A Place for Us

James E. Ransome

James E. Ransome

A Black family searches for safety, dignity, and permanence in a historically grounded story about where belonging can be built.

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By James E. Ransome · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family, History

Freedom in Congo Square

Carole Boston Weatherford

R. Gregory Christie

This lyrical historical picture book centers the weekly gathering place where enslaved Africans in New Orleans sustained culture and community.

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By Carole Boston Weatherford · ages 5-9 · fits Culture and Race, History, Music

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

Grace Lin

Grace Lin

A playful bedtime fable inspired by the Mid-Autumn Festival and the phases of the moon.

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By Grace Lin · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

A Different Pond

Bao Phi

Thi Bui

A Vietnamese American boy fishes with his father before dawn in a story shaped by work, memory, and immigrant sacrifice.

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By Bao Phi · ages 5-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

A Gift from Abuela

Cecilia Ruiz

Cecilia Ruiz

A granddaughter learns that memory, craft, and story can become an inheritance as meaningful as any object.

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By Cecilia Ruiz · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

A Sled for Gabo

Emma Otheguy

Ana Ramirez Gonzalez

A newcomer from Venezuela learns that snow and friendship can open a new kind of joy.

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By Emma Otheguy · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

ABCs of Black History

Rio Cortez

Lauren Semmer

An alphabet board book introduces Black history through names, ideas, movements, and moments worth returning to as children grow.

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By Rio Cortez · ages 2-6 · fits Culture and Race, History

Abuela

Arthur Dorros

Elisa Kleven

A girl and her grandmother imagine themselves flying over New York City while speaking English and Spanish together.

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By Arthur Dorros · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

Abuela's Weave

Omar S. Castaneda

Enrique O. Sanchez

A young girl learns weaving from her grandmother and comes to see the beauty in handmade work and inherited skill.

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By Omar S. Castaneda · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

Afloat

Kirli Saunders

Freya Blackwood

An Aboriginal family navigates floodwater, uncertainty, and care for one another in a story shaped by climate pressure and resilience.

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By Kirli Saunders · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

Kat Zhang

Charlene Chua

Amy wants to make bao that look as perfect as everyone else's, but practice brings her somewhere better.

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By Kat Zhang · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

At the Mountain's Base

Traci Sorell

Weshoyot Alvitre

A Cherokee family sends a loved one off to military service in a lyrical story about bravery, care, and Native women's history.

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By Traci Sorell · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

At the Window

Hope Lim

Qin Leng

Looking out from home becomes a way of observing change, neighborhood life, and the quiet emotional weather of family transition.

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By Hope Lim · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family

Bedtime Bonnet

Nancy Redd

Nneka Myers

A family bedtime routine turns into a loving celebration of hair care, culture, and everyday care.

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By Nancy Redd · ages 1-4 · fits Culture and Race, Family

Bee-bim Bop!

Linda Sue Park

Ho Baek Lee

A child narrates the busy, joyful process of shopping, cooking, and eating a beloved Korean family meal.

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By Linda Sue Park · ages 3-7 · fits Culture and Race, Family

Benita and the Night Creatures / Benita y las criaturas nocturnas

Mariana Llanos

Cocoretto

Benita and her dog venture into the night to help fix a problem and discover a world full of glowing, helpful creatures.

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By Mariana Llanos · ages 4-8 · fits Culture and Race, Family