Children's Picture Books: Beautiful Life Category
Books featuring BIPOC in which race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, culture, immigration/migration, and/or religious, sacred, or origin stories are central to the storyline. These books explicitly focus on the diverse expressions of human experience, depending on these elements to drive the plot.
My tata’s guitar / La guitarra de mi tata
My tata’s guitar / La guitarra de mi tata
While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family's past, a grandfather gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father.
Singing with Momma Lou
Singing with Momma Lou
Nine-year-old Tamika uses photographs, school yearbooks, movie ticket stubs, and other mementos to try to restore the memory of her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease.
SkySisters
SkySisters
Two Ojibway sisters trek across the frozen north country to see the SkySpirits, the Northern Lights.
Solomon’s tree
Solomon’s tree
Young Solomon is devastated when his favorite maple tree falls in a storm but the experience of helping his uncle make a mask teaches him to deal with his grief.
The blue roses
The blue roses
A Native American girl gardens with her grandfather, who helps to raise her, and learns about life and loss when he dies, and then speaks to her from a dream where he is surrounded by blue roses.
The jade necklace
The jade necklace
When her father is lost at sea during a typhoon and her family no longer has enough to eat, Yenyee travels to Vancouver as a servant, across the ocean which she feels betrayed her
The Village that Vanished
The Village that Vanished
In southeastern Africa, a young Yao girl and her mother find a way for their fellow villagers to escape approaching slave traders.
The way we do it in Japan
The way we do it in Japan
Gregory experiences a new way of life when he moves to Japan with his American mother and his Japanese father.
What’s cooking, Jamela?
What’s cooking, Jamela?
Jamela is responsible for fattening up the chicken intended for Christmas dinner, but instead she gives it a name and makes it her friend