Summer is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with books. The following books — one standalone and two series — are great options heading into June.
Browsing: Celebrating Diversity
Two lonely girls find friendship through their shared cultural community in Sister Friend, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Shahrzad Maydani.
Learn about the first person of color to play in the NBA in Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA, by Emily Inouye Huey and Kaye Kang
Distant memories help an immigrant mother and daughter connect in Bao’s Doll, a picture book by Bo Lu.
I girl learns how her mother’s saris connect her to family history and culture in Amma’s Sari, by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira.
A girl dreams of performing a traditional Samoan dance, taualuga, like her aunt in Tala Learns to Siva, by Kealani Netane and Dung Ho.
Learn about one of the women who secretly served as soldiers during the Civil War in Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman, by Joanna Lapati.
A girl is swept up in a time-traveling adventure that will help her discover her family’s history in The Secret Library, by Kekla Magoon.
Follow a Native American family as they move back to their ancestral land in Being Home, written Traci Sorell and illustrated by Michaela Goade.
Learn the true story of how children of Chinese heritage earned the right to attend public school in Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School, Traci Huahn and Michelle Jing Chan.