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Our collection of children's picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC) is available to the public. You can use the Search Tool below to find titles. *Inclusion of a title in the collection DOES NOT EQUAL recommendation.* See our related readings page for suggested tools for evaluating books.

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Allison

2004

by Allen Say

When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.

Snow White’s seven patches

2013

by Jewel Kats and Dan Goodfellow

Beautiful but vain Ivy locks away her infant daughter, Snow, because she is born with a skin disorder, and later forces her to write children's books until Snow escapes and finds shelter in the forest, in this story based on the Grimm fairy tale.

The King Cake Baby

2015

by Keila V. Dawson and Vernon Smith

In this New Orleans version of The Gingerbread Man, the King Cake Baby, a small figure that is traditionally baked inside a king cake during Carnival season, escapes and encounters various local characters as he runs across the French Quarter, heading for the Mississippi River. Includes a recipe for king cake.

Little fox in the forest

2017

by Stephanie Graegin

"A wordless picture book in which two friends follow a young fox deep into the woods and discover a wondrous and magical world"--

It’s raining! It’s pouring! we’re exploring!

2007

by Polly Peters and Jess Stockham

Three children can't play outside because of the rain-- and discover they can have fun inside, too.

Eric & Julieta: en el museo/at the museum

2011

by Isabel Muñoz and Gustavo Mazali

Eric and his best friend Tommy decide to play a trick on his little sister Julieta, who believes she is going to see a dragon during the school trip to the museum.

Wee Sister Strange

2016

by Holly Grant and K. G. Campbell

"A wild, nameless girl the townspeople call Wee Sister Strange roams through forests and marshes and bogs in search for a bedtime story."

Ricardo’s race / La carrera de Ricardo

2007

by Diane Gonzales Bertrand and Anthony Accardo

Recounts, in Spanish and in English, the story of Ricardo Romo, a Hispanic-American All-American athlete and scholar who became, among other things, a U.S. representative to the United Nations, and the president of University of Texas at San Antonio.

Mimí’s parranda / La parranda de Mimí

2006

by Lydia M. Gil and Hernán Sosa

Mimi is disappointed when she learns that her family won't make their annual trip to Puerto Rico. She doesn't want to miss her parranda, but her friends have a plan.

Why the stomach growls