Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since 2015 -- honoring exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms
- 21,963 Resources including
- 2,398 Videos
- 1,303 Book Readings
- 2,097 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Biography Selection, 2022)
70+ Resources22 Awards
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021)
65+ Resources19 Awards
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016)
60+ Resources16 Awards
All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016)
60+ Resources10 Awards
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2021)
55+ Resources12 Awards
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
55+ Resources17 Awards
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020)
50+ Resources22 Awards
Watercress
by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022)
50+ Resources15 Awards
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Biography Selection, 2021)
50+ Resources18 Awards
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015)
50+ Resources16 Awards
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
(Biography Selection, 2016)
50+ Resources20 Awards
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2022)
45+ Resources16 Awards
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019)
45+ Resources14 Awards
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Biography Selection, 2015)
45+ Resources15 Awards
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022)
45+ Resources9 Awards
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2019)
45+ Resources13 Awards
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
45+ Resources10 Awards
We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021)
45+ Resources12 Awards
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Geography, People, Places Selection, 2015)
40+ Resources15 Awards
Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2017)
40+ Resources10 Awards
Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Women's History Selection, 2018)
40+ Resources13 Awards
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021)
40+ Resources10 Awards
Milo Imagines the World
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022)
40+ Resources10 Awards
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2023)
(Reference Selection, 2022)
40+ Resources14 Awards
Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016)
40+ Resources11 Awards
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
by Gloria Amescua and Duncan Tonatiuh
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022)
40+ Resources12 Awards
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015)
40+ Resources14 Awards
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017)
40+ Resources14 Awards
