Kindergarten

A rich urban read-aloud in which a boy and his grandmother find beauty, service, and joy on a city bus ride.

A visually powerful picture book about a Black girl learning to reject shame and claim her own sense of worth.

A boy and his father move across the U.S.-Mexico border in a story about errands, generosity, and life between places.

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

Bilal learns that daal takes time, patience, and hospitality in a family story built around cooking and waiting together.

A Sikh girl far from India finds ways to honor Vaisakhi through family, memory, and new community rituals.

A biracial child learns to name and embrace multiple histories, religions, and family stories at the same time.

Two siblings learn to use imagination, ancestry, and inner freedom to rise above confinement and frustration.

A picture-book biography about a deaf musician who reimagined how listening and percussion could work.

A lyrical, fantastical story about a child whose identity resists narrow categories and is nurtured by family love.