In case you missed Part 1 of this series of posts, you can find the titles focused on grade K-2 HERE. There, you can also read more about the source of this list, one I so appreciate and have drawn on to share these recommendations, the 2021 NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Since you can find the background story in the clicks above, I'll move right into linking the titles from the list that I have read and reviewed in the past year. Those NOT linked are simply waiting in my TO-BE-READ stack, sometimes because my focus in reviewing is on picture books. Since I trust the recommendations in this list entirely, whether there is a reveiw link or not, I hope you will, too. Each and every title is a treasure.
THIRD TO FIFTH GRADE
Act. Kayla Miller. 224pp. ISBN 9780358206354. Houghton Miin Harcourt / HMH Books for Young Readers. 3-5
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team. Christina Soontornvat. 288pp. ISBN 9781536209457. Candlewick Press. 3-5
Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring. Nancy Churnin. lllus. Felicia Marshall. 32pp. ISBN 9781939547651. Creston Books. 3-5 (I have no reveiw of this one yet, but it is a spectacular choice!
Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire. Michael O. Tunnell. 144pp. ISBN 9781580897891. Charlesbridge. 3-5
Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl. Darcy Pattison. lllus. Peter Willis. 34pp. ISBN 9781629441498. Mims House. 3-5
Farmers Unite!: Planting a Protest for Fair Prices. Lindsey Metcalf. 64pp. ISBN 9781684379088. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
History Smashers: The Mayflower. Kate Messner. lllus. Dylan Meconis. 224pp. ISBN 9780593120316. Random House Children’s Books / Random House BFYR. 3-5 I have note reviewed individual titles in this series, but each one is an outstanding and accessible (and intriguing) look at the truth of what has often been taught in history.
Interactive Constitution, The: Explore the Constitution with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and more!. David Miles. lllus. Albert Pinilla. 16pp. ISBN 9781733633529. Bushel & Peck Books. 3-5
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Kelly J. Baptist. 208pp. ISBN 9780593121368. Random House Children’s Books / Crown BFYR. 3-5
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights. Beth Anderson. lllus. E.B. Lewis. 32pp. ISBN 9781629799391. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
Lost Cities. Giles Laroche. 40pp. ISBN 9781328753649. Houghton Miin Harcourt / HMH Books for Young Readers. 3-5
Mary Seacole: Bound for the Battlefield. Susan Goldman Rubin. lllus. Richie Pope. 48pp. ISBN 9780763679941. Candlewick Press. 3-5
Mei Ling in China City: Divided by War, United by a Lifeline of Letters / Mei Ling en la Ciudad China: Divididas por la guerra, unidas por toda una vida de cartas. Icy Smith. lllus. Gayle Garner Roski. 48pp. ISBN 9780997394764. East West Discovery Press. 3-5
Most Wanted: The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams. Sarah Jane Marsh. lllus. Edwin Fotheringham. 80pp. ISBN 9781368026833. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 3-5
The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents. Kate Messner. lllus. Adam Rex. 48pp. ISBN 9781452174884. Chronicle Books. 3-5
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History. Edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradley. lllus. Jeanette Bradley. 40pp. ISBN 9781623541316. Charlesbridge. 3-5
The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and America to Share. Emma Bland Smith. lllus. Alison Jay. 48pp. ISBN 9781684371716. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne. Lesa Cline-Ransome. lllus. John Parra. 48pp. ISBN 9781481462891. Simon & Schuster / Paula Wiseman Books. 3-5
Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph’s Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty. Claudia Friddell. lllus. Stacy Innerst. 48pp. ISBN 9781684371303. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
Saving Stella: A Dog’s Dramatic Escape from War. Bassel Abou Fakher and Deborah Blumenthal. lllus. Nadine Kaadan. 40pp. ISBN 9781547601332. Bloomsbury Children’s Books. 3-5
A Small History of a Disagreement. Claudio Fuentes. lllus. Gabriela Lyon. 56pp. ISBN 9781771647076. Greystone Kids. 3-5
Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers’ Rights. Deborah Hopkinson. lllus. Kristy Caldwell. 36pp. ISBN 9781682631362. Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 3-5
The True West: Real Stories About Black Cowboys, Women Sharpshooters, Native American Rodeo Stars, Pioneering Vaqueros, and the Unsung Explorers, Builders, and Heroes Who Shaped the American West. Miin Lowe. lllus. Wiliam Luong. 48pp. ISBN 9781733633512. Bushel & Peck Books. 3-5
Voices of Justice: Poems about People Working for a Better World. George Ella Lyon. lllus. Jennifer M. Potter. 48pp. ISBN 9781250263209. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. 3-5
We The People: The United States Constitution Explored and Explained. Aura Lewis and Evan Sargent. lllus. Aura Lewis. 128pp. ISBN 9780711254046. Quarto Group / Wide Eyed Editions. 3-5
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane. Kirsten W. Larson. lllus. Tracy Subisak. 48pp. ISBN 9781629799384. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
Prairie Lotus. Linda Sue Park. 272pp. ISBN 9781328781505. Houghton Miin Harcourt / Clarion Books. 3-5 American as Paneer Pie. Supriya Kelkar. 320pp. ISBN 9781534439382. Simon & Schuster / Aladdin. 3-8
Bear and Fred: A World War II Story. Iris Argaman. Translator Annette Appel. lllus. Avi Ofer. 48pp. ISBN 9781542018210. Amazon Publishing / Amazon Crossing Kids. 3-8
Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties. Sue Macy. 96pp. ISBN 9781426336768. National Geographic Children’s Books. 3-8
Cast Away: Poems for Our Time. Naomi Shihab Nye. 176pp. ISBN 9780062907691. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Greenwillow Books. 3-12
Efrén Divided. Ernesto Cisneros. 272pp. ISBN 9780062881687. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Quill Tree Books. 3-8
House by the Lake, The: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home. Thomas Harding. lllus. Britta Teckentrup. 48pp. ISBN 9781536212747. Candlewick Studio. 3-12
The Last Tree Town. Beth Turley. 272pp. ISBN 9781534420649. Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 3-8
Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea. Written and Illustrated by Josie James. 48pp. ISBN 9781250214737. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. 3-8
A Place at the Table. Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan. 336pp. ISBN 9780358116684. Houghton Miin Harcourt / Clarion Books. 3-8
Rise Up!: The Art of Protest. by Jo Rippon. 64pp. ISBN 9781623541507. Charlesbridge. 3-12 The Children’s Book Council | National Council for the Social Studies
2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Santiago’s Road Home. Alexandra Diaz. 336pp. ISBN 9781534446236. Simon & Schuster / Paula Wiseman Books. 3-8
A Wish in the Dark. Christina Soontornvat. 384pp. ISBN 9781536204940. Candlewick Press. 3-8
Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice. Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood. lllus. Theodore Taylor III. 56pp. ISBN 9781250311207. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. 3-12
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