GCDS Libraries: Lower Elementary Library: Diverse picture books

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A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell-Brown; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Althea Gibson: the Story of Tennis' Fleet-Of-Foot Girl by Megan Reid; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
Patricia's Vision by Michelle Lord; Alleanna Harris (Illustrator)
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad; S. K. Ali; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
Planting Stories: the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise; Paola Escobar (Illustrator)
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Turning Pages by Sonia Sotomayor; Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525514084
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Game Changers by Lesa Cline-Ransome; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481476843
Publication Date: 2018-07-03
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca; Daniel Rieley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781943147304
Publication Date: 2017-08-29
The Watcher by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375867743
Publication Date: 2011-04-05
Nothing Stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe; Barbara McClintock (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316278201
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781629797182
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Life in the Ocean by Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374380687
Publication Date: 2012-03-13
Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jonah Winter; Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419725593
Publication Date: 2017-08-08
I Dissent by Debbie Levy; Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481465595
Publication Date: 2016-09-20
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780544704527
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
Martí's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy; Beatriz Vidal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780892393756
Publication Date: 2017-07-01
Schomburg by Carole Boston Weatherford; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763680466
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Frederick Douglass by Walter Dean Myers; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060277093
Publication Date: 2017-01-24
A Time to Act by Shana Corey; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735842755
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins; Lucy Knisley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399551857
Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Katherine Johnson by Thea Feldman; Alyssa Petersen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534403413
Publication Date: 2017-07-18
Mae Jemison by Laurie Calkhoven; Monique Dong (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481476508
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Grace Hopper by Laurie Wallmark; Katy Wu (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781454920007
Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaelle Frier; Aurélia Fronty (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580897853
Publication Date: 2017-02-07
The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson; Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481400701
Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Letters to a Prisoner by Jacques Goldstyn; Karen Li (Translator)
ISBN: 9781771472517
Publication Date: 2017-09-15
Strange Fruit by Gary Golio; Charlotte Riley-Webb (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781467751230
Publication Date: 2017-02-01
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499801033
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
28 Days by Charles R. Smith; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596438200
Publication Date: 2015-01-13
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle; Alix Delinois (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780761365891
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue; Corinne J. Naden; Don Tate (Illustrator); Corinne Naden
ISBN: 9780525478492
Publication Date: 2009-01-22
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481422949
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419710544
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation by Patrice Sherman; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802853196
Publication Date: 2009-11-13
Open the Door to Liberty! by Anne F. Rockwell; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780618605705
Publication Date: 2009-01-12
To Go Singing Through the World by Deborah Kogan Ray
ISBN: 9780374376277
Publication Date: 2006-10-31
Paiute Princess by Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374398972
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780152014377
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt; David Diaz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780547612188
Publication Date: 2012-06-26
Dare the Wind by Tracey E. Fern; Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374316990
Publication Date: 2014-02-18
Poet by Don Tate (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781561458257
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375843143
Publication Date: 2009-12-22
Busing Brewster by Richard Michelson; R. G. Roth (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375833342
Publication Date: 2010-05-11
Sit-In by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Artist)
ISBN: 9780316070164
Publication Date: 2010-02-03
When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton; Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator); Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
ISBN: 9781554514915
Publication Date: 2013-02-01
The Case for Loving by Selina Alko (Illustrator); Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780545478533
Publication Date: 2015-01-27
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062742469
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Saltypie by Tim Tingle; Karen Clarkson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781933693675
Publication Date: 2010-06-01

Great characters with different backgrounds

Bob, Not Bob! by Audrey Vernick; Liz Garton Scanlon; Matthew Cordell (Cover Design by, Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781484723029
Publication Date: 2017-02-14
Grandma's Tiny House by Janay Brown-Wood; Priscilla Burris
ISBN: 9781580897129
Publication Date: 2017-08-08
Maya Lin by Jeanne Walker Harvey; Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250112491
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
Alfie by Thyra Heder
ISBN: 9781419725296
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763678388
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
Someone Like Me by Patricia MacLachlan; Chris Sheban (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626723344
Publication Date: 2017-07-03
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Zietlow Miller; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452129365
Publication Date: 2016-02-09
My Daddy Rules the World by Hope Anita Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805091892
Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Samira and the Skeletons by Camilla Kuhn
ISBN: 9780802854636
Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Whoosh! by Chris Barton; Don Tate (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580892971
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Hank's Big Day by Evan Kuhlman; Chuck Groenink (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780553511505
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
Mary Had a Little Glam by Tammi Sauer; Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781454913931
Publication Date: 2016-08-02
Lizard from the Park by Mark Pett (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781442483217
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty; David Roberts (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419721373
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Tiger in My Soup by Kashmira Sheth; Jefferey Ebbeler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781561458905
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck; Yasmeen Ismail (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481405140
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Sora and the Cloud by Felicia Hoshino
ISBN: 9781597020275
Publication Date: 2012-01-03
The Dazzle Disaster Dinner Party by Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9780545071543
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
The Favorite Daughter by Allen Say (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780545176620
Publication Date: 2013-05-28
I Had a Favorite Hat by Boni Ashburn; Robyn Ng (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419714627
Publication Date: 2015-02-17
I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn; Julia Denos (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419700163
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Dream Dancer by Jill Newsome
ISBN: 9780060013226
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Max and the Tag-Along Moon by Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780147515469
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670062874
Publication Date: 2010-03-04
Marisol Mcdonald Doesn't Match / Marisol Mcdonald no Combina by Monica Brown; Sara Palacios (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780892392353
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Chalk by Bill Thomson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780761455264
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen; Elise Primavera (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780152012885
Publication Date: 1998-04-15
When Sophie Thinks She Can't... by Molly Bang
ISBN: 9781338152982
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062644107
Publication Date: 2018-02-06

Global citizen/Coming to America/Refugee/overcoming differences

Nya's Long Walk by Linda Sue Park; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Lubna and Pebble by Daniel Egnéus (Illustrator); Wendy Meddour
ISBN: 9780525554165
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
A Gift from Abuela by Cecilia Ruiz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763692674
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823440559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
I'm an Immigrant Too by Mem Fox; Ronojoy Ghosh (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534436022
Publication Date: 2018-10-23
A Different Pond by Bao Phi; Thi Bui (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781623708030
Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Islandborn by Junot Díaz; Leo Espinosa (Illustrator)
Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams; Doug Chayka (Illustrator); Khadra Mohammad
ISBN: 9780802852960
Publication Date: 2010-06-23
The Journey by Francesca Sanna (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781909263994
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
Silly Chicken by Rukhsana Khan; Yunmee Kyong (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670059126
Publication Date: 2005-03-03
My Name Is Sangoel by Khadra Mohammed; Karen Lynn Williams; Catherine Stock (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802853073
Publication Date: 2009-06-01
Ruler of the Courtyard by Rukhsana Khan; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780670035830
Publication Date: 2003-03-24
Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke; Lauren Tobia (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781610673679
Publication Date: 2015-06-01
The Magic Brush by Kat Yeh; Huy Voun Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802721785
Publication Date: 2011-01-04
Children Just Like Me by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
ISBN: 9781465453921
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
This Is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
ISBN: 9781452150185
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419705830
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
I'm New Here by Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580896122
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald; Freya Blackwood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780544432284
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Bravo! by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805098761
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
The Storyteller's Candle by Lucia M. Gonzalez; Lulu Delacre
ISBN: 9780892392223
Publication Date: 2008-03-28
Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson; Sonia Lynn Sadler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781600603679
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
A Pen Pal for Max by Gloria Rand; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805075861
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Ballerina Dreams by Michaela Deprince; Elaine DePrince; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780385755153
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
The Treasure Box by Margaret Wild; Freya Blackwood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763690847
Publication Date: 2017-04-25
Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat; Leslie Staub (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525428091
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart; David Small (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374325657
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
Kings of the Castle by Victoria Turnbull (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763692957
Publication Date: 2017-04-25
Sophie's Squash Go to School by Pat Zietlow Miller; Anne Wilsdorf (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780553509441
Publication Date: 2016-06-28
Nasreen's Secret School by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
Coming to America by Bernard Wolf (Photographer)
My Librarian Is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs

Learning about/from people who are different: Windows and Doors

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry; Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
Maddi's Fridge by Lois Brandt; Vin Vogel (Illustrator)
Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth
ISBN: 9781684019687
Publication Date: 2018-07-03
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey; Mika Song (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452167916
Publication Date: 2019-02-26
Can I Touch Your Hair? by Charles Waters; Irene Latham; Selina Alko (Illustrator); Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781512404425
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Don't Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
ISBN: 9780316562584
Publication Date: 2018-11-06
Crown by Derrick Barnes; Gordon C. James (Illustrator)
Bippity Bop Barbershop by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Bedhead by Jack E. Davis; Margie Palatini
ISBN: 9780689860027
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School by Laurie Halse Anderson; Ard Hoyt (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689858093
Publication Date: 2009-06-23
Big Bouffant by Kate Hosford; Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780761354093
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Marisol Mcdonald Doesn't Match / Marisol Mcdonald no Combina by Monica Brown; Sara Palacios (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780892392353
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell; Corinna Luyken (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735230378
Publication Date: 2018-08-14
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson; Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399246531
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan; Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481461917
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763693558
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
My Abuelita by Tony Johnston; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780152163303
Publication Date: 2009-09-07
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399549045
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
Drawn Together by Minh Lê; Dan Santat (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781484767603
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoët
ISBN: 9781524769550
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
Libba by Laura Veirs; Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452148571
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Kunu's Basket by Lee DeCora Francis; Susan Drucker (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780884483304
Publication Date: 2012-04-09
Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow; Ebony Glenn (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534400597
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child; Jonathan Thunder (Illustrator); Gordon Jourdain (Translator)
ISBN: 9781681340777
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Wallpaper by Thao Lam
ISBN: 9781771472838
Publication Date: 2018-04-15
Windows by Julia Denos; E. B. Goodale (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763690359
Publication Date: 2017-10-17
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman; Maria Mola (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781620142851
Publication Date: 2017-06-15
Far Apart, Close in Heart by Becky Birtha; Maja Kastelic (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780807512753
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold; Charles Santoso (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062445827
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399167898
Publication Date: 2017-11-14
When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson; Julie Flett (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781553796732
Publication Date: 2017-03-01
Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari; Patrice Barton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626721777
Publication Date: 2017-07-25
Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander; Chris Colderley; Marjory Wentworth; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763680947
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Bravo! by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805098761
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago; Elisa Amado (Translator); Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554988570
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle; Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627796422
Publication Date: 2017-08-29
Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian; Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062386335
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
Step Right Up by Donna Janell Bowman; Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781620141489
Publication Date: 2016-10-15
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
ISBN: 9780316213882
Publication Date: 2016-10-25
A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz; Catia Chien (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780547875071
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino; Isabelle Malenfant (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554983476
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Firebird by Misty Copeland; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399166150
Publication Date: 2014-09-04
Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805089462
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
Dear Primo by Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9780810938724
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Mama's Saris by Pooja Makhijani; Elena Gomez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316011051
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary; Qin Leng (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554987948
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
Kali and the Rat Snake by Zai Whitaker; Srividya Natarajan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781933605104
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316360302
Publication Date: 2017-11-14
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer; Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452111902
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780312603267
Publication Date: 2011-09-27
Mixed Me! by Taye Diggs; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250047199
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman; Ros Asquith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780803735163
Publication Date: 2011-04-14
Two Old Potatoes and Me by John Coy; Carolyn Fisher (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375821806
Publication Date: 2003-06-10
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig; Patrice Barton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781582464503
Publication Date: 2013-10-08
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399257742
Publication Date: 2015-01-08
Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554518586
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
Not So Different by Shane Burcaw; Matt Carr (Illustrator)
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)