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Diversity in Kid's Literature October 2022 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Anisa's international day
by Reem Faruqi
Anisa, a young Pakistani American girl, is super excited about her schools upcoming International Day, but when her best friend doesn't like her idea, or even Anisa anymore, she wonders if shell even get to enjoy her favorite day.
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The Underground Railroad
by Kate Messner
This mixture of sidebars, illustrations, photos and graphic panels reveals the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans struggle for freedom.
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You only live once, David Bravo
by Mark Oshiro
While wishing for a do-over, middle schooler David Bravo accidentally summons a talking, shape-shifting,annoying dog, Fea, who claims a choice made in David's past set him on the wrong timeline??and that she can take him back to fix it.
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Tumble
by Celia C. Pérez
While trying to make a life-changing decision, 12-year-old Adela Ramirez searches for her birth father, which leads her to the legendary Bravos, professional wrestlers who teach her what it really means to be part of a family.
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ChupaCarter
by George Lopez
Uprooted from his home in Los Angeles and sent to live with his cantankerous grandparents in New Mexico, twelve-year-old Jorge struggles with loneliness until he meets a new friend who happens to be a chupacabra.
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Join the club, Maggie Diaz
by Nina Moreno
Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally getting a cellphone of her own; but after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring, so Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well--but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing--and soon it seems like everybody is mad at her, and the cellphone of her dreams is getting further and further away.
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Invisible
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
When five overlooked students are forced to complete their schools community service hours, they meet someone in need but must decide if they are each willing to expose their own secrets to help... or if remaining invisible is the only way to survive middle school.
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