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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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A child’s garden of verses

2011

by Robert Louis Stevenson and Barbara McClintock

Easy-to-read text and full-color illustrations feature a collection of perennial favorites describing the child's world of dreams and reality

A dance like starlight

2014

by Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Cooper

A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina

A day I remember

2015

by Prodeepta Das

This is a day that Swayam will always remember: he's going to be "Markundi", the boy who keeps the bridegroom (his uncle) company through the wedding preparations

A day with Yayah

2018

by Nicola I. Campbell and Julie Flett

On an outing in Nicola Valley, British Columbia, a First Nations family forages for herbs and mushrooms while the grandmother passes down her language and knowledge to her young grandchildren. Includes glossary

A day without sugar

2012

by Diane De Anda, Janet Montecalvo and Gabriela Baeza Ventura

Because ten-year-old Tito is at risk of developing diabetes like some of his relatives, Tía Sofía spends a day teaching him and his cousins about healthy, low-sugar or sugar-free treats

A different pond

2017

by Bao Phi and Thi Bui

"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--|cProvided by publisher

A dragon on the doorstep

2012

by Stella Blackstone, Debbie Harter and Fred Penner

Easy-to-read, rhyming text describes a game of hide-and- seek among the animals in a child's home

A family is a family is a family

2016

by Sara O'Leary and Qin Leng

When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways -- but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child, with a foster mother, is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of step-siblings, and another has a new baby. As one by one, her classmates describe who they live with and who loves them -- family of every shape, size and every kind of relation -- the child realizes that as long as her family is full of caring people, her family is special.--Publisher

A farmer’s life for me

2013

by Jan Dobbins and Laura Huliska-Beith

Spend a day out in the fields and find out what farmers do

A fine dessert