Books for SDGs & Design Thinking

K-12 Books: SDGs 

Global Goal	Book Title	Author(s)	ISBN #	Lexile Reading Level	Age Range
Goal 1 – No Poverty	$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America	Kathryn J. Edin Luke Shaefer	9780544811959	N/A	N/A
	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America	Barbara Ehrenreich Frances Fox Piven	9780312626686	1340L	14-18
	Taking Action to End Poverty	Rebecca Sjonger	9780778766599	840L	9-14
Goal 2 – Zero Hunger	Seedfolks	Paul Fleischman	9780060274719	710L	10-18
	The Story of Seeds: Our food is in crisis. What will you do to protect it?	Nancy Castaldo	9780358120179	1100L	11-13
Goal 3 – Good Health and Well-Being	Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World	Jack Andraka	9780062369659	940L	9-13
	RETHiNK Card Deck Mindful Conversation Starters: 56 Questions to Encourage Compassion, Shift Perspective & Build Connection	Theo Koffler	9781683731016	N/A	N/A
Goal 4 – Quality Education	I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban	Malala & Patricia McCormick Yousafzai	9780316322423	830L	11-13
	The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change	Margi Preus	9781476730639	760L	11-14
Goal 5 – Gender Equality	Because I Was a Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages	Melissa De la Cruz	9781250154460	980L	12-18
	Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time	Tanya Stone	9780553511499	1050L	14-17
	Taking Action to Achieve Equality	Rebecca Sjonger	9780778766582	850L	9-14
Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation	A Long Walk to Water	Linda Sue Park	9780547577319	720L	11-14
	Come back, Salmon	Molly Cone	9780871564894	930L	7-11
	Under the Ice	Kathy Conlan	9781553370604	980L	8-12
	Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products	Stephen Leahy	9781770852952	N/A	N/A
Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope	William Kamkwamba Bryan Mealer	9780061730337	960L	14-18
	Wind Power: 20 Projects to Make with Paper	Clive Dobson	9781770857032	N/A	10-18
Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth	Careers	DK	9781465429735	N/A	13-17
	Factory Girls	Leslie Chang	9780385520188	N/A	N/A
	Taking Action for Responsible Growth	Rebecca Sjonger	9780778766513	870L	9-14
Goal 9 – Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure	17 Big Bets for a Better World	Stig Tackmann Kristian Kampmann Henrik Skovby	9788793229549	N/A	N/A
	The Industrial Revolution	Lewis Helfand	9789381182284	800L	10-18
Goal 10 – Reduced Inequalities	Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out	Susan Kuklin	9780763673680	600L	14-17
	Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage	Amy Klobuchar	9781524771997	1010L	12-18
Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities	Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design	Charles Montgomery	9780374534882	N/A	N/A
	Material World: A Global Family Portrait	Peter Menzel, Paul Kennedy, Charles Mann	9780871564306	N/A	N/A
Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production	Cast Away: Poems for Our Time	Naomi Shihab Nye	9780062907691	N/A	8-12
	Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life	Linda SivertsenTosh Sivertsen	9781416961222	N/A	12-17
Goal 13 – Climate Action	Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warning	Paul Hawken	9780143130444	1280L	14-17
	One Earth: People of Color Protecting our Planet	Anuradha Rao	9781459818866	1050L	12-18
	We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet	Xiuhtezcati Martinez	9781635650679	1150L	13-17
Goal 14 – Life Below Water	Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands	Cathryn Berger Kaye Philippe Cousteau	9781575423487	1170L	11-14
	World Without Fish	Mark Kurlansky	9780761185000	1160L	10-17
Goal 15 – Life on Land	Forest Talk: How Trees Communicate	Melissa Koch	9781541519770	1080L	13-18
	The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet	Jim Robbins	9780812981292	N/A	N/A
Goal 16 – Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions	Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration	Rose Block	9781524741853	940L	12-16
	Putting Peace First: 7 Commitments to Change the World	Eric Dawson	9781101997338	850L	10-17
	Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning	Jayson Reynolds Ibram Kendi	9780316453691	N/A	13-17
Goal 17 – Partnerships for the Goals	Legacy: The Sustainable Development Goals in Action	Masami Sato Paul Dunn	9781925452136	N/A	N/A
	The Sustainable Development Goals	United Nations	9789211013696	N/A	N/A
	The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near & Far) to Create Social Change	Barbara Lewis	9781575422664	N/A	12-17

Additional K-6 SDGs Recommended Readings can be found at the California Global Education Project.

K-12 Books: Relevant Topics 

Topic	Book Title	Author(s)	ISBN #	Lexile Reading Level	Age Range
Be a Changemaker	Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters	Laurie Ann Thompson	9781582704647	1130L	12-18
	It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!	Chelsea Clinton	9780399545320	NC1270L	10-14
	Start Something That Matters	Blake Mycoskie	9780812981445	N/A	N/A
	Teen Trailblazers: 30 Fearless Girls Who Changed the World Before They Were 20	Jennifer Calvert, Vesna Asanovic	9781250200204	N/A	12-17
	You Can Change the World! : Everyday Teen Heroes Making a Difference Everywhere	Margaret Rooke, TaylorRichardson, Katie Hodgetts	9781785925023	N/A	12-18
Design Thinking	Design Thinking in the Classroom: Easy-to-Use Teaching Tools to Foster Creativity, Encourage Innovation, and Unleash Potential in Every Student	David Lee	9781612438016	N/A	N/A
	The Design Thinking Quick Start Guide: A 6-Step Process for Generating and Implementing Creative Solutions	Isabell Osann, Lena Mayer, Inga Wiele	9781119679899	N/A	N/A
	The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods	Michael Lewrick, Patrick Link, Larry Leifer	9781119629191	N/A	N/A
	LAUNCH: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student	John Spencer, A.J. Juliani	9780996989541	N/A	N/A
Inquire-Investigate Series (Common Core)	Feminism: The March Toward Equal Rights For Women	Jill Dearman	9781619307551	N/A	12-15
	Gender Identity: Beyond Pronouns and Bathrooms	Maria Cook	9781619307568	1170L	12-15
	Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events	Carla Mooney	9781619306660	1090L	12-15
	Immigration Nation: The American Identity in the Twenty-First Century	Judy Dodge Cummings	9781619307605	1080L	12-15
	Race Relations: The Struggle for Equality in America	Barbara Diggs	9781619305557	1190L	12-15
	Terrorism: Violence, Intimidation, and Solutions for Peace	Carla Mooney	9781619305960	1180L	12-15

Educator Books

Subject	Title	Author(s)	ISBN #
Educator	Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action	Cathryn Berger Kaye	9781575423456
	Educated by Design: Designing the Space to Experiment, Explore, and Extract Your Creative Potential	Michael Cohen	9781949595109
	The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleast Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity	George Couros	9780986155499
	Learner-Centered Innovation: Spark Curiosity, Ignite Passion and Unleash Genius	Katie Martin	9781948334006
	Ready-to-Use Resources for Genius Hour in the Classroom: Taking Passion Projects to the Next Level	Andi McNair	9781618219015
	Learner-Centered Leadership: A Blueprint for Transformational Change in Learning Communities	Devin Vodicka	9781948334266
	Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good	Jennifer Williams	9781564847928

This list is provided courtesy of 

The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education 

and 

Mary Meier, Market Business Development Manager
Barnes & Noble -San Diego Region
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