We encourage you to explore further reading provided by OLA’s guest speakers and book review sessions this year. If you are able, please support your local independent booksellers whenever possible.
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| A Black Women’s History of the United States Berry, Daina Ramey and Kali Nicole Gross | A New Cattitude: an illustrated guide to getting through tough times Moshow; Booksprocket | All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans With Disabilities Changed Everything Pimentel, Annette Bay | Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir Ha, Robin |
| An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne | Becoming Black: Personal Ramblings on Racial Identification, Racism, and Popular Culture Walker, David | Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of A Disability Rights Activist Heumann, Judith E | Between the World and Me Coates, Ta-Nehisi |
| Bitter Root Volume 1: Family Business Walker, David; Chuck Brown; Sanford Greene | Bitter Root Volume 2: Rage & Redemption Walker, David; Chuck Brown; Sanford Greene | Body Talk Jensen, Kelly | Cat Love EP And Cat Love EP 2 |
| Cemetery Boys Thomas, Aiden | Clap When You Land Acevedo, Elizabeth | Crossfire (An Exo novel Lee, Fonda | Darius the Great Deserves Better Khorram, Adib |
| Disability Visibility: First Person Stories From the Twenty-first Century Ed. Alice Wong | (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health Jensen, Kelly Ed. | Exo Lee, Fonda | Elatsoe Little Badger, Darcie |
| Felix Aver After Callender, Kacen | First Degree: A Crime Anthology Walker, David; MIcheal Lark | Furia Mendez, Yamile Saied | Gender Queer Maia, Kobabe |
| Girls Save the World in This One Parsons, Ash | How to Be an Antiracist Kendi, Ibram X. | I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir Kurchak, Sarah | iAmMoshow the Cat Rapper: Official Coloring Book Moshow; Dawn Davis |
| iAmMoshow the Cat Rapper: Official Coloring Book Cattastic Edition Moshow: ZetsubouPuppet | iAmMoshow the Cat Rapper: Official Coloring Book Meowliday Edition Moshow; ZetsubouPuppet | iAmMoshow’s Adopt a Cat: Lyrical Cat Tales Moshow; Booksprocket | Jade City (The Green Bone Saga 1) Lee, Fonda |
| Jade War (The Green Bone Saga 2) Lee, Fonda | Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga 3) Lee, Fonda | Kent State Wiles, Debroah | Kitty Litty: iAmMoshow’s Guide to Drawing Cats Moshow; Dawn Davis |
| Lowrider to the Center of the Earth Camper, Cathy; Raúl the Third | Lowriders Blast from the Past Camper, Cathy; Raúl the Third | Lowriders in Space Camper, Cathy; Raúl the Third | Naomi: Season One Bendis Brian Micheal; David F. Walker; Jamal Campbell |
| Not So Pure and Simple Giles, Lamar | Only Cat People Understand | Punching the Air Zoboi, Ibi | Race Matters West, Cornell |
| Red Hood Arnold, Elena | Shaft’s Revenge Walker, David | Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Taussig, Rebekah | So You Want to Talk About Race Oluo, Ijeoma |
| Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Kendi, Ibram X. | Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Reynolds, Jason | Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse Burcaw, Shane | Ten Ways to Hear Snow Camper, Cathy; Pak, Kenard |
| The Avant-Guards V.1 Usdin, Carly | The BadAzz MoFo Collection Walker, David | The Black Flamingo Atta, Dean | The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History Walker, David; Marcus Kwame Anderson |
| The Fire Next Time. Baldwin, James. | The Left-Handed Booksellers of London Nix, Garth | The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone Dowd, Ryan | The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom Walker, David; Damon Smyth, Marissa Louise |
| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Alexander, Michelle. T | The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me Brown, Keah | The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of A Thirteen-year-old Boy With Autism Higashida, Naoki | The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh Fleming, Candace |
| This Book is Anti-Racist Jewell, Tiffany | This Is My America J Johnson, Kim | Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens Nijkamp, Marieke – Editor | Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens Nijkamp, Marieke – Editor |
| Way of the House Husband V.1 Oono, Kousuke | We Are Not Free Chee, Traci | We Are Not From Here Sanchez, Jenny Torres | What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memory in Essays Young, Damon |
| What I Carry Longo, Jennifer | Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy Lee, Fonda and other authors | White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism DiAngelo, Robin | White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color Hamad, Ruby |
| Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Tatum, Beverly Daniel | Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Racism Eddo-Lodge, Reni | Witch Hat Atelier V.1 Shirahama, Kamome | Zeroboxer Lee, Fonda |
| Music For You Mother of My Children by Black Belt Eagle Scout https://www.blackbelteaglescout.com/ Bookstores List is Below | Music For You At the Party With My Brown Friends by Black Belt Eagle Scout https://www.blackbelteaglescout.com/ | This is the end of the Book List on E.D.I. Now to choose the bookstore that you would like to purchase the book(s) from. Contact them and make the purchase. | Thank you for being part of the OLA Conference 2021 and joining us in learning about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. |
| Annie Bloom’s Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR 97219 https://www.annieblooms.com/ | Beach Books 616 Broadway Seaside, OR 97138 https://beachbooks37.indielite.org/ | Betty’s Books 1813 Main St Baker City, OR 97814-3448 https://bettysbooks.indielite.org/ | Bloomsbury Books 290 East Main Street Ashland, OR 97520-1831 http://bloomsburyashland.com/ |
| Bob’s Beach Books 1735 NW Hwy 101 Lincoln City, OR 97367 https://bobsbeachbooks.net/ | Bookloft 107 E Main St Enterprise, OR 97828 https://bookloftoregon.net/ | Book Nook 294 NW 2nd Ave. Canby, OR 97013 https://www.booknookcanby.com/ | Books By the Bay 1875 Sherman Ave North Bend, OR 97459-3417 https://www.facebook.com/Books-By-The-Bay-232314893488700/ |
| Books Around the Corner 1025 NE Roberts Ave B Gresham , OR 97030 https://www.booksaroundthecorner.com/ | Broadway Books, Inc 1714 NE Broadway Portland, OR 97232-1428 https://www.broadwaybooks.net/ | Cannon Beach Book Company PO Box 1098 Cannon Beach, OR 97110-0634 http://cannonbeachbooks.com/ | Canvasback Books 1219 Main St. Klamath Falls, OR 97601 https://www.canvasbackbooks.com/ |
| Castlemere Books For Children 575 First St. Astoria, OR 97103 https://castlemerebooks.com/ | Cloud & Leaf Bookstore 148 Laneda Ave. Manzanita, OR 97130 https://cloudleafstore.com/ | Comics Adventure 15705 SE McLoughlin Blvd Milwaukie, OR 97267 https://www.facebook.com/ComicsAdventurePDX/ | Dudley’s Bookshop & Cafe 135 NW Minnesota Ave. Bend, OR 97701 https://dudleysbookshopcafe.com/ |
| Godfather’s Books 1108 Commercial Astoria, OR 97103 https://booksgodfathers.wixsite.com/godfathers-books | Grass Roots Books & Music 227 SW Second St Corvallis, OR 97333-4633 https://www.grassrootsbookstore.com/ | Green Bean Books 1600 NE Alberta Street Portland, OR 97211 http://www.greenbeanbookspdx.com/ | J. Michaels Books 160 E. Broadway #A Eugene, OR 97401-3140 https://www.jmichaelsbooks.com/ |
| Kalapuya Books 637 East Main Street Cottage Grove, OR 97424 https://www.kalapuyabooks.com/ | Klindt’s Booksellers & Stationers 315 E. 2nd St. The Dalles, OR 97058 https://www.klindtsbooks.com/welcome | Lucy’s Books 348 12th Street Astoria, OR 97103-4120 www.lucys-books.com | Maggie Mae’s Kids Bookshop 43 NW 3rd St. Gresham, OR 97030 https://www.maggiemaesbooks.com/ |
| MudPuddles Toys & Books 16420 SW Langer Drive Sherwood, OR 97140 https://www.mudpuddlestoys.com/ | Oregon Books & Games, LLC 150 NE E. St. Grants Pass , OR 97526 https://www.oregonbooks.com/ | Paulina Springs Books 252 W Hood Ave Sisters, OR 97759-3500 https://www.paulinaspringsbooks.com/ | Powell’s City of Books 1005 W. Burnside Portland, OR 97209 www.powells.com |
| Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, OR 97005-1337 www.powells.com | Powell’s on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97214 www.powells.com | Rebel Heart Books 157 W. California St. Jacksonville, OR 97530 rebelheartbooks.com | Roundabout Books 900 NW Mt. Washington Dr. Suite # 110 Bend, OR 97703 https://www.roundaboutbookshop.com/ |
| Smith Family Bookstore 525 Willamette Street Eugene, OR 97401 http://smithfamilybookstore.com/welcome.html | Sunriver Books & Music PO Box 1990, Building 25 #C Sunriver, OR 97707 https://www.sunriverbooks.com/ | The Book Bin – Corvallis 215 SW 4th St. Corvallis, OR 97333 http://bookbin.com/ | The Book Bin – Salem 450 Court St. NE Salem, Or 97301 http://bookbin.com/ |
| Third Eye Books, Accessories, & Gifts Portland, OR https://thirdeyebag.com/ | Third Street Books 320 NE Third Street McMinnville, OR 97128 https://www.thirdstreetbooks.com/ | TreeHouse Books 15 N. Main Street Ashland, OR 97520-2725 http://www.treehouseashland.com/ | Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette St Eugene, OR 97405 http://www.tsunamibooks.org/ |
| Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N. Lombard St Portland, OR 97203 https://www.tworiversbooks.com/ | VJ Books Tualatin, OR https://www.vjbooks.com/ | Waucoma Bookstore 212 Oak St Hood River, OR 97031-2054 https://www.waucomabookstore.com/ | Winter River Books 170 Second St SE PO Box 370 Bandon, OR 97411 https://www.winterriverbooks.com/ |