Jamaican/Jamaican American
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Community Action, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Mental Health, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness
A Garden for Lili
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Multilingual: Italian Featured Words, Multilingual: Jamaican Patois Featured Words, Multilingual: Mandarin Featured Words, Multilingual: Polish Featured Words, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community
A Shelter in Our Car
Age 05 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Economic, Educator Resource, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience
A Single Dreadlock
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Celebrations, Celebrations: Hanukkah, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish
And Then There Was Us
Age 14 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Dancehall Rebel
Age 14 or older
Themes: Allyship, Arts, Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian
Dumplings for Lili
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Welcoming by Individual
False Starts (A Nansi Graphic Novel #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Arts, Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Jamaican Patois Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports
French Toast
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Identity: Multiracial
Getting Us to Grandma’s
Age 03 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Grandma, Cho Cho and Me
Age 03 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Honeysuckle and Bone
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Economic, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Horror, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Hurricane Summer
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
I Am the Dream Come True
Age 04 or older
Themes: Activism, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience
I, Too, Am Here
Age 06 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience
It’ll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself
Age 05 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Format: Audiobook
Jerk Chicken Magic
Age 02 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience
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
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Biography, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Welcoming by Individual
Malaika, Carnival Queen ( Malaika Series #4)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Migrant/Seasonal Worker, Multilingual: Jamaican Patois/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
Malaika’s Costume (Malaika Series #1)
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Arts, Canadian Connection, Celebrations: Carnival, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual: Jamaican Patois/English Bilingual
Malaika’s Winter Carnival (Malaika Series #2)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual: Jamaican Patois/English Bilingual
Marley and the Family Band
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
Our Stories Carried Us Here
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Citizenship, Discrimination: Cultural, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented
Patsy
Age 15 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Immigrant: Undocumented, LGBTQIA+, Religious Background: Christian
Patty Dreams
Age 04 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
Poppy’s Family Recipes
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 3rd, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Ready, Set, Mango!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Poetry, Trauma & Healing
Ripening Time
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Early Childhood, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
See Where We Come From!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+