Written & Illustrated by: Various, check out the individual posts below! For ages: 4-8 years Language: English Topics Covered: Historical Figures Own Voices Bicultural Trans Experience LGBTQ Social-Emotional Learning Books are wonderful things. They reflect our own experiences and provide portals into the experiences of others. I wanted to provide a short roundup of recent…
Tag: Own Voices
My Grandma and Me
Written by: Mina Javaherbin Illustrated by: Lindsey Yankey For ages: 4-7 years Language: English Topics Covered: Family, Islam, Culture & Traditions, Global Community, Muslim, Cross-Religion Friendships, Own Voices, Iran. Summary: This is a lovely story about a young girl growing up in Iran and the strong relationship she has with her grandmother. They are Muslim, and the young girl is the…
Yasmin- Chapter Books
Topics Covered: Own Voices, Pakistani Muslim Family, Friendship. Summary: This 12 book series (we have 3) is all about Yasmin, a bright and kind young girl whose family is proud of their Pakistani heritage. The stories revolve are Yasmin, and are early chapter books. I love books like this because they’re essentially still picture books but…
The Hips on the Drag Queen go Swish, Swish, Swish
Written by: Lil Miss Hot Mess Illustrated by: Olga de Dios’ For ages: 2-6 years Language: English
American as Paneer Pie [released June 9th 2020]
Written by: Supriya Kelkar Cover Art by: Abigail Dela Cruz For ages: YA Middle Grades and up Language: English Topics Covered: Racism, Indian Culture, Indian-American Families, Growing Up, Fitting In, Own Voices, Immigration. Summary: 11 year old Lekha just wants to fit into her Detroit suburb, to not be teased for being Desi and having a birthmark (right where bindis are…