Poetry and portraiture honor Black excellence, grief, resistance, and survival across generations.

This lyrical reflection gathers color, protest, memory, and pride into a celebration of Black identity.

A janitors' son transforms his parents' nighttime workplace into a fantasy kingdom full of paper dragons and heroes.

Based on the childhood of Tomas Rivera, this story shows how books and one librarian can reshape a migrant summer.

A young immigrant girl finds language, books, and possibility as she adjusts to life in the United States.

At Christmas, a girl panics when she thinks she has lost her mother's ring in the tamale dough.

This biography introduces librarian and storyteller Pura Belpre through books, puppets, and bilingual service.

This picture-book biography recounts how Sylvia Mendez and her family helped end school segregation in California.

A girl who left the Dominican Republic as a baby rebuilds the place through family and neighborhood stories.

One quilt follows a family across generations, carrying memory, migration, and celebration.