Our intention is to acquire and make available ALL picture books featuring Indigenous people and people of color published in the U.S. since 2002, including reprints. Inclusion of a title in the collection DOES NOT EQUAL recommendation. See our related readings page for suggested links for evaluating books.
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La frontera: el viaje con papa / The Border: my journey with papa
Join a young boy and his father on an arduous journey from Mexico to the United States in the 1980s to find a new life. They’ll need all the courage they can muster to safely cross the border — la frontera — and to make a home for themselves in a new land. Based on a true story.--from publisher
All around us
Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.
The United States v. Jackie Robinson
Tells the true story of Jackie Robinson's battle against prejudice while serving in the military during World War II, covering his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of an integrated bus.
The chicken-chasing queen of Lamar County
A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite chicken, until she learns something about the hen that makes her change her ways.
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué rico!
Collection of haikus featuring food of the Americas with background information
Tomás and the library lady
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library, which has a significant impact on the boy when he grows up to be Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside
Fly high!
Discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921
A place where hurricanes happen
Told in alternating voices, four friends from the same New Orleans neighborhood describe what happens to them and their community when they are separated, then reunited, as a result of Hurricane Katrina
Zulema and the witch owl / Zulema y la bruja lechuza
Nine-year-old Zulema, the meanest girl in school, decides to change her wicked ways after receiving a visit from the witch owl.
Saltypie
Stories of the author's Choctaw Indian family, centering particularly on his blind grandmother
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