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Diversity in Kid's Literature September 2023 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Top Story
by Kelly Yang
Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She’s spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco’s Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it’s the place to find a great story―one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco...
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Critter cafâe
by Dela Costa
Searching for the freshest ingredients Sol has to offer to use for the annual Bake-Off competition, Isla stumbles upon a festival the creatures of Sol host for themselves: The Critter Café.
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Deephaven
by Ethan M. Aldridge
Hoping for a fresh start at Deephaven Academy, Guinevere“Nev” Tallow instead finds something strange stalking its corridors and teams up with another first-year student to unravel the secrets of this exclusive boarding school and its forbidden east wing.
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The Vanderbeekers Ever After
by Karina Yan Glaser
When one of the Vanderbeeker siblings becomes seriously ill, the family spends their days at the hospital where they help a newly made friend even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down.
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Farewell Cuba, mi isla
by Alexandra Diaz
Forced to flee 1960 Cuba and seek refuge in America, Victoria and her family arrive in Miami where they must find a way to settle in this new world while trying to bring the rest of their family to safety.
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We still belong
by Christine Day
Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.
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The Cursed Moon
by Angela Cervantes
Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit of fear growing in his stomach.
To take his mind off his mom's return, Rafa spends an evening crafting the scariest ghost story he's ever told. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky, Rafa tells a group of friends about The Caretaker. The Caretaker is an evil ghost who lures unsuspecting kids into the neighborhood pond... and they don't ever come out. Rafa is really proud of his latest creation, until strange things start to happen around him. With a sinking feeling, Rafa realizes the Caretaker is real. Rafa has brought the ghost to life--and only he can stop him.
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