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Our collection of picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC) is available to the public. *Inclusion of a title in the collection DOES NOT EQUAL a recommendation.* Click here for more on book evaluation.

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“Fall in line, Holden!”

2017

by Daniel W. Vandever

At a very strict school in Indigenous Nation, everyone but Holden stays in line until they reach the door at the end of the school day.

‘Twas Nochebuena

2014

by Roseanne Thong and Sara Palacios

Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."

10 busy brooms

2016

by Carole Gerber and Michael Fleming

Little witches soar the sky in this cumulative Halloween counting book.

10 gulab jamuns

2017

by Sandhya Acharya and Vanessa Alexandre

Idu (Ee-doo) and Adu (Aa-doo) are very excited. Guests are coming over for dinner and their Mamma has already cooked a lot. Next, she is cooking Gulab jamuns, but Idu and Adu don't know what Gulab jamuns are. Before long, they discover just how good these wonderful golden, sugary syrup-soaked balls are and how quickly they melt in their mouths. But Mamma has only made 10 Gulab jamuns. Will they last until their guests come?--Back cover

10 little ninjas

2016

by Miranda Paul and Nate Wragg

From ten little ninjas sneaking out of bed to one cuddlebug asleep on the spread, rhyming text provides a count-down to bedtime.

100 bugs!

2018

by Kate Narita and Suzanne Kaufman

A boy and girl find and count 100 different bugs in their backyard in increments of ten.

100 things I love to do with you

2017

by Amy Schwartz

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text celebrate the many things friends or family members can enjoy doing together.

12 days of Christmas

2010

by Rachel Isadora

Sets the traditional Christmas carol in Africa, using a combination of text and rebuses. Includes author's note about some of the African traditions depicted.