Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Resources for a selection of titles recognized by this list since 1999 -- honoring books that reflect a pluralistic view of world society
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Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
70 Resources15 Awards

We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
68 Resources18 Awards


Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
60 Resources16 Awards




When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2021)
54 Resources20 Awards

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
52 Resources13 Awards


Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2016)
47 Resources16 Awards

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2020)
47 Resources15 Awards

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
46 Resources14 Awards





Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2015)
44 Resources16 Awards










Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2018)
40 Resources10 Awards


Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources13 Awards

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources11 Awards


Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan
(Selection, 2017)
38 Resources15 Awards





The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora
(Selection, 2021)
37 Resources10 Awards




The Cat Man of Aleppo
by Karim Shamsi-Basha, Irene Latham, and Yuko Shimizu
(Selection, 2021)
36 Resources7 Awards