Books with Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling

A Season for Building Houses

by Authors: Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete

Age 12 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American, Burundian/Burundian American, Cameroonian/Cameroonian American, Congolese/Congolese American, Egyptian/Egyptian American, Haitian/Haitian American, Indian/Indian American, Iraqi/Iraqi American, Jordanian/Jordanian American, Kenyan/Kenyan American, Rwandan/Rwandan American, Salvadoran/Salvadoran American, Saudi Arabian/Saudi American, Somali/Somali American, South Sudanese/South Sudanese American, Sudanese/Sudanese American, Syrian/Syrian American, Tanzanian/Tanzanian American, Ugandan/Ugandan American, Various

Afterparties: Stories

by Anthony Veasna So

Age 15 or older

Community: Cambodian/Cambodian American

Alas salvajes (Wings in the Wild)

by Margarita Engle

Age 12 or older

Community: Cuban/Cuban American

Baba’s Gift: A Persian Father’s Love of Family

by Ariana Shaheen Amini

Age 04 or older

Community: Iranian/Iranian American, Persian/Persian American

Babajoon’s Treasure

by Farnaz Esnaashari

Age 04 or older

Community: Iranian/Iranian American

Donde las maravillas crecen (Where Wonder Grows)

by Xelena González

Age 05 or older

Community: Various (Hispanic/Latinx)

Fire and Ashes, A Boy and an African proverb

by Ahmed Hassan

Age 03 or older

Community: Somali/Somali American

Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine

by Hannah Moushabeck

Age 05 or older

Community: Palestinian/Palestinian American

Kai’s Tea Eggs

by Karina Zhou

Age 03 or older

Community: Chinese/Chinese American

Land of the Cranes

by Aida Salazar

Age 08 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

Naming Ceremony

by Seina Wedlick

Age 04 or older

Community: Nigerian/Nigerian American

Nuestro techo es azul

by Sara E. Echenique

Age 05 or older

Community: Puerto Rican

Once Upon a Book

by Grace Lin

Age 04 or older

Community: Chinese/Chinese American, Taiwanese/Taiwanese American

Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak

by Emily Hearn

Age 08 or older

Community: Cambodian/Cambodian American, Chinese/Chinese American, Ghanaian/Ghanaian American, Guyanese/Guyanese American, Indian/Indian American, Japanese/Japanese American, Korean/Korean American, Malaysian/Malaysian American, Pakistani/Pakistani American, Somali/Somali American, Sri Lankan/Sri Lankan American, Vietnamese/Vietnamese American