Diversity in Children's Literature

Written by a Native American who is a teacher and scholar, this site "provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society."

Titles selected as companion pieces to the book "Anti-bias Education for Our Children and Ourselves".

A searchable listing by category in Goodreads by the Children's Book Council (CBC) Diversity Committee

"Cultural responsiveness is for everyone. The number one objective is to sway school communities, professional communities, and the general public to becoming culturally responsive."

A “List of Lists” featuring multicultural/diverse books, sorted by category.

Sorted by category with suggestions and advice on how to select culturally responsive books.

From "Teaching For Change Books", features lists of books by topic or level.

Use these lists from NEA and Colorín Colorado to connect children and their families to diverse books, languages, and cultures and spread the joy of reading.

An evaluation source, from Head Start

Evaluation criteria to consider when selecting culturally diverse literature

The best books in Native American children's literature

CLASP founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use.

There is often a children/young adult category for this award for Arab American literature

The award for Asian literature includes both children's and young adult categories.

Given to translations of children's books that are originally published in a language other than English, and outside of the US.

Coretta Scott King winning books in the TMC. The best African-American authors and illustrators.

Pura Belpré Award winning books in the TMC. The best in Latino/Latina authors and cultural experiences.

This award is given to children's and young adult books that portray South Asia or South Asians living abroad.

Awarded for children's and young adult books depicting Jewish culture.