In light of the current US administration's recent actions targeting unhoused people, the current resource series focuses on books that center homelessness, hunger, and poverty as a way to humanize a demographic of people who are often vilified and dehumanized. This is Part 2 of children's books! Check out a few links that offer ideas on how to help children volunteer in their own communities in support of unhoused folks in the list directly below and scroll down to check out 12 books you might like to read as a family.
Ways for Children and Young People to Volunteer in Support of Unhoused Folks
- Volunteering With Your Child - Hearts for the Homeless
- Opal's Heart - Get Involved
- A Giant List of Ideas for Kids to Serve Others, Volunteer, and Make a Difference - Field Trip Texas
- 50 Kid Friendly Volunteering Ideas
- Guide for to Children to Help Homeless - Blanchet House
- Helping Homeless Children: 8 Ways to Make a Difference
- 12 Cool Volunteer Opportunities for Kids - Utopia
- Get Involved - National Coalition for the Homeless
- How to Help - Coalition For The Homeless
Image Description: A mother and daughter read a picture book together. They are stretched out, lying on their stomachs, on a bed with a pink comforter together. They are both Black and have long, curly hair with brown highlights. The mother is wearing a pink cardigan, and the daughter is wearing flowery pink pajamas.
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12 Children's Books that Center Homelessness
- Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
- A Haitian Story of Hope: Sélavi: That is Life by Youme Landowne
- The Lunch Thief by Anne C. Bromley, illustrated by Robert Casilla
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- I Can Hear the Sun: A Modern Myth by Patricia Polacco
- A Shelter in Our Car by Monica Gunning, illustrated by Elaine Pedlar
- Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynne Williams, Khadra Mohammed, and Doug Chayka
- December by Eve Bunting
- Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
- A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story by Erin Gunti and Estelí Meza
- Dear Librarian by Lydia M. Sigwarth, illustrated by Romina Gulotta
- On Our Street: A First Talk about Poverty by Dr. Jillian Roberts and Jaime Casap
Sources
- 31 Children's Books about Homelessness (Pragmatic Mom): 31 Children's Books about Homelessness - Pragmatic Mom
- 30 Emotional Children's Books About Poverty & Homelessness (Imagination Soup): 30 Emotional Children's Books About Poverty & Homelessness - Imagination Soup
- 10 Children's Books About Homelessness and Housing (Rebekah Gienapp): 10 Children's Books about Homelessness and Housing
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