Guyanese/Guyanese American
A Summer of Dragonflies
Age 09 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Brown Girl in the Snow
Age 04 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Welcoming by School
In the Key of Nira Ghani
Age 12 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Immigrant: Economic
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
Seven Pablos
Age 04 or older
Themes: Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Setting: Home Country
Snow Steps
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multiracial, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Format: Anthology, Genre: Nonfiction, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Religious Background: Sikh
The Beautiful Layers of Me
Age 03 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim