Staff RecommendationsBook
Project LIT for Littles
Books That Showcase Diversity & Inclusion
- Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
- Catch That Chicken by Atinuke
- I Want to Ride the Tap Tap by Danielle Joseph
- Brown Baby Lullaby by Tameka Fryer Brown
- Like the Moon Loves the Sky by Hena Khan
- Red Shoes by Karen English
- We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
- Who Will You Be? by Andrea Pippins
- Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes
- I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison
- Brick by Brick by Heidi Sheffield
- I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
- Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe
- Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim
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Year-Round Reads for Hispanic Heritage Month
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Picture Books
- Islandborn by Junot Diaz
- Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
- Smoky Night by Eve Bunting and David Diaz
- Waiting For the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
- Mango, Abuela and Me by Meg Medina
- La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya
- Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor
- Dalia’s Wondrous Hair by Laura Lacamara
- Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
- Yes! We Are Latinos by Alma Flor Ada
- Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt De La Pena
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
- Tito Puente, Mambo King by Monica Brown
- Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall
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Year Round Reads for Black History Month
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Picture Books
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Keats (most circulated book of all time NYPL)
- I Love My Hair by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
- Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
- Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
- Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
- Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers
- Happy to Be Nappy by Bell Hooks
- Woke Baby by Mahogany Browne
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
- Leo Can Swim by Anna McQuinn
- Peekaboo Bedtime by Rachel Isadora
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena
- Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
- Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins