Children's Literature
Find information about the CSULB University Library's Children's Collection as well as information about children's literature in general.
Books Representing Diverse Cultures
Here are examples of books representing different races and ethnicities. Also find links to book awards celebrating books for their representation.
Africana
- Coretta Scott King Awards
Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. - Children’s Africana Book Awards
AFRICA -authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa - #1000 Black Girl BooksInternet Archive collection of books with black girls as the main characters.
Africana Books Gallery
The Stuff of Stars
A Few Red Drops
Trombone Shorty
The Snowy Day
The Old African
Seeds of Change
Talkin' about Bessie
Black Hands, White Sails
Bird
Something Beautiful
Asian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN - The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit. - South Asia Book Award
SOUTH ASIA Up to three outstanding works of literature, from picture books to young adult novels, which accurately and skillfully portray the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world. - Freeman Book Award
EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN titles for Children and Young Adults
Asian Books Gallery
Blackbird Fly
Heart of a Samurai
Wabi Sabi
The Thing about Luck
The Shark King
Tasty Baby Belly Buttons
Latine or Hispanic
A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
- Pura Belpré Award
LATINX Presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth - Tomás Rivera Book Award
MEXICAN AMERICAN To honor authors and illustrators who create literature that depicts the Mexican American experience - Américas Book Award
LATINX Quality children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
Latine Books Gallery
Dreamers
The Poet X
Winner 2019
Niño
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
Enchanted Air
Say Hola to Spanish, Otra Vez (Again!)
Martin de Porres
Tomas and the Library Lady
Middle Eastern
- Middle East Book Award
MIDDLE EAST -Recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the Middle East and its component societies and cultures.
Middle East Books Gallery
The Turtle of Oman
The Librarian of Basra
Golem
The Stars in My Geddoh's Sky
One City, Two Brothers
Four Feet, Two Sandals
Native
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.
- American Indian Youth Literature Awards
NATIVE AMERICAN Presented every two years, the awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. - CODE's Burt Award
FIRST NATIONS, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature
Native Books Gallery
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales
Sitting Bull
Crossing Bok Chitto
Shanyáak'utlaax
The Birchbark House
