Ukrainian/Ukrainian American
A Sea of Gold: A Ukrainian Family’s Story through the Generations
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Historical, Loss of Childhood, Mental Health, Multilingual: Ukrainian Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Christian, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual
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
Another Tongue
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Canadian Connection, Genre: Nonfiction, Genre: Poetry, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Escaping Ukraine, Finding Hope (Our Stories Carried Us Here)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Community Action, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Biography, Multilingual: Ukrainian/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by School
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
Genocide: Revised and Expanded Edition
Age 14 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Genre: Historical, Genre: Nonfiction, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict
I Hate Borsch!
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Video, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Marie’s Magic Eggs: How Marie Procai Kept the Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Alive
Age 07 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Biography, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community
Planting Sunshine
Age 09 or older
Themes: Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Mental Health, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing
Pumpkin Pie for Sigd
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Sigd, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Religious Background: Jewish, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual
Quiet Night, My Astronaut: The First Days (and Nights) of the War in Ukraine
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing
Rosetown (The Rosetown Books #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Life Event: Divorce, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Welcoming by Individual
Rosetown Forever (The Rosetown Books #3)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Mental Health, Neighbors & Neighborhoods
Rosetown Summer (The Rosetown Books #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Welcoming by Individual
Standoff (Kidnapped From Ukraine #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Abduction & Internment, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing
Still Alive (Kidnapped From Ukraine #3)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Abduction & Internment, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing
Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Taking Flight
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing, Welcoming by Community
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Refugee: Economic Crisis, Refugee: Famine, Refugee: Persecution, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual
Under Attack (Kidnapped From Ukraine #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Abduction & Internment, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trigger Warning: Graphic Violence
When We Had to Leave Home
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Yellow Butterfly: A Story from Ukraine
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Format: Wordless, Loss of Childhood, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing
You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine
Age 18 or older
Themes: Arts, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict