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EDC-243: Children's Literature: Diverse Books

Research guide for Children's Literature

Books for Middle School

Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle; Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481435239
Publication Date: 2016-08-02
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0316013684
Publication Date: 2007-09-12
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
ISBN: 0385321759
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399239892
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
ISBN: 0385730217
Publication Date: 2003-06-10
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
ISBN: 0439120411
Publication Date: 2000-10-01

Examples of Multicultural Picture Books in the CRC

For the Right to Learn by Rebecca Langston-George; Janna Bock (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2015
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!: Descubriendo el Bosque Nublado by Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2016
The Red Bicycle by Jude Isabella; Simone Shin (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2015
Ada's Violin by Susan Hood; Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2016
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2001
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2015
Dare to Disappoint by Özge Samanci
Publication Date: 2015
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2015
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2015
Maya's Blanket by Monica Brown; David Diaz (Illustrator); Adriana Domínguez
Publication Date: 2015
iSi, Se Puede! by Diana Cohn; Francisco Delgado (Illustrator); Sharon Franco (Translator)
Publication Date: 2008
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 1991
Green Is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong; John Parra (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2014
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2010
Time to Pray by Maha Addasi; Ned Gannon (Illustrator); Nuha Albitar (Translator)
Publication Date: 2010
Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2013
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina; Angela Dominguez (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2015

Children's Book focusing on Immigration

Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz by Warren Binford (Compiled by); Michael Garcia Bochenek (Foreword by)
Call Number: JV6600 .B54 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Wishes by Muon Thi Van; Victo Ngai (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.V35 Wi 2021
Publication Date: 2021
My Two Border Towns by David Bowles; Erika Meza (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.B687165 My 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera; Lauren Castillo (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS3558.E74 Z46 2018
Publication Date: 2018
I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne; Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1 .C392 B533 2021
Publication Date: 2021

LGBTQ Themes in Picture Books

Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate
Call Number: PZ7.1.W658 Gr 2021
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ10.3.R414 An 2015
Publication Date: 2015
From Archie to Zack by Vincent Kirsch
Call Number: PZ7.K6383 Ft 2020
Publication Date: 2020
In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.P75186 Mv 2009
Publication Date: 2009

Anti-Racist Books

Stamped (for Kids) by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi; Sonja Cherry-Paul (Adapted by); Rachelle Baker (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185 .C5125 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E184.A1 R45 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham
Call Number: E185.615 .H573 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Our Skin: a First Conversation about Race by Megan Madison; Jessica Ralli; Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
Call Number: HT1521 .M23 2021
Publication Date: 2021

Environmental Justice

Spring after Spring by Stephanie Roth Sisson (Illustrator)
Call Number: GE56.C37 S57 2018
Publication Date: 2018
What Matters by Alison Hughes; Holly Hatam (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.H8731144 Wh 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Our House Is on Fire by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
Call Number: GE56.T548 W56 2019
Publication Date: 2019
One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
Call Number: HD4485.A358 P38 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Greta and the Giants by Zoë Tucker; Zoe Persico (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.T838 Gr 2019
Publication Date: 2019

Children's Book Portraying People with Disabilities

El Deafo by Cece Bell
Call Number: PZ7.7.B45 Dea 2014
Publication Date: 2014
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott; Sydney Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.S336845 Ita 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stenn Stryer; Bert Dodson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.S9278 Kam 2006
Publication Date: 2007
Itzhak by Tracy Newman; Abigail Halpin (Illustrator)
Call Number: ML3930.P45 N49 2020
Publication Date: 2020
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey; Mika Song (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.B325 Fr 2019
Publication Date: 2019