One of the recommendations of our report on children human rights defenders is that everyone learns about human rights from a very early age.
With that in mind we’ve put together this list of books you can use to inspire children to find out about human rights and the people who have fought for them.
Recommended reading
A is for Activist , Innosanto Nagara
DK Life Stories: Helen Keller , Libby Romero
DK Life Stories: Martin Luther King Jr , Laurie Calkhoven
Dreams of Freedom , Amnesty International
Fantastically Great Women Who Made History , Kate Pankhurst
Feminist Baby , Loryn Brantz
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls! Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement , Nadya Okamoto
Little Guides to Great Lives: Nelson Mandela , Isabel Thomas
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History , Vashti Harrison
The Little People, Big Dreams series
Long Walk to Freedom: Illustrated Children’s edition , Nelson Mandela (abridged by Chris van Wyk)
Malala’s Magic Pencil , Malala Yousafzai
Open: A Toolkit for how magic and messed up life can be , Gemma Cairney
Peace and Me , Ali Winter and Mickael El Fathi
People of Peace: 40 Inspiring Icons , Sandrine Mirza
She Persisted Around the World , Chelsea Clinton
Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different , Ben Brooks
Tender Earth , Sita Brahmachari
The Journey , Francesca Sanna
My Feminist ABC , Duopress Labs
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices , Wade Hudson
What Can A Citizen Do? Dave Eggers
You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World , Caroline Pau