Animals/Allegory
¡Vamos! Let’s Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Celebrations, Celebrations: Día de los Muertos, Celebrations: Halloween, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Format: Audiobook, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
A Home That Means the World
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Environmental Crisis, Welcoming by Community
Becoming Boba
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Generational Differences, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Boundless Sky
Age 05 or older
Themes: Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Outdoor Exploration, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual
Cactus Home
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Community Action, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Welcoming by Community
Crocodile’s Crossing: A Search for Home
Age 03 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Separation: On Journey, Identity: Body Image, Mental Health, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Famine, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Community
El Viaje de Kalak (Kalak’s Journey)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Multilingual: Spanish, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Famine, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual
Fly Away Home
Age 03 or older
Themes: Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Poetry, Outdoor Exploration, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified
I Will Not Be Scared
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Books for "Unkind Times", Mental Health, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault
Kalak’s Journey
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Famine, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat
Age 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim
Leaf
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Community Action, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Environmental Crisis, Welcoming by Community
Los Muégano
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Exploration, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Lucero
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Allegory, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Undocumented, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors
Migrants
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Wordless, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
My New Home
Age 03 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Welcoming by Community
Nieve en la Jungla/Snow in the Jungle
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: I'm Your Neighbor Book Awards, Allegory, Cross-Group Friendship, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
Otter’s New Neighbors
Age 02 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Welcoming by Community
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
Age 06 or older
Themes: Allegory, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Economic, Migrant Smuggling, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Room on Our Rock
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Outdoor Exploration, Welcoming by Community
Ship in a Bottle
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Refugee Journey, Welcoming by Community
Somewhere for Little Bear
Age 00 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Outdoor Exploration, Welcoming by Community
That’s NOT How You Do It!
Age 05 or older
Themes: Allegory, Cross-Group Friendship, Educator Resource, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
The Brothers Zzli
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Welcoming by Individual
The Capybaras
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Refugee: Persecution, Welcoming by Individual
The Muéganos
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Animals, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Ribbit-Ribbit Pond
Age 05 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
The Shelter
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Welcoming by Community
The Someone New
Age 04 or older
Themes: Allegory, Animals, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Outdoor Exploration, Welcoming by Community