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This is a list of multicultural books for children - picture books through elementary chapter books. A good multicultural book should:
- present the character's culture accurately and sensitively;
- feature marginalized protagonists or protagonists of color;
- empower children of different ethnic backgrounds;
- have strong literary merit.
Books that do not meet these criteria are subject to removal from this list, as there are many books out there that feature characters of ethnicity, but are not respectful toward their culture.
- present the character's culture accurately and sensitively;
- feature marginalized protagonists or protagonists of color;
- empower children of different ethnic backgrounds;
- have strong literary merit.
Books that do not meet these criteria are subject to removal from this list, as there are many books out there that feature characters of ethnicity, but are not respectful toward their culture.
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
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4.44 avg rating — 12,980 ratings
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Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
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3.87 avg rating — 3,878 ratings
score: 200,
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My Country
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4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Stone Lions
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Gwen Dandridge (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 200,
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Sacred Stories: Wisdom from World Religions
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Marilyn McFarlane (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 200,
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Do I Look Odd To You
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4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Bravo Anjali!
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Sheetal Sheth (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 154 ratings
score: 200,
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| 108 |
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Tortilla Sun
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Jennifer Cervantes (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 693 ratings
score: 199,
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| 108 |
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Paris (My Globetrotter Book): Global adventures...in the palm of your hands!
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score: 199,
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| 108 |
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My Sister, Daisy
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Adria Karlsson (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 293 ratings
score: 199,
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The Intruders
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2.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 198,
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The Garden of My Imaan
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3.71 avg rating — 369 ratings
score: 198,
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Ahmed’s Journey: A Story of Self-Discovery
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4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 198,
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Brave in the Water
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4.50 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 198,
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The Lost Tribes (The Lost Tribes, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 90 ratings
score: 197,
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Mystery of the Troubled Toucan (Pack-n-Go Girls Brazil #1)
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Lisa Travis (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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| 117 |
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Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain
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Jacqueline Jules (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 153 ratings
score: 195,
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Hair Love
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4.58 avg rating — 9,741 ratings
score: 195,
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Same, Same But Different
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4.29 avg rating — 2,045 ratings
score: 194,
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| 119 |
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Mystery of the Lazy Loggerhead (Pack-n-Go Girls Brazil #2)
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Lisa Travis (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 194,
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| 119 |
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Dot, Dot, Polka Dot
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Morissa Rubin (Goodreads Author)
4.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 194,
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| 122 |
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The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang
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Dori Jones Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 126 ratings
score: 193,
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Laugh with the Moon
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3.95 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
score: 193,
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| 124 |
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Mystery of the Rusty Key
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Janelle Diller (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 192,
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The Mighty Miss Malone
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4.13 avg rating — 16,183 ratings
score: 191,
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Mystery of the Disappearing Dolphin
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Janelle Diller (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 191,
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| 127 |
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Mystery of the Min Min Lights (Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure - Australia 1)
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Janelle Diller (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 190,
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| 128 |
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The Seeing Stick
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 280 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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| 128 |
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March: Book One (March, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 56,992 ratings
score: 189,
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Global Babies
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4.18 avg rating — 1,195 ratings
score: 188,
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| 131 |
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Who Is Michelle Obama?
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4.26 avg rating — 934 ratings
score: 187,
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Say Hello!
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3.91 avg rating — 837 ratings
score: 185,
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Half and Half
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3.39 avg rating — 327 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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| 134 |
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Nadia's Hands
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Karen English (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings
score: 183,
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| 135 |
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President of the Whole Fifth Grade By Winston Sherri
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Sherri Winston (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 1,655 ratings
score: 182,
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Mommy's Khimar
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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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| 135 |
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Festival of Colors
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4.22 avg rating — 1,388 ratings
score: 182,
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Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
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4.57 avg rating — 8,990 ratings
score: 182,
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All Are Welcome
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Alexandra Penfold (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 4,308 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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| 140 |
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
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Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
score: 180,
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Crow Boy
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3.93 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
score: 179,
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| 142 |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
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4.32 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
score: 178,
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Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico
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3.71 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
score: 178,
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Drawn Together
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4.41 avg rating — 6,222 ratings
score: 176,
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Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella
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4.06 avg rating — 1,832 ratings
score: 174,
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Ninth Ward
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Jewell Parker Rhodes (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 7,006 ratings
score: 173,
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Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
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4.31 avg rating — 7,368 ratings
score: 173,
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P.S. Be Eleven (Gaither Sisters, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,136 ratings
score: 170,
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| 148 |
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Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras, #1)
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Asia Citro (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 5,059 ratings
score: 170,
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2 people voted
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The Egyptian Cinderella
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3.93 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
score: 169,
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| 150 |
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Hidden Figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 18,802 ratings
score: 169,
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Save Me a Seat
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4.07 avg rating — 18,821 ratings
score: 167,
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Stella by Starlight
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 15,319 ratings
score: 166,
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A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson
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Karleen Bradford (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 694 ratings
score: 165,
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Homesick: My Own Story
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3.86 avg rating — 2,940 ratings
score: 165,
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Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi
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3.95 avg rating — 426 ratings
score: 163,
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| 156 |
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The Empty Pot
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4.44 avg rating — 5,876 ratings
score: 163,
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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4.48 avg rating — 351,771 ratings
score: 162,
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Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
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4.45 avg rating — 2,017 ratings
score: 161,
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An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley
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3.76 avg rating — 788 ratings
score: 154,
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| 161 |
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Forge (Seeds of America, #2)
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 17,374 ratings
score: 152,
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
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4.25 avg rating — 6,107 ratings
score: 152,
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When Aidan Became A Brother
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4.52 avg rating — 2,305 ratings
score: 149,
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Seedfolks
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3.76 avg rating — 16,974 ratings
score: 147,
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Midnight Without a Moon (Rose Lee Carter #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 1,694 ratings
score: 140,
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Dash
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Kirby Larson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
score: 131,
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Glory Be
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Augusta Scattergood (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 5,442 ratings
score: 125,
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
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4.25 avg rating — 72 ratings
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| 168 |
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Freddie Ramos Takes Off (Zapato Power #1)
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Jacqueline Jules (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 484 ratings
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| 168 |
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Fantastic, Fabulous Creatures & Beasts
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Melanie Dellas (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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| 168 |
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A Lot of Otters
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3.75 avg rating — 226 ratings
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| 168 |
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Rosa sat......: A true story about people who pressed on
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Lucy Erber (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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| 168 |
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Grandma! Can I Get a Dog?
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Barry Jordan Jr. (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 37 ratings
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| 168 |
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What is a Family? A Question and Answer Book
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4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Escucha Means Listen
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Talia Aikens-Nunez (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Kayla & Eli Discover Jazz
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Stephan Earl (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Lavender-Green Magic (The Magic Series, #5)
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3.84 avg rating — 560 ratings
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Cupcake Cousins (Cupcake Cousins, #1)
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Kate Hannigan (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 285 ratings
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Escaping the Tiger
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Laura Manivong (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Martina Finds a Shiny Coin
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4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5)
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4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Four is a little, Four is a LOT
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Cheska Komissar (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Curlilocks and the Three Pink Pandas
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Yolanda King (Goodreads Author)
4.72 avg rating — 80 ratings
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A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water across the World
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Christine Ieronimo (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Nina and the Kung-Fu Adventure
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Madhvi Ramani (Goodreads Author)
4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Last Drop of Sunshine
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Michael M. Sharpe (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Body Of Music
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Stacey Culpepper (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Talisha Snow White: and her little munchkins
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3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Everybody's Special
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Tamara Rattigan (Goodreads Author)
4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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I Won a What?
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Audrey Vernick (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Flexible Wings
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Veda Stamps (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Mystery of the Feather Burglar
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Little Brother
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3.66 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Mayowa and the Masquerade
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Lola Shoneyin (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Misfits (The Misfits, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 6,573 ratings
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The Backyard Diplomat
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Children's book: Big Red Firetruck!: Children's ebook, Beginner reader, bedtime story about 2 brothers and Fire Trucks. Children's book ages 2-5.
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Sandhya Acharya (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why
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Sowmya Rajendran (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 62 ratings
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¡Todos a Comer! A Mexican Alphabet Book
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Ma. Alma González Pérez (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Feb 08, 2013 05:21PM
To what age are you headed here? Do you want primary/picture books only, or are books for young adults also considered? Also, I don't know who added the Amityville Horror, but it should be removed.
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Are you kidding me? FIVE CHINESE BROTHERS on a "multicultural" list of children's books?This list is "multicultural" in the way that White Castle hamburgers are "beef": Barely, and not in a way that anyone should be exceedingly proud of.
Tad, you forgot to talk about the ballad to sensitivity that is Tikki Tikki Tembo.
A lot of these books don't really meet what I'd hope a quality list of multicultural books would be. I'm going to be adding a description and removing books that are straight-up racist as opposed to good books featuring characters of color. Bear with me while I work on this!
Thaddeus wrote: "Are you kidding me? FIVE CHINESE BROTHERS on a "multicultural" list of children's books?This list is "multicultural" in the way that White Castle hamburgers are "beef": Barely, and not in a way t..."
Yes thank you for that response. As a child my teacher read the Five Chinese Brothers to our class and I enjoyed it. I was innocent and didn't realize how wrong this book was. Fast forward years later as an adult I thought I would pick up a book I enjoyed as a child and was disgusted at how racist it was. It reminds me of Mickey Rooney's foul portrayal of an Chinese man in Breakfast at Tiffany's. I wonder if my teacher didn't realize how insensitive this book was for Asian children. I want to become a teacher one day and I will introduce my students to books on diversity. This book will NOT be on my list.
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