Explore curated collections of popular picture books, BIPOC picture books, and classic picture books
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Spanish picture books
Bilingual and Spanish-language reads for home, school, and gifts.
Award winners
Start with the books that already stand out for writing and illustration.
Books about friendship
Useful for read-alouds about kindness, empathy, and connection.
History picture books
Story-rich books that connect children to people, movements, and change.
Holiday books
Seasonal shelves for celebration, ritual, and family reading traditions.
Religious picture books
Faith-aware stories that make room for ritual, belief, and belonging.
New And Notable
Recent releases and fresh additions worth surfacing first.
A Sikh girl far from India finds ways to honor Vaisakhi through family, memory, and new community rituals.
Amy brings creativity and family collaboration to a Lunar New Year dragon costume project.
A Japanese American family tends peaches and remembers the generations, labor, and land that made the orchard possible.
Jabari sets out to build a flying machine and learns how frustration and persistence can live side by side.
BIPOC Picture Books
Stories centered on BIPOC children, families, and communities.
A twist on the classic Stone Soup, the residents of an apartment building come together for a hot pot night. Everybody contributes, bringing their diverse community together for a delicious meal. Recipe for hot pot included!
A clever and engaging book about temper tantrums, dealing with emotions and learning to express and understand your feelings.
Thunder Boy Jr. is a charming and vibrant picture book by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Yuyi Morales. This engaging children's book tells the story of a young Native American boy named Thunder Boy Jr. who wants to forge his own identity rather than live in the shadow of his father's legacy.
Max doesn't feel like talking, but he lets his sticks do the talking for him as he taps out the rhythms of all that he sees and hears.
Spanish And Bilingual
Books for families looking for Spanish-language and bilingual reading.
This playful bilingual riff on a nursery rhyme follows Maria and her llama through a lively school day.
A bilingual tribute to a farmworker father that centers labor, sacrifice, and family pride.
A granddaughter learns the stories and care practices behind her grandfather's home remedies.
A bilingual picture book about Mexican Repatriation that brings displacement, labor history, and family endurance into a child's frame.
Award Winners
Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and other standout award-recognized books.
A playful bedtime fable inspired by the Mid-Autumn Festival and the phases of the moon.
After a fire, a girl, her mother, and her grandmother save coins for one beautiful chair of their own.
A day-in-the-life picture book centered on a nonspeaking autistic child and his autistic mother.
A Vietnamese American boy fishes with his father before dawn in a story shaped by work, memory, and immigrant sacrifice.
Classics
Long-loved picture books that still deserve prominent shelf space.
A girl and her grandmother imagine themselves flying over New York City while speaking English and Spanish together.
A teddy bear waits on a department-store shelf and longs for the child who will finally take him home.
A duck family crosses busy Boston in search of the right place to raise their ducklings.
A woman spends her life traveling, listening, and finally making the world more beautiful by planting lupines.