2023

Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang

A multilingual classroom becomes a place of friendship when one child shares tea and discovers how many languages can meet around a table.

Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

A Muslim girl decides whether to keep hiding her prayer practice at school or share who she really is.

Berry Song by Michaela Goade

A grandmother and granddaughter gather berries in a story rooted in land, memory, and Tlingit tradition.

A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond

A day-in-the-life picture book centered on a nonspeaking autistic child and his autistic mother.

A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony

A migration story that links a family's separation and reunion with the movement of monarch butterflies.

Big by Vashti Harrison

Big

A visually powerful picture book about a Black girl learning to reject shame and claim her own sense of worth.

Mi papá es un agrícola / My Father, the Farmworker by J. Roman Pérez Varela

A bilingual tribute to a farmworker father that centers labor, sacrifice, and family pride.