Trinidadian/Trinidadian American

A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe

by Mahogany L. Browne

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

Amber Class: Making Friends (Amber Class #2)

by Enomwoyi Damali

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Early Childhood, Education & Literacy, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School

And Then There Was Us

by Kern Carter

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

Bumps in the Night

by Amalie Howard

Age 08 or older

Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Horror, Identity: Exploration, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing

Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush

by Patrice Lawrence

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Historical, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Home Home

by Lisa Allen-Agostini

Age 14 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

Like Home

by Louisa Onomé

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Meet Amber Class (Amber Class #1)

by Enomwoyi Damali

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Early Childhood, Education & Literacy, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School

Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos (Moko Magic #1)

by Tracey Baptiste

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations: Carnival, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community

Moko Magic: Museum Mayhem (Moko Magic #2)

by Tracey Baptiste

Age 08 or older

Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience

On the Block: Stories of Home

by Ellen Oh

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Format: Anthology, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Community

Our Story Starts in Africa

by Patrice Lawrence

Age 4 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country

Stars in My Crown

by Antonio Michael Downing

Age 04 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Tell Us We’re Home

by Marina Budhos

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial

The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat

by Tracey Baptiste

Age 06 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School

The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Age 13 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian

The Poet X (en espanol)

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Age 13 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

by Junauda Petrus

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences: Dating, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual