Haitian/Haitian American
(S)Kin
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Discrimination: Colorism, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Body Image, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience
A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
A Song for Bijou
Age 10 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generational Differences: Dating
American Street
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Detention & Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Audiobook, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Unaccompanied Minors
Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
Back Home: Story Time with My Father
Age 05 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual: Haitian Creole Featured Words
Behind the Mountains
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual
Brother, I’m Dying
Age 18 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Biography, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Anthology, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing
Calling the Water Drum
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Loss of Childhood, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual
Charming as a Verb
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Setting: Home Country
Freedom Soup
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Historical, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
I Was Told There Would Be Romance
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Romance, Identity: Body Image, Mental Health, 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
Koze Penti Ak Tati Luce (Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Multilingual: Haitian Creole, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Lalo Lespérance Never Forgot
Age 10 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Liline & Pepper (Series)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Animals, Early Childhood, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Listen, Wonder, Ask
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Welcoming by Individual
Los Bravos (The Wild Ones)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Halloween, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Spanish, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Magic Like That
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Body Image, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Age 07 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Mama’s Nightingale
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Audiobook, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
Next Level: A Hymn in Gratitude for Neurodiversity
Age 07 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Abilities, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Resistance: My Story of Activism (I, Witness)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Engagement Tool: Video, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Running
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial
Selavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Community Action, Loss of Childhood, Welcoming by Community
She Persisted: Naomi Osaka
Age 06 or older
Themes: Activism, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Biography, Mental Health, Sports
The Color of My Difference
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Summer I Ate the Rich
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Wild Ones
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Halloween, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Year I Flew Away
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience