Children of colour thread part 2, this was a question tweeted in response to recent horrifying events. Click on the feed to read the recommendations.
I would like to ask a 2nd time if anyone has any recommendations of books, writers, publishers, illustrators & book bloggers that are people of colour or feature characters that are. I can link to book reviews too. Booksellers too.
— michelle peters (@bearhuntbooks) May 31, 2020
This week I posted on Twitter asking for people to share books and publishers that champion children of colour. It was after a parent had posted for a book for their 9 year old scientist princess.
What followed was something amazing, to this date there have been 112 replies, with so many amazing books and publishers.
I will be using this list as a resource for a long time to come as we know our world is diverse and should be celebrated.
Please note that I have kept this list very basic, if you would like more information on any of the titles, availability for example, please message us on our contact page or Tweet us.
Diverse books list
The Usual Suspects, Maurice Broaddus
Jairus’s Girl, L.R Hay
Buster Finds his Beat, Pamela Aculey
Rosie Jane and the Swodgerump, Susan Crow
High Rise Mystery and Mic Drop, Sharna Jackson
Busy Day – Astronaut, an action play book, Penguin
Wise before five, amazing things to know before you start school, Ekaterina Trukhan
The Big Book of the UK, Imogen Russell Williams
How to find Egyptian travel, Lets Go series, Caryl Hart
The Invincibles, The Beast of Bramble Woods, Together We Can, Caryl Hart
When a Dragon Comes to Stay, Knock, Knock Pirate, How to ride a Polar Bear, Caryl Hart
Indus Investigators, Mohenjodaro Mystery, Ilona Aronovsky
My Favourite People, Rob Keeley
The Spirit of London, Rob Keeley
Lets go say hello, Marcella Golan
Take to the skies, Secret FC, Football Academy – The Reading Game, Offside 3, Tom Palmer
Ella Upgraded, Dan Whitehead
All The Things We Never Said, Yasmin Rahman
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant, Nizranan Farook
Attack of the Heebie Jeebies, Tom Percival
Hiccups and Karate Kids, Holly Sterling
If I had a Dinosaur, Gabby Dawnay
Jabari Jumps, Gaia Cornwall
Izzy Gizmo, Pip Jones
Lenny Has Lunch, Ken Wilson-Max
Anisha Accidental Detective, Serena Patel
Betsy Bigelow series, Malorie Blackman
Tiger Troubles and School Stories, plus a lot more, Chitra Soundar
Dosh, Never Show a T-Rex a Book,Rashmi Sirdeshpandi
Boy Everywhere, A.M Dassu
Death By Soup, David MacPhail
Goodnight Pirate, 1.2.3 Do the Dinosaur,Happy Birthday to you, Michelle Robinson
Indigo Donut, Patrice Lawrence
The Worst Class in the world, Joanna Nadin
Iguana Boy, Rikin Parekh
Ghost, Jason Reynolds
Race to the Frozen North, Freedon and Make More Noise, Catherine Johnson
Bone Talk, Candy Gourlay
Secrets of the Henna Girl, Under the Great Plum Tree, Sufiya Ahmed
The Girl in The Broken Mirror, Savita Khan
The Tunnels Below, Nadine Wild
Tomorrow, Nadine Kaadan
And the Stars were Burning Brightly, Daniel Jawando
Clean Up, Nathan Bryon
Finding Om, Rashmi Bismark
Ballet Bunnies series, Torn Apart, The Partition of India, Swapna Reddy
Cane Warriors, Home Girl, Kerb Stain Boys, Alex Wheatle
Different Differenter, Jyoti Gupta
Curious Pearl Science Girl series,Eric Braun
Kikuyu Boy, Hilda Van Stockum
Son of the Circus, A Victorian Story, E.L Norry
My Hair, Hannah Lee
Planet Omar, Zanib Mian
Mary Had a Little Glam, Tammi Sauer
Secrets of the Great Fire Tree, Justine Laismith
Julian is a Mrmaid, Jessica Love
Mommy Am I Brown, Deandra Abuto
Luna and the Moon Rabbit, Camille Whitcher
Juno Valentine, Eva Chen
Pet, Akwaeke Emezi
Maths on the GO, Rob Eastway & Mike Askew
The Infinite, Patience Agbabi
Luna Loves Library Day, If All the World Were, Joseph Coelho
Llama Out Loud, Agent Zaiba Investigates, Annabelle Sami
The Tigers in The Tower, Julia Golding
The Backwater, Judith Crowley
Amazing Muslims Who Changed The World, Burhana Islam
Publishers who publish books that reflect the diversity of the world.
One of the Replies was from Cindy Colson who has built an amazing Diversity and Books Pinterest Board Worth Checking out.Out
Thanks so much for reading, please ask us if you need more information about the books listed.
Happy reading book fans.
Keep safe,
Big Bear and Little Fox.
1 comment
Hi Michelle, I hope all is well with you. I love your idea of a children’s bookshop.
1) I want to but a book for the 2nd birthday of my Niece’s mixed race daughter. Can you recommend one? A smallish book would be better for posting to her. Also
2) I’d love to get hold of 2 copies of an out of print book – not sure if you can help? It’s called Grandma Baa by Roger Hargreaves.
Stay safe. Margaret x