Lebanese/Lebanese American
A Game for Swallows
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Religious Background: Christian, Religious Background: Muslim
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 Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Mystery, Mental Health
Bashir Boutros and the Forgotten Realm (#2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile (#1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Diez Maneras de Escuchar La Nieve (Ten Ways to Hear Snow)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Dumplings for Lili
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Welcoming by Individual
From Far Away
Age 06 or older
Themes: Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by School
Hate is Such a Strong Word…
Age 12 or older
Themes: Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural
Huda and Me
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Huda Was Here
Age 09 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Humor, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health
My Baba is the Best
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience
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
Rima and the Painter
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria
Age 8 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Silverworld
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multiracial, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Six Truths and a Lie
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Thriller, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing
Solis
Age 12 or older
Themes: Activism, Cross-Group Friendship, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Science Fiction, Immigrant: Undocumented, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trigger Warning: Graphic Violence
Sundays Are for Feasts
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Sunflower Kisses
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Animals, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Ten Things I Hate About Me
Age 12 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
The Treasure of Maria Mamoun
Age 09 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic
Vial of Tears
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
You Started It
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Romance, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience