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