NY Reads, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NY Reads is a diverse and inclusive simultaneous access collection of over 1,300 eBook and audiobooks purchased by 33 BOCES and Big 5 Districts throughout New York State. The collection includes a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles to meet the individual and academic needs of learners across the state.
Created by NY Reads members from your local School Library System

- 2,739 Resources including
- 361 Videos
- 251 Book Readings
- 405 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 218 book results


Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship
by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon
39 Resources4 Awards

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
34 Resources11 Awards

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
33 Resources11 Awards


Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
28 Resources13 Awards

Stella Díaz Has Something to Say
28 Resources3 Awards

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
27 Resources4 Awards

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
27 Resources5 Awards

Sisters of the Neversea
23 Resources4 Awards



Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, and Nicole Neidhardt
22 Resources3 Awards

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis
by Jabari Asim and E.B. Lewis
21 Resources6 Awards

Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
21 Resources3 Awards

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History
by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace, and Charly Palmer
21 Resources4 Awards


Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
by Walter Dean Myers and Floyd Cooper
20 Resources3 Awards




So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
by Gary D. Schmidt and Daniel Minter
19 Resources4 Awards