Library Resources - Books
Library Resources - Books
General Resources
Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook for Teachers and Trainers by Maurianne Adams (Editor), Lee Anne Bell (Editor), Pat Griffin (Editor). This book is a much needed resource that addresses the need to facilitate communication and understanding between members of diverse social groups. It provides a unified framework by which students can engage and critically analyze several forms of social oppression and discrimination. - 1997
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Classism, and Ableism by Maurianne Adams (Editor), Warren J. Blumenfeld (Editor), Rosie Castaneda (Editor), Heather W. Hackman (Editor), Madeline L. Peters (Editor), Ximena Zuniga (Editor). This anthology covers six thematic issues: racism, sexism, Anti-Semitism, heterosexism, classism and ableism. The Reader contains a mix of short personal and theoretical essays as well as entries designed to challenge students to take action to end oppressive behavior and to affirm diversity and racial justice. - 2000
Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G Johnson. This brief supplemental book provides students with an easily applied theoretical model for thinking about systems of privilege and difference. - 2001
FISH! by Stephen C Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen, Ken Blanchard. Addressing todays work issues (including employee retention and burnout) with an engaging metaphor and an appealing message that applies to any sector of any organization, Fish! offers wisdom that is easy to grasp, instantly applicable, and profound - the hallmarks of a true business classic.
- 2000
Fish Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life by Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, Harry Paul. Fish! told the story of a fictional company which transformed itself by applying lessons learned from Seattle’s famous Pike Place fish market. Now, with Fish Tales, readers can learn how real-life businesses and individuals energized their workplaces – and their lives – by implementing the lessons from Fish! - 2002
Green Eggs and Ham Sam-I-am is as persistent as a telemarketer, changing as many variables as possible in the hopes of convincing the nameless skeptic that green eggs and ham are a delicacy to be savored. - 1960
Hands Around the World: 365 Ways to Build Cultural Awareness and Global Respect by Susan Milford.
Horton Hatches the Egg Dr. Seuss's kindly elephant is persuaded to sit on an egg while its mother, the good-for-nothing bird lazy Maysie, takes a break. - 1940
The Lorax An ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. - 1971
The Sneetches and Other Stories This collection of four of Dr. Seuss's most winning stories begins with that unforgettable tale of the unfortunate Sneetches, bamboozled by one Sylvester McMonkey McBean ("the Fix-it-up Chappie"), who teaches them that pointless prejudice can be costly. - 1961
The Year Toward Civility: A University in Search of Civility by Vincent G. Dethier. An account of the Chancellors Commission on Civility in Human Relations at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 1979-1982
Racial Ethnic Resources
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity Revised edition by Beverly Daniel Tatum. Anyone who has been to a high school or college has noted how students of the same race seem to stick together. Dr. Tatum has noticed it too, and she does not think it is so bad. As she explains in this book, these students are in the process of establishing and affirming their racial identity. As Tatum sees it, blacks must secure a racial identity free of negative stereotypes. The challenge to whites, on which she expounds, is to give up the privilege that their skin color affords and to work actively to combat injustice in society. - 2003
We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools by Gary R. Howard. This book is intended as a racism 101 for white educators, and it is extremely successful as an introductory text. - 1999
And Don't Call Me a Racist! A treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America.
We Can All Get Along - 50 Steps You Can Take to Help End Racism by Clyde W. Ford.
One World One People: A Collection of Photographs and Essays on the Power of the Human Experience.
National Geographics Peoples of the World A look at several ethnicities and cultures in each region of the world.
The Circle of Life: Rituals from the Human Family Album A photo essay about the rites of passage (birth, initiations, weddings, death) as they occur in cultures throughout the world.
- 1991
The Chinese Family Album by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. A scrapbook of literature and personal remembrances of Chinese immigrants and their descendants. - 1994
The Irish American Family Album by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. A history and memoir of Irish immigration to this country as told through diaries, letters, interviews and personal reflections. - 1995
Multicultural Clip Art One hundred sixty pages of clip art of countries and cultural celebrations, etc.
Religious/Spiritual Resources
Holocaust Poetry One hundred nineteen poems that are indelibly linked with the Holocaust.
- 1995
The Multi-Faith Calendar 1997: Sacred Words
The Secret Language of Symbols: A Visual Key to Symbols and Their Meanings by David Fontana Traces the origins and the evolution of a wide range of symbols and symbol systems. - 1993
Socio-economic Class Resources
Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times photos by Howard Schatz. - 1993
Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel. Sixteen photographers traveled to 30 nations around the world to live and document the lives of statistically average people in that nation.
Chicano/Hispanic Resources
Barrios and Borderlands: Cultures of Latinos and Latinas in the United States by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck An anthology organized around six cultural themes showing the mixture of Latino cultures in the US today. - 1994
Standing Tall: The Stories of Ten Hispanic Americans by Argentina Palacios
Everything You Need to Know About Latino History by Himilce Novas Shatters myths and stereotypes, provides factual information and enlightenment in an accessible reference.
The Mexican American Heritage by Carlos M. Jimenez. A textbook written by the author, a Los Angeles high school teacher, who was frustrated that no texts of this kind were in existence previously. - 1992
Brief History of Cinco de Mayo by Roberto Cabello-Aragandona.
Brown: The Last Discovery of America by Richard Rodriguez. An assessment of the meaning of Hispanics to the life of America, Rodriguez observes that Hispanics are becoming Americanized at the same rate that the United States is becoming Latinized. - 2002
Crowding Out Latinos: Mexican Americans in the Public Consciousness by Marco Portales. Part 1 of the Latino Trilogy, this groundbreaking analysis examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos.
Latino Sun Rising: Our Spanish-Speaking U.S. World by Marcos Portales. Part 2 of the Latino Trilogy, in this book, Portales looks through the window of individual life onto the morning (sol naciente) of growing up as a minority member of American society, the noontime (sol ardiente) of private adult life and the transmission of identity to a new generation, and the full heat of afternoon (sol radiante), when public business is done and the larger polity is addressed. In a society that often asks people to choose between their American and Mexican identities, Portales inscribes himself into his people's experience, remaining fully aware that no one person's story can embody the great worth and potential of all U.S. Latinos.
American Indian Resources
Native American Stories told by Joseph Bruchac. A collection of myths drawn from the native cultures of North America. - 1991
North American Indian by David Murdoch The rich cultures of Native Americans from the Pueblo dwellers of the Southwest to the whale hunters of the frozen North.
Native American Art and Folklore: A Cultural Celebration. This illustrated book brings together examples of Native American art and literature from across the continent. - 1993
The North American Indians. Primarily photographs of American Indian peoples from 1896-1930.
A Guide to America's Indians: Ceremonials, Reservations and Museums by Arnold Marquis An easy and accurate reference into parts of the American Indian culture.
Extraordinary American Indians by Susan Avery and Linda Skinner.
Native Wisdom Centuries of Native American Wisdom and Spiritual Insight. Compiled from a broad spectrum of traditions and voices. - 1995
Apache: The Sacred Path to Womanhood by John Annerino. A rare and intimate look at a sacred Native American ceremony that has survived the ravages of history through photo essays. - 1998
Black/African American Resources
Black History Month Resource Book by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Ed. Outlines hundreds of activities, special events and displays that celebrate African-American history. The Resource Book also includes an essay on Black History Month, selected bibliography, and listings of black organizations.
Malcolm X Calendar 1992
Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation by Rosa Parks. Her reflection on her life and experiences. - 1994
The Black Folks Little Instruction Book by Denise L. Stinson. Collection of provocative expressions of insight and advice designed to makes readers smile. - 1995
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson. Illustrated book of the lyrics to the Black National Anthem. - 1995
African American Voices of Triumph: Perseverance. The first book in the trilogy of compelling drama of the fundamental role that African Americans have played in the making of the American republic.
African American Voices of Triumph: Creative Fire. Looks at the diverse contributions African Americans have made to American culture by way of artistic endeavors.
Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo by Phillips Verner Bradford and Harvey Blume. Less than a century ago, a human being was put on display in the Bronx Zoo in New York City, this is the first time his story has been told. - 1992
The African Americans: A Celebration of Achievement The expanse of the African American experience, past and present in photographs and words. - 1993
Songs of My People: African Americans - A Self Portrait- 1992
I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America Calendar 1992
He Had A Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement by Flip Schulke. A documentary photography book.
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America by Tonya Bolden. This scrapbook explores what it has meant to be young and black in America.
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African American Poetry. A poetic chronicle of the African American experience and the making of America. - 1994
Forty Famous Black Americans. Picture, biography and quiz flash cards.
Resources For/About Women
If I had My Life to Live Over I Would Pick More Daisies. An anthology of women reflecting on the choices they have made, from childhood to old age through poems, stories and photographs. - 1992
Issues in Feminism by Sheila Ruth. Textbook examining women's lives and how women can affect alternatives to traditional gender roles. - 1980
The Womans Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G. Walker. Answers to countless questions are given in this feminist encyclopedia. - 1994
Womens Devotional Bible.
Anonymous Was A Woman: A Celebration in Words and Images of Traditional American Art – And the Women Who Made It by Mirra Bank Collection of American folk art by ordinary women of the 18th and 19th centuries. - 1995
HerStory: Women Who Changed the World. One hundred and twenty biographical sketches that shed light on women both familiar and little known, while exploring the forces that shaped their lives. - 1995
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins. An provocative look inside the world of sorority life offers an eye-opening view of the drugs, psychological abuse, promiscuity, racism, violence, and other problems that are rampant among young women in a typical sorority and analyzes why intelligent young women put up with these abuses in order to become part of a sorority sisterhood. - 2004
Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: the Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes by the Guerilla Girls. A hilarious satire on the stereotypes of women. Examples are given of women fitting the stereotypes and photos give the reader a sense of the message that the author is trying to convey. Inevitably the main goal of the authors is to dispel myths about women and change the way that women perceive themselves and each other. Each stereotype shows a constraint that was placed on gender and takes a humorous approach in asking why women are labeled in that manner. - 2003
Forty Famous Women. Picture, biography and quiz flash cards.
LGBTQ Resources
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman. A children's book about a girl with lesbian parents. - 1989
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite. A children's book about a boy with gay parents.
- 1990
Is It A Choice? Answers to 300 of the most frequently asked questions about gays and lesbians by Eric Marcus.
Gay Guide to the USA. The most comprehensive guide for gay and lesbian travelers by Andrew Collins.
Gay Pride: Photographs from Stonewall to Today by Fred W. McDarrah and Timothy S. McDarrah. A photo documentary of the people, places, events that Fred has covered for the Village Voice. - 1994
Out in America by Michael Golf and the staff of OUT magazine A portrait of Gay and Lesbian Life.
Voices That Care: Stories and Encouragement for People with AIDS/HIV and Those Who Love Them by Neal Hitchens.
[Dis]ability Resources
Great American Vacations for Travelers with Disabilities by Fodors
