The following reading list was compiled by the San Mateo Public Library and the City's Safe Routes to School Program.

Books about Ruby Bridges for Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten/Kindergarten

• Brave Little Ruby by Shannen Yauger
• This Little Trailblazer by Joan Holub

Books about Ruby Bridges for Lower Elementary (Grades 1-2) 

• She Persisted: Ruby Bridges by Kekla Magoon & Chelsea Clinton 
• Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) by Ruby Bridges 
• I Am Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges
• The Story of Ruby Bridges: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) by Arlisha Norwood, PhD. 
• Ruby Bridges: This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges 
• Ruby Bridges: A Brave Child Who Made History (Beginner Biography) by Jeri Cipriano 
• Ruby Bridges (Rookie Biographies) by Simone T. Ribke 
• Let's read about ... Ruby Bridges (Scholastic first biographies) by Ruby Bridges 
• Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge's First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca 
• Ruby Bridges Takes Her Seat: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement (Courageous Kids) by Myra Faye Turner 

Books about Ruby Bridges for Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5)

• Ruby Bridges (she persisted stories) by Kekla Magoon & Chelsea Clinto
• The Story of Ruby Bridges: A Biography Book for New Readers by Arlisha Norwood, PhD. 
• Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) by Ruby Bridges 
• Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
• This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges
• Ruby Bridges and the Desegregation of American Schools by JD Duchess Harris and Tom Head
• Ruby Bridges: Get to Know the Girl Who Took a Stand for Education (People You Should Know) by M Michelle Derosier
• Brave. Black. First. 50+ African Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Willis Hudson

Books about Ruby Bridges for Middle School/Adolescent 

• Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
• Brave. Black. First. 50+ African Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Willis Hudson
• This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges
• Ruby Bridges and the Desegregation of American Schools by JD Duchess Harris and Tom Head
• Ruby Bridges: Get to Know the Girl Who Took a Stand for Education (People You Should Know) by M Michelle Derosier