Book Fest 2022 Book List

Children's Books Supporting Diversity

COLLECTION OF DIVERSE BOOKS

curated by PIC (by theme)

Love Makes a Family

And Tango Makes Three by Richardson and Peter Parnell
Dad and Pop by Kelly Bennett
The Family Book by Todd Park
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
In Our Mothers’ House by Patricia Polacco
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
Lots of Grandparents by Shelley Rotner and Sheila Kelly
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
Mango, Abuela and Me by Meg Medina
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
My Maddy by Gayle E. Pittman
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
On Mother’s Lap by Ann Herbert Scott
Papa, Daddy and Riley by Seamus Kirst
Sometimes It’s Grandmas and Grandpas Not Mommies and Daddies by Gayle Byrne
We Are Family by Patricia Hegarty
Who’s in a Family by Robert Skutch
Drawn Together by Minh Lê
Dear Abuelo by Grecia Huesca Dominguez
Mango, Abuela and Me by Meg Medina

The Story of Your Name

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Luisa Uribe
My Name is Konisola by Alisa Siegel
How Nivi Got Her Names by Laura Deal, illustrated by Charlene Chua
Yoko Writes Her Name by Rosemary Wells
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
My Name is an Address by Ekuwah Mends Moses
My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska
Hello, My Name is Ruby by Philip C. Stead
My Name Is Elizabeth! by Annika Dunklee
My Name is Bilal by Asma Mobin-Uddin
My Name is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada

Proud to Be Me

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty
Bindu’s Bindis by Supriya Kelkar
Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Every Year on Your Birthday by Rose A. Lewis
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds
Islandborn by Junot Diaz
It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Mama’s Saris by Pooja Makhijani
Marvelous Me by Lisa Bullard
Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Sam is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Courtier
The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Suki’s Kimono by Chieri Uegaki
Two Is Enough by Janna Matthies
What I Like About Me by Allia Nolan

Food from the Heart

The Bagel King by Andrew Larsen
Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
Bread Bread Bread by Ann Morris
Cora Cooks Pancit by Sanjay Patel
Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin
Dumpling Dreams by Carrie Clickard
Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley
Everybody Brings Noodles by Norah Dooley
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
Food Trucks! by Mark Todd
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by Farhana Zia
Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova
Rice and Rocks by Sandra L. Richards
The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

Embracing Culture through Tales

Adelita by Tomie de Paola
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen
The Dragon Slayer by Alma Flor Ada
Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez
Hansel and Gretel by Rachel Isadora
The Little Mermaid by Jerry Pinkney
Lon PoPo by Ed Young
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon by Virgina Loh-Hagan
Once Upon an Hour by Ann Yu-Kyung Choi
Pattan’s Pumpkin by Chitra Sounder
La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya
Rapunzel by Rachel Isadora
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
Riding a Donkey Backwards by Sean Taylor & Khayaal Theatre
The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
Sugar in Milk by Thirty Umrigar
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie