Ethiopian/Ethiopian American
A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water across the World
Age 08 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Adoption, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends
Call Me Gebyanesh
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Multilingual: Amharic Featured Words, Multilingual: Hebrew Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Individual
Cold White Sun
Age 14 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing
Finding Home: Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary
Age 04 or older
Themes: Activism, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Format: Anthology, Genre: Biography, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee
Joy-Grace and the Dress Dilemma / Joy-Grace y el Dilema del Vestido (Beyond Borders)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Exploration, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education
Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Pumpkin Pie for Sigd
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Sigd, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual
Sometimes I Eat with My Hands
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Early Childhood, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Gabi That Girma Wore
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity
Too Far From Home
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Setting: Home Country
Wherever I Go
Age 04 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
Yosef’s Dream
Age 05 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Genre: Historical, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Religious Background: Jewish