Ghanaian/Ghanaian American
Anansi and the Golden Pot
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
As You Wish
Age 10 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Humor, Genre: Romance, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health
Bad Queer
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Tamil Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Discrimination: Abilities, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Format: Audiobook, Immigrant: Education
Fibbed
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Language, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Goldenborn
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Mystery, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Illegal
Age 12 or older
Themes: Refugee Journey, Refugee: Undocumented, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
In the Small, Small Night
Age 05 or older
Themes: Educator Resource, Family Relationship: Siblings, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
Kente for Jojo
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Abilities, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Fante Featured Words, Multilingual: Twi Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
My Name is An Address
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
My Smock Is a Story
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Exploration, Multilingual: Dagbani Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Nana Akua Goes to School
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Identity: Multiracial, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026
Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Format: Anthology, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Sasha Dreams Big (Book 3)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Activism, Citizenship, Coming of Age, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Sasha Goes to America (Part 1)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Sasha Perseveres in America (Part 2)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Say My Name
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Saving the World (Serwa Boateng #3)
Age 10 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)
Age 10 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Best Jollof Rice Ever
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Free Verse Society
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Adoption, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Poetry, Genre: Romance, Identity: Multiracial, Life Event: Pregnancy, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trauma & Recovery: Substance Use
The Jollof Project
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Other Side of Imani
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Theft of the Ruby Lotus
Age 08 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Mystery, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
When It All Syncs Up
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Identity: Body Image, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Disordered Eating, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Trauma & Recovery: Substance Use, Welcoming by School
Who I Always Was
Age 18 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Biography, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend