Celebrate Multicultural Books
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of that tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” —Maya Angelou
- 2337 Resources including
- 235 Videos
- 134 Book Readings
- 356 Lesson Plans
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1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac
10 Resources1 Award


Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
28 Resources7 Awards


Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem / Sopa de frijoles: un poema para cocinar
by Jorge Argueta and Rafael Yockteng
9 Resources2 Awards


Black Is Brown Is Tan
by Arnold Adoff and Emily Arnold McCully
13 Resources1 Award

Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation),The
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon
16 Resources4 Awards

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Anna Hymas
14 Resources3 Awards


Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes
by Hena Khan and Mehrdokht Amini
16 Resources4 Awards


A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
by Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Cooper
12 Resources4 Awards

Danza!: Amalia Hernandez and Mexico's Folkloric Ballet
24 Resources7 Awards

Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
20 Resources5 Awards

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
20 Resources5 Awards

Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews
by Kathleen Benson and Benny Andrews
13 Resources4 Awards

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
44 Resources12 Awards


Elijah of Buxton
43 Resources12 Awards





Four Feet, Two Sandals
by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, and Doug Chayka
18 Resources3 Awards



Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors
by Roseanne Greenfield Thong and John Parra
18 Resources5 Awards

Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de ana
by Gwendolyn Zepeda and April Ward
12 Resources2 Awards




Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
by Karen English and Javaka Steptoe
13 Resources4 Awards




I Love Saturdays y Domingos
by Alma Flor Ada and Elivia Savadier
19 Resources3 Awards






La Tienda de Mamá y Papá
5 Resources1 Award

La Ultima Parada de la Calle Market
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
17 Resources

Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
55 Resources15 Awards







Mama and Papa Have a Store
9 Resources3 Awards

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson
12 Resources1 Award



Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios
27 Resources5 Awards


Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, and Rafael López
33 Resources7 Awards




My Name Is Maria Isabel
by Alma Flor Ada and K. Dyble Thompson
14 Resources1 Award






One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree
by Daniel Bernstrom and Brendan Wenzel
12 Resources1 Award




The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
28 Resources4 Awards


Quinito's Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito
by Ina Cumpiano and Jose Ramirez
10 Resources3 Awards


Red Ridin' in the Hood: And Other Cuentos
by Patricia Marcantonio and Renato Alarcao
7 Resources3 Awards


Same, Same But Different
13 Resources3 Awards

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
32 Resources10 Awards



Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
15 Resources7 Awards


Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure
by Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers
6 Resources



Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
16 Resources1 Award


The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
by Curtis Manley and Kate Berube
11 Resources1 Award



Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding
by Lenore Look and Yumi Heo
11 Resources3 Awards

The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963
46 Resources8 Awards






Yesterday I Had the Blues
by Jeron Ashford Frame and R. Gregory Christie
12 Resources3 Awards

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter
by Mark Gonzales and Mehrdokht Amini
16 Resources7 Awards