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A Season for Building Houses

by Authors: Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete

Age 12 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Anthology, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp

Basra Wants to Be a Paramedic

by Hudda Ibrahim

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Generation: 1st, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Bisha Korkeeda

by Hibo Jirde Warsame

Age 00 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Poetry, Multilingual: Somali, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Chess Club: The Winning Move

by Rebecca Donnelly

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, LGBTQIA+, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Dear Muslim Child

by Rahma Rodaah

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Etta Extraordinaire

by Roda Ahmed

Age 04 or older

Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School

Faiza Wants to Be a Firefighter

by Hudda Ibrahim

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Generation: 1st, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Fire and Ashes: A Boy and an African Proverb

by Ahmed Hassan

Age 03 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Immigrant: Economic, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Own Voices/Lived Experience

I Remember Warm Rain

by Aruna Kenyi, Hassan Jeylani, Nasra Hassan, Navid Sabeti, Abdiaziz Mohemud, Hashim Abdi, Ridwan Hassan, Estella Omal, Hamid Karimian, Farah Jama, Mohamed Rashid Isaack, Jackson Benjamin, Kahiye Hassan, Aqila Sharafyar, Ali Mohamed

Themes: Citizenship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Anthology, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing

I’m an American

by Darshana Khiani

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

I’m New Here

by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Age 06 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

by Judith M. Blohm

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

Kiki and Jacques: A Refugee Story

by Susan Ross

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday

by Natalie C. Anderson

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood

Listen, Wonder, Ask

by Elly Berke

Age 07 or older

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

Lula Wants to Wear a Badge

by Hudda Ibrahim

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Education & Literacy, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Mohamed Goes to the Moon

by Hudda Ibrahim

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM

My America

by Karen Katz

Age 02 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Education

My Friend Jamal

by Anna McQuinn

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Educator Resource, Generation: 1st, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Past)

One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together

by Amy Bass

Age 15 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Audiobook, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by School

Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak

by Emily Hearn

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Format: Anthology, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Our Stories Carried Us Here

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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

Out of Nowhere

by Maria Padian

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Refugee: War/Conflict

Sadiq (Series)

by Siman Nuurali

Age 06 or older

Themes: Animals, Arts, Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, STEM

Someone New

by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Age 06 or older

Themes: Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Format: Audiobook, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection

Something About America

by Maria Testa

Age 12 or older

Themes: Community Action, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Parents, IYNB Recommends: Community Rallying Against Hate, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Community

Sumaya Solves the Birthday Plan Problem

by Aisha Ahmed

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Somali Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM

Sumaya Solves the Droopy Gift Problem

by Aisha Ahmed

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Somali Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Sumaya Solves the Ice Thief Problem

by Aisha Ahmed

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual: Somali Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Sumaya Solves the Naughty Puppy Problem

by Aisha Ahmed

Age 05 or older

Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Somali Featured Words, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM

Sumaya Solves the Outer Space Problem

by Aisha Ahmed

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Somali Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM

Sumaya Solves the Shining Stars Problem

by Aisha Ahmed

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Somali Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM