Books by Community

A Star Shines Through

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict

Ain’t It Funny

Age 09 or older

Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness

Anya’s Secret Society

Age 05 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Abilities, Education & Literacy, Engagement Tool: Video, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)

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

Five Stories

Age 04 or older

Themes: Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Community

I’m an American

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, LGBTQIA+, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection

Jesse’s Star

Age 09 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 3rd, Genre: Historical, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish

Listen, Wonder, Ask

Age 07 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Welcoming by Individual

Typewriter

Age 06 or older

Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience