Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity

In wartime, unbreakable codes help armies win battles. And what better code than an advanced language. The Navajo language was key to the success of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War… Read More →

A remarkable celebration of Richard Wright, poetry, and contemporary black boys at play. From walking a dog to watching a sunset to finding a beetle, Richard Wright's haiku puts everyday… Read More →

"Transracial adoption is never oversimplified, airbrushed, or sentimentalized, but instead, it's portrayed with bracing honesty as the messy institution it is: rearranging families, blending… Read More →

Ely Parker grew up on the Tonawanda Reservation in New York in the 1830s. There he learned the ways of his people, the Seneca Indians. Ely worked many years to save his reservation from a… Read More →

Sequoyah created a way of writing the Cherokee language 200 years ago. Thanks to Sequoyah, the Cherokee today know more about their history and native language than almost any other tribe in… Read More →

Working through times of setbacks and Grand Slam glory, Serena Williams has become a role model for a new generation of tennis players, and it's all captured in this graphic biography. From… Read More →

Por su trabajo en momentos difíciles y la gloria del Grand Slam, Serena Williams se ha convertido en un modelo a seguir para una nueva generación de jugadoras de tenis, y todo esto está… Read More →

One of the world's greatest tennis players, Serena Williams also designs clothing, invests in startups, and raises her daughter. Learn how the superstar does it all and still finds time to… Read More →

Romero, a Guyanese Canadian, is a sensitive kid who is just starting to attend an inner-city-style school with a large racialized population. Romero falls in with a friendly crew but finds… Read More →

Sharon Day is the founder and executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force. She grew up with her brothers and sisters on the Bois Forte Indian Reservation, and early on learned of… Read More →

Ari's local animal shelter has run out of space! Can Ari and the Secret Kindness Society help find homes for the pets before it's too late? Read More →

Whichever side of the political aisle you lean toward, it can seem like the only people in power are white men. But the balance is beginning to tip. Women are being elected at record rates… Read More →

Shirley Chisholm was a shero, a born leader, and a pioneer for women and Black people in America. She was an educator in her early career and later entered politics, becoming the first Black Read More →

Jan Matzeliger felt anything but welcome in Philadelphia in 1873. As well as being a foreigner, Jan was half African American, which meant that most doors were closed to him. Although the… Read More →

A Sydney Taylor Notable Book Winner of the Crystal Kite Award Tablet Magazine's Best Jewish Kids Books of the Year Shoham's bangle jingles and jangles, clinks and clacks. Shoham wears a… Read More →

Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team—even though he gets the news while dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about Read More →

Queen Bee can’t wait to show her bindis to her class. She thinks they are perfect for a queen, but not everyone seems to agree. Will Beena be able to see eye to eye with her class? In the… Read More →

Simone Biles has been the face of women's gymnastics since she first entered the international stage. In addition to winning a record seven Olympic medals, 30 World Championship medals, and… Read More →

Simone Biles ha sido la cara de la gimnasia femenina desde que entró a la escena internacional. Además de ganar un récord de siete medallas olímpicas, 30 medallas en campeonatos mundiales y… Read More →

Simone Biles discovered gymnastics on a chance day-care trip to a gym when she was six years old. Ten years later, she became the first Black woman to win the all-around world championship… Read More →

Sing, by acclaimed singer Lanell Lightfoot, is a delightful picture book that invites children to experience the joy of music. Through the story of Lanell, a young girl who sings throughout… Read More →

"We were hoping [the sit-in] would catch on and it would spread throughout the country, but it went even beyond our wildest imagination."―Ezell Blair Jr., North Carolina Agricultural &… Read More →

After the traumas of slavery and the Civil War came the Reconstruction era. Lasting from 1865 to 1877, the period saw huge gains made as Black people built political power and established… Read More →