by Stephanie Reed | Jul 7, 2020 | Children's Books About Being Mixed Race, Children’s Books with a Female-Lead Character of Color, Childrens Books with a Lead Family of Color
I Am Whole By Shola Oz, Illustrated by Shifa Annisa (2020) – paperback Amazon Recommended ages: 3 to 7 I Am Whole is a delightful picture book that recognizes what it really means to be mixed-race. Names and ethinicity are intentionally left out of this story...
by Stephanie Reed | Jul 1, 2020 | Children’s Books About Textured Hair, Childrens Books with a Lead Family of Color
Bedtime Bonnet By Nancy Redd, Illustrated by Kneka Myers (2020) – hardcover Buy Now This is such a delightful and unique book! The story is simple: a Black family is getting ready for bed and goes through their nighttime, hair-care routine. Each member of the...
by Stephanie Reed | Jul 1, 2020 | Children's Books About Being Mixed Race, Childrens Books with a Lead Family of Color
Black, White, Just Right! By Marguerite W. Davol, Illustrated by Irene Trivas (1993) – paperback Amazon Bookshop.org This is a fun read about a mixed race girl that exudes pride from being biracial. She celebrates the traits and characteristics that make her...
by Luis Chavez | Jun 15, 2020 | Children’s Books with a Male-Lead Character of Color, Childrens Books with a Lead Family of Color
Dad, Who Will I Be? By G. Todd Taylor, Illustrated by Delayna Robbins (2015) – Paperback Buy Now In this moving love letter from father to son, the young boy identifies powerful Black men in history that have created lasting legacies and wonders if he could ever...
by Luis Chavez | Jun 15, 2020 | Childrens Books with a Lead Family of Color
Where Are You From? By Yamile Saied Méndez, Illustrated by Jaime Kim (2019) – Hardcover Buy Now A young Latina gets asked repeatedly where she’s from. She realizes that, to others, she looks like she “doesn’t belong.” But she feels like she belongs, just like...
by Luis Chavez | Jun 15, 2020 | Children’s Books with a Female-Lead Character of Color, Childrens Books with a Lead Family of Color
The Proudest Blue: The Story of Hijab and Family By Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali, Illustrated by Hatem Aly (2019) – Hardcover Buy Now The Proudest Blue is based on Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad’s adolescent experience of wearing a hijab for the first...