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Kende! Kende! Kende!

by Kirsten Cappy

Age 04 or older

Community: Congolese/Congolese American

Koze Penti Ak Tati Luce (Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings)

by Francie Latour

Age 05 or older

Community: Haitian/Haitian American

La Formación de Yolanda la Bruja (The Making of Yolanda la Bruja)

by Lorraine Avila

Age 12 or older

Community: Dominican/Dominican American

La Intérprete (The Interpreter)

by Olivia Abtahi

Age 05 or older

Community: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)

Lola (Islandborn)

by Junot Diaz

Age 06 or older

Community: Dominican/Dominican American

Los deseos de Carmela (Carmela Full of Wishes)

by Matt de la Pena

Age 05 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

Mama’s Nightingale

by Edwidge Danticat

Age 06 or older

Community: Haitian/Haitian American

Me and My Fear

by Francesca Sanna

Age 06 or older

Community: Unspecified (Middle Eastern)

Mehndi Boy

by Zain Bandali

Age 06 or older

Community: Indian/Indian American, Muslim/Muslim American, Tanzanian/Tanzanian American

My Footprints

by Bao Phi

Age 05 or older

Community: Indian/Indian American, Vietnamese/Vietnamese American

My Papi’s Hands

by Melissa Seron Richardson

Age 06 or older

Community: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)

My Two Blankets

by Irena Kobald

Age 06 or older

Community: Sudanese/Sudanese American, Unspecified (African)

Nana Akua Goes to School

by Tricia Elam Walker

Age 04 or older

Community: Ghanaian/Ghanaian American

Ojalá Supieras (I Wish You Knew)

by Jackie Azua Kramer

Age 06 or older

Community: Ecuadorian/Ecuadorian American, Puerto Rican

Other Words For Home

by Jasmine Warga

Age 09 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Rosa’s Song

by Helana Ku Rhee

Age 05 or older

Community: Korean/Korean American, Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)

Salat in Secret

by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

Age 04 or older

Community: Muslim/Muslim American

Salma Makes a Home (Salma Series #1)

by Danny Ramadan

Age 06 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Salma the Syrian Chef

by Danny Ramadan

Age 04 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American, Various

Salma Writes a Book (Salma Series #2)

by Danny Ramadan

Age 06 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Shooting Kabul

by N.H. Senzai

Age 09 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American, Muslim/Muslim American

Simone

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Age 05 or older

Community: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American

Sour Cherries: An Afghan Family Story

by Dezh Azaad

04 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American

Story Boat

by Kyo Maclear

Age 03 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American, Iranian/Iranian American, Syrian/Syrian American, Unspecified

Tethered to Other Stars

by Elisa Stone Leahy

Age 08 or older

Community: Guatemalan/Guatemalan American, Salvadoran/Salvadoran American

The Capybaras

by Alfredo Soderguit

Age 08 or older

Community: Animals/Allegory

The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story

by Dezh Azaad

Age 04 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American

The Day You Begin

by Jacqueline Woodson

Age 06 or older

Community: Korean/Korean American, Venezuelan/Venezuelan American

The Diamond Explorer

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 10 or older

Community: Hmong/Hmong American

The Interpreter

by Olivia Abtahi

Age 05 or older

Community: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

by Lorraine Avila

Age 12 or older

Community: Dominican/Dominican American

The Only Road

by Alexandra Diaz

Age 09 or older

Community: Guatemalan/Guatemalan American