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!
368 matching books
Show FiltersFilter Results
-
Any Child 149
-
Biography 71
-
Cross Group 46
-
Folklore 9
-
Incidental 62
-
Informational 142
-
Afghan 2
-
Balinese 1
-
Belizean 1
-
Canadian 1
-
Chinese 13
-
Cuban 1
-
Eritrean 1
-
French 1
-
German 1
-
Haitian 1
-
Honduran 1
-
Indian 14
-
Iranian 1
-
Iraqi 2
-
Irish 1
-
Italian 1
-
Jamaican 2
-
Japanese 7
-
Kenyan 9
-
Kikuyu 1
-
Kuwaiti 1
-
Malay 1
-
Mexican 2
-
Moroccan 1
-
Multiethnic 10
-
Nepalese 1
-
Nigerian 1
-
Persian 1
-
Polish 2
-
Russian 1
-
Scottish 2
-
South Asian 14
-
Spanish 2
-
Syrian 1
-
Thai 2
-
Ugandan 1
-
Unspecified 207
-
Africa 15
-
Alabama 2
-
Alaska 3
-
Arctic 10
-
Arizona 2
-
Arkansas 1
-
Asia 36
-
Bali 1
-
Belize 1
-
Brazil 1
-
California 10
-
Cameroon 1
-
Canada 15
-
China 12
-
Colorado 1
-
Delaware 1
-
Eastern Asia 13
-
Ecuador 3
-
Egypt 1
-
England 1
-
Eritrea 1
-
Europe 8
-
Florida 1
-
France 7
-
Haiti 1
-
Hawaii 1
-
Honduras 1
-
Illinois 2
-
India 11
-
Iowa 1
-
Iran 1
-
Iraq 2
-
Italy 1
-
Jamaica 1
-
Japan 1
-
Kansas 4
-
Kentucky 1
-
Kenya 9
-
Maine 1
-
Malaysia 1
-
Maryland 2
-
Mexico 5
-
Michigan 2
-
Missouri 3
-
Mongolia 1
-
Morocco 1
-
Nepal 1
-
New York 9
-
Nigeria 1
-
Nunavut 4
-
Oceania 3
-
Ohio 2
-
Oklahoma 5
-
Oregon 1
-
Outerspace 18
-
Russia 1
-
Sweden 1
-
Syria 1
-
Tanzania 1
-
Texas 5
-
Thailand 2
-
Uganda 1
-
Unspecified 175
-
Virginia 7
-
Activism 21
-
Adoption 1
-
Disability 27
-
STEM 368
-
Fiction 205
-
Non-Fiction 160
-
Boy/Man 182
-
Girl/Woman 218
-
Unspecified 55
-
Background 44
-
Dominant Main 212
-
Joint Main 68
-
Secondary 180
If polar bears disappeared
"A nonfiction picture book tracing the repercussions of what would happen if polar bears disappeared from our planet. The freezing ecosystem in the far north of the globe is home to many different kinds of animals. They can be strong like a walrus, tough like a lemming, and sometimes hard to see like the polar bear. Their habitat is melting at an alarming rate. As the Arctic ice melts, polar bears are threatened with extinction, which could affect their environment in negative ways. Lily Williams explores how such a loss would affect other environments and animals across the Arctic and the negative impact across the planet."--
Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea
It's monsoon season in Bangladesh, and that means Iqbal's mother must cook indoors over an open flame, even though the smoke is making her and the family sick. When Iqbal learns about the district science fair, with the theme of sustainability, he is determined to win first prize. With the cash reward, he can buy a pipe stove that draws smoke out of the house. Then Iqbal is struck with an ingenious idea! For his science fair project, he will build a cook stove that doesn't produce smoke. He researches solar cookers and finds the winning design - one that harnesses the sun's energy and do away with those harmful fumes. But the competition at the science fair is fierce - will Iqbal bring home the prize? Award-winning author Elizabeth Suneby offers a child-centered look at a global health problem that affects more than three billion people. |cProvided by publisher
Izzy Gizmo
Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help.
Just like you
In this book, a small child is inquisitively asking her mother questions about life. The book begins with the mother and daughter in the car on the way to school. They then visit different job occupations throughout the day. The mom is so busy thinking about giving the best answers, that she forgets the most important job is being a mom. The importance of this book is to show all little girls that they can work in male dominated jobs. The book also plants the seed to strive to be the person in charge. This book encourages more girls to think about obtaining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics jobs, as there is a shortage of women in these fields
Just the right size
A ladybug is small enough to land on the branch of a tree. A giraffe is not. But a giraffe is big enough to reach a treetop without stretching its neck. What about you?
Keep it simple, Rapunzel!
"Escaping from a tall tower using one's hair is so fairy- tale old school. This STEM-smart Rapunzel uses the brain beneath her hair to educate her prince (and readers) on the ways the science of simple machines can save the day. A glossary and critical thinking questions reinforce the story's key physics concept"--|cProvided by publisher
Keep your eye on the prize
The biggest day of the year at Morecaster School is filled with ideas, hard work, and pressure—it’s time for the annual science fair! Like many kids, Dylan is caught between doing his project on his own, and accepting help from his enthusiastic parents. This year he’s determined to do all the work himself, even if it means his project won’t be perfect. -- publisher
Mae among the stars
Mae wanted to be an astronaut. She dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering. Her parents encouraged her, saying, "If you believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible." This encouragement, along with Mae's own curiosity, intelligence, and determination, paved the way for her to become the first African American woman to travel in space--|cAdapted from publisher's description
Melia and Jo
Melia is scientific and loves to create things in her backyard laboratory, but something is missing. Her inventions just aren't quite right. Enter Jo, her new friend with an artistic spirit. When you add the arts to sciences, something magical happens!
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean
"Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean tells its story through the memories of a farm boy who, inspired by Pu Zhelong, became a scientist himself. The narrator is a composite of people Pu Zhelong influenced in his work. With further context from Melanie Chan’s historically precise watercolors, this story will immerse young readers in Chinese culture, the natural history of insects, and the use of biological controls in farming. Backmatter provides context and background for this lovely, sophisticated picture book about nature, science, and Communist China. “The first time I saw a scientist in my village was also the first time I saw a wasp hatch out of a moth’s egg,” writes the narrator of this picture book about Chinese scientist Pu Zhelong. “In that moment I could not have said which was the more unexpected—or the more miraculous.” Winner of The Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, Selected for the CCBC Choices 2019 list, Children's Literature Freeman Award 2018, A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2019. In the early 1960s, while Rachel Carson was writing and defending Silent Spring in the U.S., Pu Zhelong was teaching peasants in Mao Zedong’s Communist China how to forgo pesticides and instead use parasitic wasps to control the moths that were decimating crops and contributing to China’s widespread famine. This story told through the memories of a farm boy (a composite of people inspired by Pu Zhelong) will immerse young readers in Chinese culture, the natural history of insects, and sustainable agriculture. Backmatter provides historical context for this lovely, sophisticated picture book. The author, Sigrid Schmalzer, won the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize for 2018 for her book Red Revolution, Green Revolution. This is the most prestigious prize for a book about Chinese history, and the book upon which Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean is based." -- publisher