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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.

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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.

Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park

Bee-bim Bop!

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

Schomburg by Carole Boston Weatherford

Schomburg

Carole Boston Weatherford

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

One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul

One Plastic Bag

Elizabeth Zunon

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

Firebird by Misty Copeland

Firebird

Christopher Myers

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

Seven Spools of Thread by Angela Shelf Medearis

Seven Spools of Thread

Angela Shelf Medearis

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

Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford

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.

Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

Bringing in the New Year

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

Together for Kwanzaa by Juwanda G. Ford

Together for Kwanzaa

Juwanda G. Ford

Shelly Hehenberger

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

All Because You Matter by Tami Charles

All Because You Matter

This affirming address to Black children holds beauty, vulnerability, fear, and love in the same breath.

Under My Hijab by Hena Khan

Under My Hijab

A girl sees the many ways the women in her family wear hijab and express beauty, work, and personality.

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