Reading 4 Change

Suggested Readings

If you are looking for some good books about poverty for our Reading 4 Change campaign, here are a few suggestions.

Children's Books

• After the Shelter - Brenda Reeves Sturgis

• On Our Street - Jillian Roberts

• Poverty and Hunger  - Louise Spilsbury

• Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade - Trinka Nobles

• Tough Like Mum - Lana Button

Stories (Non-fiction)

• Cleanup on Aisle Five - Ann Larson

• Invisible Child - Andrea Elliot

• Maid - Stephanie Land

• Seven Million Steps - Derrick Barnes

Novels (Fiction)

• Abundance - Jakob Guanzon

• Animals I Want to See  - Tom Seeman

• I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning - Keiran Goddard

• The Lucky Poor - Mazie Lovie (Graphic Novel)

• Outta Here  - Lea Beddia

• Scarborough - Catherine Hernandez

• Skylark - Sara Cassidy

Poetry

• In a Springtime Instant - Milton Acorn

• Inventory - Dionne Brand

Ideas

• The Abundant Community - Peter Block and John McKnight

• Basic Income for Canadians - Evelyn Forget

• Deepening Community - Paul Born

• Free the Land - Audrea Lim

• Manifesto for a Moral Revolution - Jacqueline Novogratz

• On Class - Deborah Dundas

• Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids - Mel Hurtig

• Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives - Evelyn Forget

• The Unheard Truth - Irene Khan

• Weathering: the Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in An Unjust Society - Arline Gerronimous

Theology

• An Other Kingdom - Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann and John McKnight

• In the Company of the Poor - Conversations Between Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

• On Being Rich and Poor: Christianity in a Time of Economic Globalization - Jaques Ellul

• Rediscovering Values on Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street : a Moral Compass for the New Economy - Jim Wallis

Research

• If research and policy is your thing, check out the resources on the Canadian Poverty Hub.