2022

Jovita Wore Pants by Aida Salazar

The story of Jovita Id?r, who challenged expectations and fought for justice when girls were told what they could wear or do.

Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho

A boy learns to see beauty and strength in the eyes he shares with his father and grandfather.

Powwow Day by Traci Sorell

A Native girl recovering from illness waits for the powwow and finds strength in family and community tradition.

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

A girl learns to see beauty in the eyes she shares with the women in her family.

Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer; Anthony Perry; Alexis Bunten

A Wampanoag-centered retelling of Thanksgiving that restores Indigenous perspective, food knowledge, and history.

The Notebook Keeper by Stephen Briseño

A border-crossing story rooted in kindness, waiting, and mutual care as a family seeks safety.

Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez

A bilingual picture book about Mexican Repatriation that brings displacement, labor history, and family endurance into a child's frame.

The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

Two siblings learn to use imagination, ancestry, and inner freedom to rise above confinement and frustration.

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

A picture-book biography about a deaf musician who reimagined how listening and percussion could work.

Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild

A gentle queer picture book about crushes, friendship, and finding the courage to share your feelings.