Nigerian/Nigerian American
A Visit to Grandad: An African ABC
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Setting: Home Country
A Year of Celebraciones
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Celebrations: New Years, Celebrations: Nowruz, Celebrations: Odunde, Celebrations: Rosh Hashanah, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by School
After the Rain
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Science Fiction, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts #3)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Akim Aliu: Dreamer
Age 12 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Graphic Novel, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault
Braids Take a Day
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Break This House
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Chichi and Didi Find Their Gifts
Age 03 or older
Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Chichi and Didi Love Their Names
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
Deepa, M.D.
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Body Image, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Dumpling Day
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Arabic/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Bengali/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Bengali/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Chinese/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Mandarin/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Día de Empanadillas
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Dia do Bolinho
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Portuguese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Jounen Dumpling
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Haitian Creole/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / La Journée des Bouchées
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: French/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Ngày Làm Bánh
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Vietnamese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Emeka, Eat Egusi!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Every Body Looking
Age 12 and older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Education & Literacy, Engagement Tool: Audio or Podcast, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, LGBTQIA+, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Finding Home: Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary
Age 04 or older
Themes: Activism, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Format: Anthology, Genre: Biography, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee
Flip
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Humor, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Four Eids and a Funeral
Age 14 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Community Action, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Gracias, Omu!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents
Grandma and the Moon’s Hidden Secret
Age 03 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Hairstory
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, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Historical, Identity: Body Image, Multilingual: Multilingual Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
How You Grow Wings
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience
I’m Not Here to Make Friends
Age 13 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, 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