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Celebrating BIPOC Voices in KidLit!

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Check out some wonderful stories by BIPOC authors and illustrators below, including new titles and bookseller favorites! This list focuses on books for readers ages 0-12.

BIPOC is the acronym for an inclusive term used to describe "Black, Indigenous, People of Color." It acknowledges the individual experiences, identities, and histories of Black and Indigenous People that the more general "people of color" term did not. 

This list will be updated regularly, come back and explore! This page was updated Nov. 17, 2020.

 

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We Sang You Home (Board Books)

By Richard Van Camp, Julie Flett (Illustrator)
$10.95
ISBN: 9781459811782
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Published: Orca Book Publishers - October 18th, 2016
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Little Owl's Night (Board book)

By Divya Srinivasan
$6.99
ISBN: 9780670015795
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - August 29th, 2013
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Layla's Happiness (Hardcover)

By Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Ashleigh Corrin (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781592702886
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Published: Enchanted Lion Books - November 19th, 2019
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Dreamers (Hardcover)

By Yuyi Morales
$18.99
ISBN: 9780823440559
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Published: Neal Porter Books - September 4th, 2018
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Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon Cover Image

Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon (Hardcover)

By Simran Jeet Singh, Baljinder Kaur (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525555094
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Published: Kokila - August 25th, 2020
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I Am Every Good Thing (Hardcover)

By Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525518778
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - September 1st, 2020
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You Matter (Hardcover)

By Christian Robinson, Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534421691
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - June 2nd, 2020
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We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)

By Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250203557
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - March 17th, 2020
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Red Shoes (Hardcover)

By Karen English, Ebony Glenn (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338114607
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Published: Scholastic Inc. - September 15th, 2020
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A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Hardcover)

By Grace Lin
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316404488
Availability: Out of Stock; Usually Arrives in 5-7 Days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - August 28th, 2018
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The Undefeated (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
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Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019
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Grandma's Purse (Hardcover)

By Vanessa Brantley-Newton
$17.99
ISBN: 9781524714314
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - January 9th, 2018
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The Old Truck (Hardcover)

By Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324005193
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Published: Norton Young Readers - January 7th, 2020
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Sweetest Kulu (English) (Board book)

By Celina Kalluk, Alexandria Neonakis (Illustrator)
$9.95
ISBN: 9781772271119
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Published: Inhabit Media - April 6th, 2016
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¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat (Hardcover)

By III Raúl the Third
$14.99
ISBN: 9781328557049
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Versify - March 24th, 2020
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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (Hardcover)

By Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly (Illustrator), S. K. Ali (With)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316519007
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019
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When We Were Alone (Hardcover)

By David A. Robertson, Julie Flett (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781553796732
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Highwater Press - March 1st, 2017
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Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Don Tate (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316481670
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 10th, 2020
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (Hardcover)

By Kevin Noble Maillard, Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626727465
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - October 22nd, 2019
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Mindy Kim, Class President (Paperback)

By Lyla Lee, Dung Ho (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9781534440166
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Published: Aladdin - September 15th, 2020
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You Can Do It, Yasmin! (Paperback)

By Saadia Faruqi, Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
$5.95
ISBN: 9781515860914
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Published: Picture Window Books - February 1st, 2020
Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #6): A Graphix Book: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #6) Cover Image

Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #6): A Graphix Book: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #6) (Paperback)

By Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illustrator)
$10.99
ISBN: 9781338067613
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Published: Graphix - August 28th, 2018
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Pashmina (Paperback)

By Nidhi Chanani
$16.99
ISBN: 9781626720879
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Published: First Second - October 3rd, 2017
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When Stars Are Scattered (Paperback)

By Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator), Iman Geddy (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780525553908
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Published: Dial Books - April 14th, 2020
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Twins: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)

By Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9781338236132
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Graphix - October 6th, 2020
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The Magic Fish (Paperback)

By Trung Le Nguyen
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984851598
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Graphic - October 13th, 2020
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Race to the Sun (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Roanhorse
$16.99
ISBN: 9781368024662
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Published: Rick Riordan Presents - January 14th, 2020
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Hurricane Child (Scholastic Gold) (Paperback)

By Kacen Callender
$7.99
ISBN: 9781338129311
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Published: Scholastic Press - October 1st, 2019
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Other Words for Home (Hardcover)

By Jasmine Warga
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062747808
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Published: Balzer + Bray - May 28th, 2019
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The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez (Hardcover)

By Adrianna Cuevas
$16.99
ISBN: 9780374313609
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - July 21st, 2020
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 1) (Paperback)

By Kwame Mbalia
$8.99
ISBN: 9781368042413
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Published: Rick Riordan Presents - September 22nd, 2020
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Dragon Pearl (Paperback)

By Yoon Ha Lee
$7.99
ISBN: 9781368014748
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Published: Rick Riordan Presents - January 7th, 2020
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A Wish in the Dark (Hardcover)

By Christina Soontornvat
$17.99
ISBN: 9781536204940
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Candlewick - March 24th, 2020
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Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent #1) (Paperback)

By David Bowles, Charlene Bowles (Illustrator)
$12.95
ISBN: 9781947627376
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Cinco Puntos Press - November 3rd, 2020
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Stand Up, Yumi Chung! (Hardcover)

By Jessica Kim
$16.99
ISBN: 9780525554974
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Kokila - March 17th, 2020
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure) (Paperback)

By Lamar Giles, Dapo Adeola (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780358244417
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Versify - September 8th, 2020
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The Last Mirror on the Left (A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure) (Hardcover)

By Lamar Giles, Dapo Adeola (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780358129417
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Published: Versify - October 20th, 2020
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Ikenga (Hardcover)

By Nnedi Okorafor
$16.99
ISBN: 9780593113523
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - August 18th, 2020
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Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid (Hardcover)

By Mikaila Ulmer
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984815088
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - August 18th, 2020
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Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Hardcover)

By Tehlor Kay Mejia
$16.99
ISBN: 9781368049177
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Rick Riordan Presents - August 4th, 2020
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Hardcover)

By Janae Marks
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062875853
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 14th, 2020
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Measuring Up (Paperback)

By Lily LaMotte, Ann Xu (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062973863
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Published: HarperAlley - October 27th, 2020