Collection

Culture and Race

Explore picture books about culture, race, heritage, and identity, with a focus on books that help children see more of the world and themselves. This collection brings together diverse picture books that support read-alouds, classroom conversations, and family reading around belonging, representation, and community.

114 books

Culture and Race

Explore picture books about culture, race, heritage, and identity, with a focus on books that help children see more of the world and themselves. This collection brings together diverse picture books that support read-alouds, classroom conversations, and family reading around belonging, representation, and community.

A girl retools The Little Red Hen into a building project that shows what initiative and making can do.

A lyrical family story traces anticipation, prayer, generosity, and celebration across the month of Ramadan.

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

Art and text together introduce Arturo Schomburg and his lifelong work collecting Black history the world tried to erase.

This biography shows how Isatou Ceesay helped transform plastic waste into community income and environmental change.

A young dancer hears encouragement from Misty Copeland in a soaring ode to discipline and artistic becoming.

In this retelling rooted in Ghana, seven brothers must find a way to turn inheritance into something shared and useful.

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

A Chinese American family prepares for the Lunar New Year through food, red envelopes, and gathering.

A family gathers across seven nights of Kwanzaa, centering ritual, memory, and Black cultural continuity.