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Books featuring BIPOC characters where ethnicity, race, and/or culture are an explicit focus of the story.

My Papi Has a Motorcycle

Isabel Quintero

Zeke Pe?a

A daughter rides through her changing neighborhood with her papi in a loving portrait of family and place.

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My Powerful Hair

Carole Lindstrom

Steph Littlebird

An Indigenous girl reflects on hair, ancestry, healing, and the strength passed down through generations of women.

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Saturday at the Food Pantry

Diane O'Neill

Brizida Magro

A girl sees hunger, stigma, and community care more clearly during a weekly pantry visit with her mother.

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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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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Derrick Barnes

Gordon C. James

A barbershop celebration of confidence, style, and the power of a fresh haircut.

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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

Traci Sorell

Frané Lessac

A seasonal look at Cherokee community life organized around gratitude, ceremony, and everyday connection.

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Berry Song

Michaela Goade

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

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Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry

Vashti Harrison

A joyful father-daughter story about natural hair, patience, and learning to care for one another.

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My Rainbow

Trinity Neal; DeShanna Neal

Art Twink

A loving family story inspired by a Black transgender girl's wish for long hair and the mother who helps make it possible.

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Julian Is a Mermaid

Jessica Love

A visually graceful story of self-expression, costume, and unconditional support as a child claims a mermaid identity.

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