Children's Picture Book Books by BIPOC Authors
- by Candica Iloh
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2026
From award-winning author Candice Iloh and New York Times illustrator Bea Jackson comes a warmhearted picture book celebration of traditional Nigerian home cooking and the surprising joys of trying new...
- by Joy Harjo
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2025
From United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and Pura Belpré Award–winning illustrator Adriana Garcia: a luminous benediction for a girl’s journey through life, and a celebration of our connections to...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
A heartwarming tale of a community preparing for and celebrating Eid al-Fitr, seen through the eyes of a curious neighborhood cat! Nylah the cat is making her usual visits to...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
A warm tale about celebrating sisterly love, family, and quinceañeras by Yamile Saied Méndez. Two sisters, Ellie and Isabella, have been dreaming of Isabella’s quinceañera for months and now the...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
Celebrate a Black boy’s first haircut in this joyful book from Sharee Miller. Jordan loves his hair: soft like a cloud, regal like a crown. He doesn’t want a haircut...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
A lyrical dual-lingual picture book about the beauty of being part of two cultures. I’m from here y soy de allá. With lyrical text in English and Spanish, this vibrant...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2025
A story about a girl and her mom introducing a school friend to curry—and discovering all the things that curry means to them as they learn to make it together....
- by Yuyi Morales
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
Do you know a little rebel? Do you want to be a rebel, too? A powerful new picture book from Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales, creator of Dreamers and Bright Star....
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
Discover the history of the endangered Ojibwe horse and the daring intervention of the Lac La Croix First Nation in this celebration of community, tradition, courage, and hope. It’s a...
- Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
On the misty slopes of Hawai‘i’s sacred mountain Mauna Loa, high in the upland forest where the trees reach their branches to the open sky, a koa seed awakens. Slowly,...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2025
A great grandma imparts the wisdom gained over her one hundred years to an eager little girl in this tender picture book tribute to family and living a long, purposeful,...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2024
This book explores different achievements, skills, and activities for children to learn about and enjoy. Diversity and differences are celebrated. The story encourages conversation and self-reflection for children. Throughout the...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2024
A Cherokee girl introduces her younger brother to their family’s traditions — begrudgingly! — in this picture book written by Walter Award-winner Andrea L. Rogers and featuring gorgeous collage illustrations...
- by Mayasa Odeh
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2024
A young Palestinian girl living in diaspora struggles to find her homeland on a map in this gentle and heartfelt picture book. At school, Falasteen and her classmates are tasked...
- 4-6 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2024
A family goes on a trip from the city to the sea in search of renewal in this “lively and lovely…beautiful” (Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2024
Gather the midnight strands, tend the roots that gave you life, weave hopes into pathways― paths that lead you home. Day after day, Nemy sows seeds, pulls weeds, and strips...
- Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
Spirited Away meets Where the Wild Things Are by way of yokai mythology in this enchanting picture book by debut author J. P. Takahashi and illustrator Minako Tomigahara. The night...
- by Elisa Stad
- 4-6 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
Jade is a girl who lives in two worlds and, coming from a multicultural family, she’s on a quest to understand her identity and where she truly belongs. She is...
- by Joy Harjo
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2023
US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s iconic poem “Remember,” illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, and...
- Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
Celebrate the Lunar New Year and learn about all of its traditions with this Big Golden Book! Every year, millions of Asian families come together to celebrate the first new...
- by Thao Lam
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book, Preschool
- Publication Year: 2023
How does it feel to turn a year older? A child runs through a spectrum of emotions on the best day of the year, their birthday! A child runs through...
- Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
From Olympic ice dancing medalists Alex and Maia Shibutani, this beautifully illustrated picture book highlights the achievements of many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have made invaluable contributions to...
- by Sheelue Yang
- Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
In this Hmong folktale, two brothers venture into a remote jungle, hunting food for their hungry family. But the jungle is full of dangerous wild animals. The older brother vows...
- by Kim Sigafus
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
In the fall of 1850, Faye and her family begin a long, difficult journey with thousands of other Ojibwe people to receive money the U.S. government owes them. But why...