Educational Resources

Part of ICC’s mission is to provide “anti-bias, culturally relevant curriculum”. While much of that work takes place within the classroom, the resources below are to support parent education and kid exploration of important concepts outside of the classroom. 

Favorite Classroom Books

These favorite reads have been selected by teachers and approved by kids! Some celebrate different cultures or feature representation across the many human dimensions (race, gender, identity) and others demonstrate what we do with our biggest feelings, strangest life events, and most difficult emotions. For more reading lists curated by diversity-minded groups outside of ICC, see the next section as well.

Firefly

Butterfly

Rainbow

Star

Curated External Resources for Parents

Below, parents can find expert-curated lists of books, videos, podcasts, lectures, and more – for parents of small children. 

Video/Webinars for Parents

Podcasts for Parents

Books for Parents

Resources by Topic

Gender/Sexuality

Holidays/Religion

Race, Racism, and Bias

General Diversity

Books for Kids

Curated Lists

Specific Titles

  • What are Your Words? – Katherine Locke
  • Except When They Don’t – Dr. Laura Gehl
  • It Feels Good to be Yourself – Theresa Thorn
  • The Gender Wheel – Maya Gonzalez
  • Calvin – JR & Vanessa Ford
  • My Rainbow – Trinity and DeShanna Neal
  • Neither – Airlie Anderson
  • Everywhere Babies
  • All the World
  • The Girl Who Got Out of Bed
  • The Snowy Day
  • Lovely – Jess Hong
  • Julian Is A Mermaid – Jessica Love
  • Whose Knees Are These – Jabari Asim
  • First Conversations (about Race, Gender, Consent, Love, Bodies, Grief)