Book Recommendations

*This list will be updated as we post more recommendations, so make sure to stop by periodically to see what's new!

Board Books

• Seven Diverse Board Books

• Five More Diverse Board Books 

Girls & Women

• Brave and Clever Girls

• Creative Girls 

• More Creative Girls 

• Mother's Day 

• Short Stories About Strong Women and Girls 

• True Stories of Daring Girls and Women

• Wangari Maathai 

Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, & Myths

• Jewish Folktales in Picture Book Form 

• Cinderella Tales from Around the World

• Folktales from Asia and the Pacific Islands

• Short Story Collections About Strong Women and Girls Around the World 

• The Ugly Duckling, illustrated by Rachel Isadora

Holidays

Lunar New Year

Lincoln's Birthday

• Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Presidents Day

• Grace for President 

Passover

•  The Secret Seder

•  The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah

•  Miriam's Cup

Easter

• Chicken Sunday

• At Jerusalem's Gate: Poems of Easter 

Earth Day and Arbor Day

• Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace 

• Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai  

• Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya 

• Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa 

Mother's Day

• Diverse Picture Books for Mother's Day 

Father's Day

• Diverse Picture Books for Father's Day 

Middle Grade

• Diverse Fantasy Novels

• Novels in Verse

• Protagonists with Asperger's or Another Form of Autism

Picture Books

• Books with Asian American Protagonists

• Books That Celebrate Asian American Heritage

• Books That Celebrate Jazz 

• Books for Jewish American Heritage Month 

Poetry

• Langston Hughes

• Middle Grade Novels in Verse

• Picture Book Poetry Collections 

YA

• Diverse Fantasy Novels

• Fantasy Novels by Asian American Authors 

• Novels with Protagonists with Asperger's or Another Form of Autism