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A Trans* and Gender Nonconforming Reading List for All Ages [in The Booklist Reader]

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Lists, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

News about the transgender community – including banned books, bathroom laws, hockey, wrestlers, models, parades, Jackie and Juliet Evancho, and, most tragically, a horrifying murder caught on cellphone video – have all made recent headlines. Books can be helpful, entertaining, illuminating portals into the trans*/gender nonconforming (GNC)...

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez

31 Jan, by SIBookDragon in African, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Cuban American, Nonfiction

Kimeli, a young Maasai man, returns to his village in Kenya after being away for a long time with “one story [that] has burned a hole in his heart.” He remembers the “[b]uildings so tall they can touch the sky,” he saw the “[f]ires so hot...

The Year of the Rooster: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin, illustrated by Juan Calle

27 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction

Well holy, moly! How did a dozen years fly by so quickly?! San Francisco indie press Immedium’s 12-part Tales from the Chinese Zodiac, written by founding publisher and author Oliver Chin, comes full circle with a final, rousing cock-a-doodle-dooooo!! Mama and Papa welcome Ray to their flock, earning his name...

I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland

26 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction

From our northern neighbors comes the story of Irene Couchie Dupuis, co-author Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis’s grandmother, who at 8 years old, was forcibly removed from her home by the Canadian government and sent to a faraway residential school with her two brothers. The strict nuns...

Mamá the Alien | Mamá la extraterrestre by René Colata Laínez, illustrated by Laura Lacámara

25 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Cuban American, Fiction, Latina/o/x

When Sofia’s bouncing ball knocks over her mother’s purse, what spills out is more than just the usual keys and wallet – she finds proof that her mother is a registered ALIEN, “¡una extraterrestre!” She’s even more surprised when her mother confirms that the card...

The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya, illustrated by Rajini Perara [in School Library Journal]

28 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

A young boy, curious about his “Ammi’s dot … a bright and pretty spot,” innocently asks, “Why do you wear that dot?/What’s so special about that spot?” His mother crouches to eye level so he can touch her forehead as she explains, “It’s not a...

Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko by David Jacobson, illustrated by Toshikado Hajiri, translated by Sally Ito and Michiko Tsuboi

23 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Japanese, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry

Japan's latest tsunami warnings were just recently lifted, saving countless citizens from another Fukushima disaster-like tragedy which killed over 20,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless in March 2011. Amidst the apocalyptic aftermath, human goodness prevailed. Five years ago, a single poem managed to reach millions...

A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary, illustrated by Qin Leng

11 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Talking about families can sometimes be daunting for kids, especially when you can't check off those expected, so-called "traditional" boxes on who's who of your bestest loved ones. Sitting in her classroom discussing "what we thought made our family special," one little girl is not...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Akiko Miyakoshi’s The Tea Party in the Woods

12 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Translation, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

This Is Me: A Story of Who We Are & Where We Came From by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell

06 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Happy Back-to-School across these wide United States of America with this timely reminder that we are a nation of immigrants with histories and stories from somewhere else. Given some of the hot topics looming this election year, all parents, teachers, schools, libraries would do well to order...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Grace Lin’s Ling & Ting

31 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng’s Two White Rabbits

26 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latin American, Latina/o/x, Translation, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with James Kwan’s Dear Yeti

24 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Susan E. Goodman and E.B. Lewis’ The First Step

19 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Guojing’s The Only Child

05 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Gary Golio and Ed Young’s Bird & Diz

22 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Nonfiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Margarita Engle’s Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

13 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Cuban, Cuban American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Latina/o/x, Nonfiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with JiHyeon Lee’s Pool

08 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Ladder to the Moon

06 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indonesian American, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medial Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated by Colin Bootman

21 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

From the age of 13, Vivien Thomas worked with his master carpenter father and began growing a bank account that might someday take him to college and eventually medical school. The stock market crash of 1928 wiped out Thomas' savings, but nothing could touch his determination...

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