Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 2013 -- honoring the best multicultural books for children and youth.
From Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

- 12,906 Resources including
- 1,601 Videos
- 838 Book Readings
- 1,255 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
70+ Resources22 Awards


We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2020)
65+ Resources19 Awards

Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2015)
60+ Resources16 Awards




Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Selection, 2020)
55+ Resources12 Awards

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2019)
55+ Resources17 Awards

Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2022)
55+ Resources17 Awards


When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2020)
50+ Resources20 Awards



Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2015)
50+ Resources16 Awards

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2014)
50+ Resources16 Awards


Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Selection, 2017)
50+ Resources13 Awards





Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2015)
45+ Resources14 Awards




I Am Every Good Thing
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Selection, 2020)
45+ Resources15 Awards





March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Selection, 2016)
45+ Resources14 Awards

A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day
by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Steve Johnson, and Lou Fancher
(Selection, 2016)
45+ Resources8 Awards


Becoming Muhammad Ali
by James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Selection, 2020)
45+ Resources5 Awards


An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2019)
45+ Resources10 Awards



Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia and Lamar Giles
(Selection, 2021)
45+ Resources9 Awards



Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Selection, 2017)
40+ Resources13 Awards



They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2019)
40+ Resources8 Awards
