Explore the Anti-Racist Family Library Collection at Totnes Library

Totnes Library is proud to host the Anti-Racist Family Library, a special collection of books generously donated by a group of local parents. This collection features a diverse range of adult and junior fiction and non-fiction, carefully selected to help families explore different perspectives, celebrate diversity, and engage in meaningful conversations about race and inclusion.

Libraries Unlimited is committed to being an anti-racist organisation, ensuring our libraries are inclusive, welcoming spaces for all.

You can browse the collection in person at Totnes Library or explore the full book list below. The titles are also available in our online catalogue for borrowing.

Start your journey towards greater understanding and inclusion today!

Children’s Books:

• B. B. Alston – Amari and the Night Brothers
• Atinuke – Anna Hibiscus
• Floella Benjamin – Coming to England
• Jerry Craft – New Kid
• Stephen Davies – All Aboard for the Bobo Road
• Matt de la Peña – Last Stop on Market Street
• Benjamin Dean – Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow
• Candy Gourlay – Ferdinand Magellan
• Candy Gourlay – Tall Story
• Lenny Henry – The Boy with Wings
• Zanib Mian – Planet Omar: Unexpected Super Spy
• Priscilla Mante – Jaz Santos vs. The World
• Serena Patel – Anisha Accidental Detective
• Sarah Pengelly – The Big Think Stories
• Onjali Q. Rauf – The Boy at the Back of the Class
• Kate Messner – Over and Under the Pond
• Robert N. Munsch – Promise is a Promise
• Tola Okugwu – Kechi’s Hair Goes Every Which Way
• Norma Simon – All Kinds of Children
• C. M. Harris – What if We Were All the Same?
• Robie H. Harris – Who’s In My Family? All About Our Families
• Steve Herman – Teach Your Dragon About Diversity
• Karen Katz – Colors of Us
• Innosanto Nagara – A is for Activist

Young Adult & Adult Non-Fiction:

• Robin DiAngelo – White Fragility
• Reni Eddo-Lodge – Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
• Ibram X. Kendi – How to Be an Antiracist
• Layla F. Saad – Me and White Supremacy
• David Olusoga – Black and British
• Rashmi Sirdeshpande – How to Change the World
• Shashi Tharoor – Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
• Patrick Vernon – 100 Great Black Britons

Graphic Novels & Historical Narratives:

• Joe Sacco – Palestine
• Duncan Tonatiuh – Separate is Never Equal
• Umlado Wezithombe – Mandela: The Graphic Novel
• Malala Yousafzai – Malala’s Magic Pencil