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Diversity List for Children
This list strives to illustrate the diverse cultures which are represented here in the United States. It also crosses many borders and encourages discovery of cultures around the world. When two names are listed, the author's name is followed by the illustrator. An asterisk indicates the book is for older children; YA indicates the book is for young adults.
--Lisa Von Drasek, Children's Librarian, Bank Street College
| AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR | TITLE |
| Aardema, Verna | Borreguita and the Coyote; Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (and other titles) |
| Adoff, Arnold Cepeda, Joe | Daring Dog and Captain Cat |
| Adoff, Arnold McCully, Emily Arnold | Black is Brown is Tan |
| Adoff, Jaime French, Martin | The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth: A Celebration of Music * |
| Altman, Linda Jacobs Van Wright, Cornelius and Ying Hwa Hu | The Legend of Freedom Hill * |
| Appelt, Kathi Howard, Arthur | Bubba and Beau Best Friends |
| Appelt, Kathi Johnson, Paul Brett | The Best Kind of Gift |
| Ashley, Bernard Brazell, Derek | Cleversticks |
| Axtell, David | We're Going on a Lion Hunt |
| Baicker, Karen Wilson-Max, Ken | I Can Do It, Too |
| Bang, Molly | Ten, Nine, Eight |
| Banks, Kate Bogacki, Tomek | Mama's Coming Home |
| Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn Bootman, Colin | Papa's Mark |
| Bearden, Romare | Li'l Dan the Drummer Boy |
| Belafonte, Harry | A life like mine: how children live around the world * |
| Belton, Sandra Andrews, Benny | Pictures for Miss Josie |
| Bennet, Jill Cairns, Julia | Grandad's Tree: Poems About Families |
| Bruchac, Joseph | Pocahontas (YA) |
| Buckley, Gail | American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military From the Revolution to Desert Storm * |
| Campbell, Bebe Moore Lewis, E.B. | Sometimes my Mom Gets Angry |
| Campbell, Janice and Cathy Collison | Authors by Request * |
| Carew-Miller, Anna | Native American Cooking * |
| Carle, Eric and Kazuo Iwamura Carle, Eric | Where are you going? To see my friend |
| Cart, Michael, ed. | Necessary Noise: Stories about our families as they really are (YA) |
| Cheng, Andrea Zhang, Ange | Grandfather Counts |
| Cheng, Andrea | Goldfish and Chrysanthemums |
| Chinn, Karen Van Wright, Cornelius and Ying-Hwa Hu | Sam y el Dinerso de la Suertee |
| Christensen, Bonnie | In my Grandmother's House |
| Compestine, Ying Chang Xuan, Yong Sheng | The Story of Kites |
| Cooke, Trish Howard, Paul | Full, Full, Full of Love |
| Corey, Shana Gibbon, Rebecca | Players in Pigtails |
| Coy, John Fisher, Carolyn | Two Old Potatoes |
| Coy, John Jean-Bart, Leslie | Strong to the Hoop * |
| Crews, Donald | Freight Train |
| Crunk, Tony Apple, Margot | Big Mama |
| Daly, Niki | Once Upon a Time |
| Demi | The Legend of St. Nicholas |
| Dewan, Ted | Crispin and the 3 Little Pigs |
| Diakite, Baba Wague | The Magic Gourd |
| Dillon, Leo and Diane | Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles--Think of That! |
| Ehlert, Lois | Dia de Mercado |
| Falwell, Cathryn | Butterflies for Kiri |
| Fisher, Leonard Everett | The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China * |
| Flake, Sharon G. | The Skin I'm In (YA) |
| Flor Ada, Alma Escriva, Vivi | Pio Peep |
| Fowles, Shelley | The Bachelor and the Bean |
| Frame, Jeron Ashford Christie, Gregory | Yesterday, I had the Blues |
| Gill, Vince Newsom, Carol | The Emperor's New Clothes |
| Goble, Paul | Mystic Horse |
| Haan, Amanda Sagona, Marina | I Call My Hand Little |
| Hamanaka, Sheila | Grandparents Song |
| Hayler, Kate | Policia En Accion |
| Hoffman, Eric Henriquez, Celeste | Best Best Colors/Los Mejores Colores |
| Hoffman, Eric Rosen, Judi | Heroines and Heroes/Heroinas y Heroes |
| Hopkinson, Deborah Ransome, James | Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt |
| Hru, Dakari Wilson-Max, Ken | Tickle, Tickle |
| Hubbell, Patricia Tate, Don | Black All Around |
| Hudson, Wade (ed.) Cooper, Floyd | Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children |
| Jukes, Mavis Johnson, Steve and Fancher, Lou | You're a Bear |
| Khan, Rukhsana Christie, Gregory | Ruler of the Courtyard |
| Kimmel, Eric Gerstein, Mordicai | Three Samurai Cats |
| Kimmel, Eric Cecil, Randy | The Runaway Tortilla |
| Kimmel,Elizabeth Kim, Joung Un | What do you dream? |
| Krishnaswami, Uma Akib, Jamel | Monsoon |
| Lanier, Shannon and Feldman, Jane | Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family (YA) |
| Maher, Ramona Begay, Shonto | Alice Yazzie's Year |
| Marx, Trish Karp, Cindy | Reaching for the Sun: Kids in Cuba |
| McBrier, Page Lohstoeter, Lori | Beatrice's Goat |
| McDermott, Gerald | Creation |
| McMullan, Kate and Jim | I Stink! |
| Meadows, Michelle Litzinger, Rosanne | The Way the Storm Stops |
| Medina, Tony Christie, R. Gregory | Deshawn Days |
| Meunier, Brian Edgerton, Perky | Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs |
| Mikaelsen, Ben | Red Midnight * |
| Montes, Marissa Cepeda, Joe | Get Ready for Gabi!; Who's That Girl? * |
| Montes, Marissa Cepeda, Joe | Get Ready for Gabi!; A Crazy Mixed-Up Spanglish Day * |
| Montgomery, Sy Briggs, Eleanor | The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans * |
| Morris, Ann Heyman, Ken | Bread Bread Bread |
| Muth, Jon | Stone Soup |
| Myers, Christopher | Fly! |
| Myers, Walter Dean Myers, Christopher | Blues Journey |
| Myers, Walter Dean | The Dream Bearer * |
| Myers, Walter Dean Laden, Nina | The Blues of Flats Brown |
| Nelson, S.D. | The Star People: A Lakota Story |
| Nolen, Jerdine Primavera, Elise | Raising Dragons |
| Numeroff, Laura Bond, Felecia | Si llevas un Raton a la Escuela |
| Ochoa, Annette Pina, Betsy Franco and Traci L. Gourdine | Night is Gone, Day is Still Coming (YA) |
| Okimoto, Jean Davies So, Meilo | The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption |
| Osa, Nancy | Cuba 15 * |
| Paolilli, Paul and Dan Brewster Johnson, Steve, and Lou Fancher | Silver Seeds |
| Parr, Todd | It's Okay to be Different |
| Partridge, Elizabeth Sogabe, Aki | Kogi's Mysterious Journey |
| Partridge, Elizabeth Sogabe, Aki | Oranges on Golden Mountain |
| Pattison, Darcy Cepeda, Joe | The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman |
| Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret Lippert Paschkis, Julie | Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile |
| Pinkney, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian | Mim's Christmas Jam |
| Pinkney, Sandra L. Pinkney, Myles C. | Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children |
| Powell, Alma Winborn, Marsha | Mi carrito |
| Rappaport, Doreen Collier, Bryan | Martin's Big Words |
| Recorvits, Helen Swiatkowska, Gabi | My Name is Yoon |
| Ringgold, Faith | My Dream of Martin Luther King |
| Robles, Anthony Angel, Carl | Lakas and the Manilatown Fish |
| Roth, Susan | Mi Amor Por Ti/My Love for You |
| Rumford, James | Nine Animals and the Well |
| Seeger, Pete Wingerter, Linda | One Grain of Sand |
| Shah, Idries Delmar, Natasha | The Old Woman and the Eagle |
| Simont, Marc | The Stray Dog |
| Simont, Marc | El Perro Vagabundo |
| Smith, Hope Anita Evans, Shane W. | The Way a Door Closes * |
| Smith, Patricia Clark | Weetamoo, Heart of the Pocassets (The Royal Diaries) * |
| Smothers, Ethel Footman Holyfield , John | The Hard-Times Jar |
| Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk (selected by) Saint James, Synthia | Enduring Wisdom: Sayings from Native Americans |
| Gonzalez, Rigoberto Ibarra, Rosa | Soledad Sigh-Sighs/ Soledad Susperos |
| Son, John | Finding My Hat (YA) |
| Soros, Barbara Mayer, Danuta | Tenzin's Deer: A Tibetan Tale |
| Soto, Gary | The Afterlife (YA) |
| Staeger, Rob | Native American Tools and Weapons * |
| Steptoe, Javaka | The Jones Family Express |
| Steptoe, Javaka | In Daddy's Arms I am Tall |
| Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie Boyd, Aaron | Babu's Song |
| Takabayashi, Mari | I Live in Tokyo |
| Tarpley, Natasia Anastasia Lewis, E.B. | Joe-Joe's First Flight |
| Tillis, Pam Wright, Jane Chambless | Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| Vyner, Tim | World Team |
| Weston, Carol | For Teens Only (YA) |
| Williams, Colleen Maddonna Flood | What the Native Americans Wore * |
| Williams, Vera B. | Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart * |
| Williams, Vera B. | A Chair for My Mother |
| Winter, Jeanette | Niņo's Mask |
| Wise Brown, Margaret Bond, Felicia | El Gran Granero, Rojo |
| Wolff, Ashley | Oh, the Colors, De Colores |
| Wong, Janet S. Chodos-Irvine, Margaret | Apple Pie 4th of July |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | The House You Pass on the Way (YA) |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | Locomotion * |
| Woodson, Jacqueline Lewis, E.B. | The Other Side |
| Woodson, Jacqueline Greenseid | We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past |
| Yolen, Jane and Shulamith Levey Oppenheim Czernecki, Stefan | The Sea King |