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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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Malaysian children’s favourite stories

2004

by Kay. Lyons and Martin Loh

A selection of nine stories from Malaysian legends and folklore.

Many nations

2004

by Joseph Bruchac

Illustrations and brief text present aspects of the lives of the many varied native peoples across North America.

Mississippi morning

2004

by Ruth Vander Zee and Floyd Cooper

Amidst the economic depression and the racial tension of the 1930s, a boy discovers a horrible secret of his father's involvement in the Ku Klux Klan. It was 1933 and life was good for James William. Piece by piece, however, his comfortable life begins to unravel. First he learns that the burning of a black man's house was not accidental. Then his fishing buddy LeRoy tells him about the hanging tree and the Klan. Though he accepts that blacks and whites can't drink from the same fountains because "that's the way it is," James William can't believe that racial hatred exists in his own community until he comes face to face with a Klan member. A thought- provoking story of one boy's loss of naivete in the face of harsh historical realities, Mississippi Morning will challenge young readers to question their own assumptions and confront personal decisions

My family is forever

2004

by Nancy L Carlson

A young girl recounts how she came to be part of an adoptive family.

My first book of sign language

2004

by Joan Holub

Pictures of children demonstrate the forming in sign language of alphabetically arranged words, accompanied by illustrations of the words themselves

My grandparents and I / Mis abuelos y yo

2004

by Samuel Caraballo and D. Nina Cruz

Illustrations and rhyming text describe all the special things a Puerto Rican boy enjoys doing with his grandparents throughout the year.

My name is Celia

2004

by Monica Brown and Rafael López

A bilingual portrait of the "Queen of Salsa" describes her childhood in Cuba, her musical career, and her move to the United States, and explains how her music brought her native Cuba to the world

My teacher can teach– anyone!

2004

by W. Nikola-Lisa and Felipe Galindo

An alphabet story in verse about a Latino boy and his remarkable teacher who can teach an astronaut how to float in space and instruct a ballet dancer how to land with grace

Paper lanterns

2004

by Stefan. Czernecki

With the lantern festival close at hand, Old Chan, the master paper lantern maker, must find an apprentice with the talent to continue his work

Remember

2004

by Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation. These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration for Ms. Morrison"s text--a fictional account of the dialogue and emotions of the children who lived during the era of "separate but equal" schooling. Remember is a unique pictorial and narrative journey that introduces children to a watershed period in American history and its relevance to us today. Remember will be published on the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ending legal school segregation, handed down on May 17, 1954

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5013 books in the collection

Malaysian children’s favourite stories

Many nations

Mississippi morning

My family is forever

My first book of sign language

My grandparents and I / Mis abuelos y yo

My name is Celia

My teacher can teach– anyone!

Paper lanterns

Remember