Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Picture book · ages 6–10 · grades 1–5 · 680L · 2014
Why we'd hand it over
A landmark picture-book biography that introduces segregation and civil rights through a specific, winnable legal fight—rare to find this historically significant and emotionally grounded for early elementary.