Search by: BIPOC Characters and Creators
Juneteenth: Ready-to-Read Level 1
By: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by:
Mike Gordon
Mike Gordon
ISBN: 9781665956192
Fiction, 4-6, Early Reader, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
My Daddy is a Cowboy
By: Stephanie Seales
Illustrated by:
C.G. Esperanza
C.G. Esperanza
ISBN: 9781419760815
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Songbird in the Light
By: Billy Porter & Chris Clarkson
Illustrated by:
Charly Palmer
Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9781419745836
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Art / Performing Arts
Wash Day Love
By: Tanisia Moore
Illustrated by:
Raissa Figueroa
Raissa Figueroa
ISBN: 9781338897326
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Family / Community
Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes)
By: Nadia Hohn
Illustrated by:
Roza Nosari
Roza Nosari
ISBN: 9781459833432
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Dreams on Fire
By: Annette Daniels Taylor
ISBN: 9781538382486
Fiction, Teen, Hi-Lo Reader, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Hugged by the Night
By: Harold Green III
Illustrated by:
Karabo Poppy
Karabo Poppy
ISBN: 9781797217178
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Sleep / Dreams / Bedtime
Just Kickin’ It
By: Julie Thompson
ISBN: 9781459841017
Fiction, Teen, Hi-Lo Reader, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
James Ransome
James Ransome
ISBN: 9781984813664
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Where I’m Coming From
By: Barbara Brandon-Croft
Illustrated by:
Barbara Brandon-Croft
Barbara Brandon-Croft
ISBN: 9781770465688
Fiction, Teen, Graphic Novel, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Aretha Franklin
By: Kristen Rajczak Nelson
ISBN: 9781534552371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252518
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Emeka, Eat Egusi
By: Candice Iloh
Illustrated by:
Bea Jackson
Bea Jackson
ISBN: 9781665937610
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
I Am, I Can, I Will
By: Dr. Cynthia Jacobs Carter and Ruth Chamblee
Illustrated by:
Steffi Walthall
Steffi Walthall
ISBN: 9781523514571
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Social Emotional Learning
A Kids Book About Juneteenth
By: Garrison Hayes
ISBN: 9780744098877
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, History
My Soca Birthday Party: with Jollof Rice and Steel Pans
By: Yolanda T. Marshall
Illustrated by:
Subi Bosa
Subi Bosa
ISBN: 9781771055680
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
Soulful Struttin
By: Julia Pierre Hammond
Illustrated by:
Ana Latese
Ana Latese
ISBN: 9798885545259
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Family / Community
The White Guy Dies First
By: Edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker
ISBN: 9781250861276
Fiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, Horror
Aya: Life in Yop City
By: Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie; translated by Helge Dascher
Illustrated by:
Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie
Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie
ISBN: 9781770460829
Fiction, Teen, Graphic Novel, Places / Travel
Brown Girl in the Snow
By: Yolanda T. Marshall
Illustrated by:
Marianne Ferrer
Marianne Ferrer
ISBN: 9781771649261
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem
By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781662680557
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
I Can Be Brave Like Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Familius
Illustrated by:
Susanna Covelli
Susanna Covelli
ISBN: 9781641707473
Nonfiction, 4-6, Novelty / Pop-up, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
A Kite for Melia
By: Freda Narh and Samuel Narh
Illustrated by:
Valeria Suria
Valeria Suria
ISBN: 9781734789744
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Nani and the Lion
By: Alicia D. Williams
Illustrated by:
Anna Cunha
Anna Cunha
ISBN: 9781665914222
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
A Stitch Through Time
By: Lauren Burke
Illustrated by:
Katie Crumpton
Katie Crumpton
ISBN: 9781503759282
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Will’s Race for Home
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
ISBN: 9780316299336
Fiction, 7-12, Prose, Action / Adventure
Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers, & Everyday Heroes
By: Briana Fitzsimons, Leon Diop
Illustrated by:
Jessica Louis
Jessica Louis
ISBN: 9781915071231
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
C is for Carnival: US Version
By: Yolanda T. Marshall
Illustrated by:
Daria Lavrova
Daria Lavrova
ISBN: 9781771058803
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Fish Fry Friday
By: Winsome Bingham
Illustrated by:
C.G. Esperanza
C.G. Esperanza
ISBN: 9781419766930
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
I Heard: An American Journey
By:
Jaha Nailah Avery
Illustrated by:
Steffi Walthall
Steffi Walthall
ISBN: 9781623543822
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Liberation Literature
By: Hamilton, Virginia
ISBN: 9781646144501
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, Art / Performing Arts
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox
By: Marti Dumas
ISBN: 9798889641155
Fiction, 7-12, Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Stories of the Spirit of Justice
By: Jemar Tisby
ISBN: 9780310145592
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Writing Toward Justice
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9781662680892
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Boy, Black Boy
By: Ali Kamanda, Jorge Redmond
Illustrated by:
Ken Daley
Ken Daley
ISBN: 9781728250649
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella
By: Shana Keller
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781623543891
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Historical Fiction
A Flea for Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change
By: Valerie Bolling
Illustrated by:
TeMika Grooms
TeMika Grooms
ISBN: 9781623545826
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
I Love My People
By: Kim Singleton
Illustrated by:
Kim Holt
Kim Holt
ISBN: 9798889831587
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The Light She Feels Inside
By: Gwendolyn Wallace
Illustrated by:
Olivia Duchess
Olivia Duchess
ISBN: 9781728239798
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Old to Joy
By: Anita Crawford Clark
Illustrated by:
Anita Crawford Clark
Anita Crawford Clark
ISBN: 9781957655062
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
A Story About Afiya
By: James Berry
Illustrated by:
Anna Cunha
Anna Cunha
ISBN: 9781911373339
Fiction, 4-6, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Cultural Diversity
Black Boy, Rise
By: Brynne Barnes
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781797200736
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Celebrate We Gullah Geechee
By: Yvette R Murray
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9798330905065
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Florence Price
By: Joanne Mattern
Illustrated by:
Marilena Perilli
Marilena Perilli
ISBN: 9781643714493
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
I Rock My Hair: Pretty and Protected by the CROWN Act
By: Angel Tate
Illustrated by:
Angel Tate
Angel Tate
ISBN: 9781957655444
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Little Big Man
By: Varian Johnson
Illustrated by:
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown
ISBN: 9781338807431
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Family / Community
Opening the Road
By: Keila V. Dawson
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781506467917
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Places / Travel
This Hair Belongs
By: JaNay Brown-Wood
Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson
Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9781662620867
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Girls Unbossed
By: Khristi Lauren Adams
ISBN: 9781506479231
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Celebration Place: God’s Plan for a Delightfully Diverse Church
By: Dorena Williamson
Illustrated by:
Erin Bennett Banks
Erin Bennett Banks
ISBN: 9781514002582
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Religion / Spirituality
Freedom Braids
By: Monique Duncan
Illustrated by:
Oboh Moses
Oboh Moses
ISBN: 9781915244802
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Historical Fiction
I Will Swim Next Time
By: Emily Joof
Illustrated by:
Matilda Ruta
Matilda Ruta
ISBN: 9781782508298
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Emotional Learning
Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults)
By: Kentaji Brown Jackson
ISBN: 9798217117772
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Pecosita’s Freckly Freckle Face
By: Aliya King Neil & Shane Paul Neil
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781665936538
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Those Who Saw the Sun
By: Avery, Jaha Nailah
ISBN: 9781646144624
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, History
Black Hair Can: The Roots of Our Roots
By: Sylvia Rodriguez
Illustrated by:
Sylvia Rodriguez
Sylvia Rodriguez
ISBN: 9781623545901
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
A Child’s Introduction to African American History
By: Jabari Asim
Illustrated by:
Lynn Gaines
Lynn Gaines
ISBN: 9780316436427
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party
By: Martin, Jetta Grace
ISBN: 9781646144105
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, History
Make a Pretty Sound
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
ISBN: 9781452170640
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis
By: Jabari Asim
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9780399168567
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison dreams of space
By: Charles R Smith Jr
Illustrated by:
Evening Monteiro
Evening Monteiro
ISBN: 9781338815290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9798217031856
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Clothes to Make You Smile
By: Eric Darnell Pritchard
Illustrated by:
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
ISBN: 9781419768866
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Gift of Freedom
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781419769290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
It’s Her Story Josephine Baker: A Graphic Novel
By: Lauren Gamble
Illustrated by:
Markia Jenai
Markia Jenai
ISBN: 9781503764910
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Make Good Trouble
By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
ISBN: 9780744092196
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
The Proudest Color
By: Sheila Modir and Jeffrey Kashou
Illustrated by:
Monica Mikai
Monica Mikai
ISBN: 9781641705783
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
To Be a Cheetah: A Bedtime Story
By: Joanne Hillhouse
Illustrated by:
Zavian Archibald
Zavian Archibald
ISBN: 9781503768000
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Sleep / Dreams / Bedtime
Five Midnights
By: Ann Dávila Cardinal
ISBN: 9781250296092
Fiction, Teen, Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Preciosa
By: Carlos Aponte
Illustrated by:
Carlos Aponte
Carlos Aponte
ISBN: 9798217004720
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Spanish
Hispanic Star: Roberto Clemente
By: Claudia Romo Edelman and Sara E. Echenique
Illustrated by:
Manuel Gutierrez
Manuel Gutierrez
ISBN: 9781250828101
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
A Girl Named Rosita
By: Denise, Anika Aldamuy
Illustrated by:
Espinosa, Leo
Espinosa, Leo
ISBN: 9780062877703
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Precious
By: Carlos Aponte
Illustrated by:
Carlos Aponte
Carlos Aponte
ISBN: 9780593856802
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Hair Story
By: NoNieqa Ramos
Illustrated by:
Keisha Morris
Keisha Morris
ISBN: 9798765685242
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Pura’s Cuentos
By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
Magaly Morales
Magaly Morales
ISBN: 9781419749414
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Juan Bobo Goes to Work
By: Montes, Marisa
Illustrated by:
Cepeda, Joe
Cepeda, Joe
ISBN: 9780688162337
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
La canción de Paloma para Puerto Rico: un diario de 1898
By: Adriana Erin Rivera
Illustrated by:
Eugenia Nobati
Eugenia Nobati
ISBN: 9798875235610
Fiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Spanish
The Same Luna
By: Christine Rivera Creque
Illustrated by:
Nathalia Rivera
Nathalia Rivera
ISBN: 9798893961195
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Family / Community
Leyendas/Legends
By: Mónica Mancillas
Illustrated by:
Isadora Zeferino
Isadora Zeferino
ISBN: 9781797211985
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Saving Chupie
By: Amparo Ortiz
Illustrated by:
Ronnie Vazquez
Ronnie Vazquez
ISBN: 9780062950284
Fiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Action / Adventure
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Ready-to-Read Level 3
By: Laurie Calkhoven
Illustrated by:
Alyssa Peterson
Alyssa Peterson
ISBN: 9781534422414
Nonfiction, 7-12, Early Reader, Biography / Memoir
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9780763680466
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Revolutionary Playwright, Composer, and Actor
By: Heather E. Schwartz
ISBN: 9781541556164
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
Separate Is Never Equal
By: Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419710544
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines
By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781536206081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Art / Performing Arts
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo
By: Brown, Monica
Illustrated by:
López, Rafael
López, Rafael
ISBN: 9780061227837
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The Moonlit Vine
By: Elizabeth Santiago
Illustrated by:
McKenzie Mayle
McKenzie Mayle
ISBN: 9781643795805
Fiction, Teen, Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Wanda Hears the Stars
By: Amy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz Merced
Illustrated by:
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
ISBN: 9781623544874
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good
By: NoNieqa Ramos
Illustrated by:
Nicole Medina
Nicole Medina
ISBN: 9781728460444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Nuestro techo es azul
By: Sara E. Echenique
Illustrated by:
Ashley Vargas
Ashley Vargas
ISBN: 9781623544225
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Spanish
Wanda oye las estrellas
By: Amy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz Merced; translated by Gabriela Carrión Zayas
Illustrated by:
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
Rocio Arreola Mendoza
ISBN: 9781623544881
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Spanish
