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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.

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Pick up the park

2012

by Charles Ghigna and Ag Jatkowska

Simple rhyming text follows a child who loves to play in the park and picks up the litter to help keep it clean.

Plant a little seed

2012

by Bonnie. Christensen

Two friends plant seeds in their community garden, then water, weed, wait, and dream as the plants grow until they can be harvested. Includes facts about gardening and harvest festivals

Queen of the track

2012

by Heather Lang and Floyd Cooper

Tells the story of Alice Coachman, an athlete from rural Georgia who made history in 1948 as the first African- American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

2012

by Lisa Bullard and Holli Conger

Explains the history of the holiday, discussing the customs and the celebration Eid al-Fitr

Recycling is fun

2012

by Charles Ghigna and Ag Jatkowska

Simple rhyming text follows children as they recycle bottles and cans and donate old clothes to charity.

Room for the baby

2012

by Michelle Edwards and Jana Christy

A little boy frets that the sewing room where his baby brother or sister will sleep will never be emptied of things his mother has collected from neighbors for years, but she uses those things to sew and knit everything from diapers to Hannukah gifts

Rosa’s bus

2012

by Jo S. Kittinger

The story of an ordinary bus... until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, which became a pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement. Follows the bus's history from the streets of Montgomery to the Henry Ford Museum

Ruby’s sleepover

2012

by Kathryn White and Miriam Latimer

Ruby and her friend Mai are camping out in Mai's garden where giants, dragons, and pirates head toward their tent, but fortunately Ruby has some magical objects to keep the girls safe.

Samuel’s Choice

2012

by Richard Berleth and James Watling

"Samuel is a fourteen-year-old enslaved African American in Brooklyn in 1776 when the fighting between the British and the colonists reaches his doorstep. "Liberty ain't for Africans," says fellow servants. "It got nothin' to do with us." But his friend Sana says, "Nobody here's gonna be free unless they take the risk." Soon the well-equipped Redcoats have trapped ragged American soldiers, who have no boats to escape, and a terrible storm blows up. Samuel, a strong boatman, must decide what he should do." -- publisher

Seriously, just go to sleep

2012

by Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés

Illustrations and rhyming text portray fathers' attempts to get their child to go to sleep

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5013 books in the collection

Pick up the park

Plant a little seed

Queen of the track

Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

Recycling is fun

Room for the baby

Rosa’s bus

Ruby’s sleepover

Samuel’s Choice

Seriously, just go to sleep