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.
Find titles using a keyword search below (e.g. adoption, birthday, holidays, etc.), or by selecting one or a combination of filters on the lefthand sidebar below.
First time here? Start here!
175 matching books
Show FiltersFilter Results
-
Any Child 43
-
Cross Group 36
-
Folklore 22
-
Incidental 10
-
Afghan 4
-
Angolan 1
-
Bolivian 1
-
Chinese 7
-
Cuban 1
-
Egyptian 1
-
French 1
-
Ghanaian 1
-
Haitian 5
-
Honduran 1
-
Indian 3
-
Jamaican 2
-
Japanese 3
-
Kenyan 2
-
Korean 1
-
Laotian 1
-
Malagasy 1
-
Malawian 1
-
Mexican 14
-
Moroccan 2
-
Nepalese 2
-
Peruvian 1
-
Romani 1
-
Somali 2
-
South Asian 12
-
Spanish 1
-
Sudanese 1
-
Turkish 1
-
Ugandan 2
-
Unspecified 92
-
Africa 13
-
Alabama 2
-
Arctic 1
-
Asia 29
-
Brazil 5
-
Cambodia 3
-
Canada 4
-
China 4
-
Egypt 1
-
Ethiopia 3
-
Europe 4
-
Florida 1
-
France 2
-
Georgia 1
-
Ghana 1
-
Greece 1
-
Haiti 4
-
Honduras 1
-
Illinois 2
-
India 3
-
Jamaica 2
-
Japan 3
-
Kansas 1
-
Kentucky 1
-
Kenya 3
-
Laos 2
-
Malawi 1
-
Malaysia 1
-
Maryland 1
-
Mexico 8
-
Morocco 2
-
Nepal 1
-
New York 5
-
Nunavut 1
-
Oklahoma 1
-
Pakistan 1
-
Peru 1
-
Somalia 2
-
Thailand 1
-
Uganda 2
-
Unspecified 47
-
Vietnam 1
-
Virginia 1
-
Fiction 175
-
Boy/Man 133
-
Girl/Woman 136
-
Dominant Main 134
-
Joint Main 33
-
Secondary 136
Jimmy the greatest!
Inspired by Muhammad Ali, Jimmy starts training to become a boxer, and while his future looks bright, he decides leaving his small town for big matches might not be the best option for him.
The promise
On a mean street in a mean, broken city, a young girl tries to snatch an old woman's bag. But the frail old woman, holding on with the strength of heroes, says the thief can't have it without giving something in return: the promise. It is the beginning of a journey that will change the thieving girl's life--and a chance to change the world, for good
Pancho Rabbit and the coyote
When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes glossary and author's note about illegal immigration and undocumented workers.
Paco and the giant chile plant
The desert of the southwestern United States is the unexpected setting for this retelling of the classic fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk
Luigi and the barefoot races
"In Philadelphia, Luigi Lendini was the fastest kid on Regent Street, but has he met his match in Mean Max?"-- |cProvided by publisher
Lucky beans
During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest
Fifty cents and a dream
"Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true"- -Amazon.com
A storm called Katrina
When flood waters submerge their New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young cornet player and his parents evacuate their home and struggle to survive and stay together
You and me and home sweet home
Third-grader Sharonda and her mother help volunteers from their church to build the house that will be their very own
Fly free!
When Mai feeds the caged birds at a Buddhist temple in Vietnam, her simple act of kindness starts a chain of thoughtful acts that ultimately comes back to her. Includes author's note explaining the Buddhist concepts of karma and samsara, or the wheel of life