These contemporary realistic fiction children's picturebooks, published in the United States or Canada, offer glimpses into themes of income instability, housing instability, and food insecurity. They provide meaningful reflections for children experiencing poverty and invite opportunities for understanding among children who are not. This is not an endorsed or exhaustive list. As with all depictions of less visible lives in children’s literature, these stories require careful curation and reflection. Readers and educators should be mindful of potential stereotypes, oversimplifications, or inaccuracies. By exploring multiple narratives that depict poverty, we can help children better understand the diverse economic realities of the world around them.
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living in a school bus. |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered on the streets |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered on the streets |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered on the streets |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness ,living doubled-up |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity / Community Resolution |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity / Community Resolution |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity / Community Resolution |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity / Community Resolution |
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| Experiencing Food Insecurity |
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| Income Instability & Resource Limited Neighborhood |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living doubled-up |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered on the streets |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living in seasonal migrant camp |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living in a shelter |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered in car |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered on the streets & doubled-up |
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| Housing Instability: living in short term, no lease rentals |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered in an airport |
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| Income Instability & Housing Instability: Moving to a less desirable home and place |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered on the streets |
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| Income Instability & "Resource" Limited Neighborhood |
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| Income Instability & Resource Limited Neighborhood |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living in a shelter |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living unsheltered in the streets |
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| Food Insecurity & Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living in a hotel |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living in a shelter |
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| Income Instability & Housing Instability, living in an unsafe home |
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| Housing Instability: experiencing homelessness, living on the streets |
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| Income Instability & Housing Instability: Moving to less desirable home and place |
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| Income Instability & Housing Instability: Moving to less desirable home and place |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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| Income Instability |
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