Bangladeshi/Bangladeshi American
A Show for Two
Age 13 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, Religious Background: Muslim
Always Be My Bibi
Age 12 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Dating, Genre: Humor, Genre: Romance, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country
Ask Me No Questions
Age 12 or older
Themes: Detention & Deportation, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: By Detention, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Beautifully Me
Age 4 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Bela and Lily
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Language Ability, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Bengali Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Counting Down With You
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Four Eids and a Funeral
Age 14 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Community Action, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
I’ll Pretend You’re Mine
Age 13 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health
Listen, Wonder, Ask
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Welcoming by Individual
Lulu in the Spotlight: A South Asian Wedding Story
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Multilingual: Hindi Featured Words, Multilingual: Urdu Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Meena Can’t Wait
Age 03 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Nadia Islam, on the Record
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country
Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab
Age 10 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Rani Choudhury Must Die
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Colorism, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Romance, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Right as Rain
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Magical Realism, Mental Health
Sabrena Swept Away
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Samina Goes to a Wedding: Celebrations from a Bangladeshi Marriage
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Bengali Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Stay With My Heart
Age 13 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Extended, Genre: Romance, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
The Door is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Arts, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Format: Anthology, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, Religious Background: Hindu, Religious Background: Muslim, Religious Background: Sikh, Sports
The Dos and Donuts of Love
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Identity: Body Image, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Henna Wars
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, LGBTQIA+, Religious Background: Muslim
The Love Match
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Community Action, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Romance, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
The Queen of Ocean Parkway
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Mystery, Genre: Science Fiction, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
The Treasure of Ocean Parkway
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Genre: Mystery, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational, Welcoming by Individual
This is How You Fall in Love
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Romance, Own Voices/Lived Experience