A girl learns that the love of her family is never far away in Only a Trenza Away, by Nadine Fonseca and illustrated by Camila Carrossine.
Browsing: Celebrating Diversity
A girl tries to make it through middle school while dealing with a chronic illness in The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet, by Jake Maia Arlow.
The Queen of Chess, by Laurie Wallmark and Sevie Lewis, tells the story of how Judit Polgár became the youngest chess grandmaster in history.
A young Jewish girl finds a way to learn even when she can’t go to school in Rivka’s Presents, by Laurie Wallmark and Adelina Lirius.
Once Upon a Fairy Tale House is the story of four sisters who used their skills to design and build storybook houses in 1930s California.
Love in the Library tells the story of Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s grandparents who fell in love while in a WWII Japanese-American incarceration camp.
Pride Month is all about celebrating diversity and embracing your authentic self. The following books for young adults feature LGBTQ+ themes.
June is Pride Month. While these picture books celebrate LGBTQ+ specifically, the messages of acceptance have wide-ranging applications.
A Ukrainian girl and her family experience the highs and lows of immigration to America in A Sky Full of Song, by Susan Lynn Meyer.
How Do You Spell Unfair? Follows MacNolia Cox as she becomes one of the first African Americans to compete at the National Spelling Bee.