Digital Library
Welcome to Our New Digital Library
Our new library will let you sort, filter and search for resources in one place. Compiled by CHCANYS staff the library contains tools, materials, reference guides, video recordings and more from a variety of topic areas. From Digital Health and Clinical resources to Policy and Advocacy materials, find everything you need in one convenient database.
Missing Daddy
“This book is a crucial tool for parents, educators, and anyone who cares about the well-being of children who, through no fault of their own, are forced to bear the consequences of our country’s obsession with incarceration. Read More »
Something Happened in Our Town
Emma and Josh heard that something happened in their town. A Black man was shot by the police. "Why did the police shoot that man?" "Can police go to jail?" Read More »
An ABC of Equality
A is for Ability, B is for Belief, C is for Class. All people have the right to be treated fairly, no matter who they are, what they look like, or where they come from. An ABC of Equality introduces complicated concepts surrounding social justice to the youngest of children. Read More »
The Skin You Live In
With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Read More »
Brick by Brick
Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award! A striking debut celebrating the warm bond between a little boy and his dad as they work hard to achieve their dreams Read More »
Skin Again
From legendary author and critic bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka comes a new way to talk about race and identity that will appeal to parents of the youngest readers. Read More »
The Colors of Us
A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective. Read More »
Let’s Talk About Race
Julius Lester says, "I write because our lives are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the same story. The differences are merely in the details." Now Mr. Lester shares his own story as he explores what makes each of us special. Read More »
The Power Book : What is it Who Has it and Why?
With this inspiring and brightly illustrated guide to power, learn about the different types of power, what it means to have power, and what you can do with your own power to create positive change in the world, no matter who or how old you are. Read More »
A is for Activist
“Reading it is almost like reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, but for two-year olds—full of pictures and rhymes and a little cat to find on every page that will delight the curious toddler and parents alike.”—Occupy Wall Street Read More »
Begin Again, James Baldwin’s America And Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
Begin Again is one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. Just as in Baldwin’s “after times,” argues Eddie S. Read More »
The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials I was said of James Collins Johnson
James Collins Johnson made his name by escaping slavery in Maryland and fleeing to Princeton, New Jersey, where he built a life in a bustling community of African Americans working at what is now Princeton University. Read More »