I Dream Library x Vancouver Art Gallery
YOUNG ACTIVIST READING ROOM
Small Stories of BIG Change
Curated in response to the Exhibit Yoko Ono: Growing Freedom
October 9, 2021 - May 1, 2022 | VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
This reading room is curated to connect children, families, and students of all ages with stories of small moments that lead to big change. Here you will find literary selections reflecting global and local peace activism, environmental stewardship, family, and relationships: with ourselves, each other, and the elements of nature. These titles reflect and are inspired by real people, events, and experiences.
KIDLiT SELECTIONS
Picture Books
Milo Imagines the World
Equity Discussions: incarceration | family separation | mom
We Are Water Protectors
Equity Topics: Indigenous worldview | water rights | environmental rights | activism | stewardship
Lubna and Pebble
Freedom from war | displacement | refugee story | new home | childhood friends | father
Dreamers
Freedom to begin again | immigration | Mexican American | library | mom
Grandad Mandela
South Africa | Nelson Mandela | Freedom from apartheid
The Most Beautiful Thing
Hmong Refugee history | Family | Grandmother
Islandborn
Equity Topics: revolution | Dominican Republic history | migration | community | school
Los Desos De Carmela | Carmela Full of Wishes
Mexican american | Migrant workers | family separation | undocumented status
Je Marche Avec Vanessa | I Walk with Vanessa
Allyship | A wordless picture book | school
Juliàn is a Mermaid
Freedom to explore, express, and identify | Grandmother
The Youngest Marcher
USA civil Rights | Audrey Faye Hicks | Activism | Community | Policing
Drum Dream Girl
girls drumming | Millo Castro Zaldarriaga | Chinese-African-Cuban history
Giant Steps to Change the World
Activism through time and genres
What If…
Freedom through creating
Imagine
John Lennon | Yoko Ono Lennon | Peace
The Proudest Blue
religious freedom | Hijab | Islam | school
It Began With a Page
activism through art | a story about Gyo FujiKawa
The Case For Loving
Changing Laws | Activism | Love & Marriage Rights
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
Freedom to identify as you chose | intersex | non binary | gender fluid | Life as activism
Malcolm Little
childhood of civil rights leader Malcolm X | gardening | education | Racism | Family
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged
Segregation | Civil Rights | Canadian history
The Name Jar
Allyship | Newcomer | Korean american story | Family | school
Malala’s Magic Pencil
Girls Rights & Access to Education | childhood Activism | community | Peace
Our House is On Fire
Climate change | Youth Activism | Neurodiversity | School strike
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. | Civil Rights | Activism
Nibi’s Water Song
Clean Water Rights | Canadian Indigenous Land Reserves | Activism | community
MIDDLE GRADE SELECTIONS
graphic novels & novels
The Blue Road
migration | Class | Access | Borders | Swamp
This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges | US Civil rights | segregation | racism | school | Child Activism
Harbor Me
immigrants | deportation | incarceration | mixed heritage | school | learning Allyship
King and the Dragonflies
Brotherhood | Queer identity | Racism | connection after death | FRIENDSHIP | bayou
A Girl Called Echo Series
Métis History & Rebellion | Foster Care | School | Ancestors
