Books with Own Voices/Lived Experience - I'm Your Neighbor Books

!Essie! ?Otra Vez?

by Jenny Lacika

Age 3 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

¡Andale, Prieta!: A Love Letter to My Family

by Yasmin Ramirez

Age 12 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

by Christine Suggs

Age 12 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

A Big Bed for Little Snow

by Grace Lin

Age 04 or older

Community: Chinese/Chinese American

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

by Grace Lin

Age 04 or older

Community: Chinese/Chinese American, Taiwanese/Taiwanese American

A Bit of Earth

by Karuna Riazi

Age 08 or older

Community: Pakistani/Pakistani American

A Crown for Corina

by Laekan Zea Kemp

Age 04 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

by Laura Taylor Namey

Age 12 or older

Community: Cuban/Cuban American

A Different Pond

by Bao Phi

Age 07 or older

Community: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American

A Feast for Joseph

by Terry Farish

Age 05 and older

Community: Sudanese/Sudanese American

A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic

by Debbie Rigaud

Age 12 or older

Community: Haitian/Haitian American

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Teen Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival: Young Readers’ Edition

by Melissa Fleming

Age 12 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

by Ishmael Beah

Age 16 or older

Community: Sierra Leonean/Sierra Leonean American

A Mermaid Girl

by Sana Rafi

Age 05 or older

Community: Muslim/Muslim American, Pakistani/Pakistani American

A Morning With Grandpa

by Sylvia Liu

Age 05 or older

Community: Unspecified (Asian)

A Pho Love Story

by Loan Le

Age 12 or older

Community: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American

A Place at the Table

by Saadia Faruqi

Age 10 or older

Community: Muslim/Muslim American, Pakistani/Pakistani American

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