Am Not a Label |
Cerrie Burnell |
Other |
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I Am Unique |
Jennifer Vassel |
Other |
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A Boy and A Jaguar |
Alan Rabinowitz |
Other |
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Hiya Moriah |
Victoria Nelson |
Other |
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I Am Me |
Tristan Towns & Lacey Howard |
Other |
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I’m Just a Kid, A Social Emotional Book On Self-Regulation |
Chandele Morris |
Other |
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Hello Goodbye Dog |
Maria Gianferrari |
Other |
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Keisha’s Doors, An Autism Story |
Marvie Ellis |
Other |
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My Brother Charlie |
Holly Robinson Peete |
Other |
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Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You |
Sonia Sotomayor |
Other |