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Multicultural Books for Children

January 25, 2024 •

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Do you love to discover new books?  Do you want to diversify your bookshelf?  Then, this is the post for you!  Today,  I’m sharing multicultural picture books and resources.

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Multicultural Books for Kids

Full Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.  Some of the titles were sent to me by publishers. All opinions expressed are my own.

Multicultural Read-Alouds for Babies and Toddlers

It’s never too early to read books that show little ones the diversity of the world.  Use these book lists to find your next great reads.

Babies and toddlers love to see real photographs of people in books.  This list will fill your book basket.—> Multicultural Books for Babies and Toddlers with Real Photographs

Multicultural stories for 2 year-olds that includes board books and picture books for toddlers.

And, here are some more reads for our growing toddlers.—> Multicultural Books for 2 Year-Olds

Preschool Multicultural Picture Books

Our three and four year-olds will enjoy slightly longer stories and are ready for picture books.  Enjoy these amazing stories.

best preschool multicultural books for children

Read—> Multicultural Books for Preschoolers

Kindergarten Books with a Multicultural Focus

Our readers are growing and ready for even more picture book read-alouds.  Enjoy the reads on this list.

multicultural reads for kindergarten

Get ready to read.—> Multicultural Books for Kindergarten

More Multicultural Reads for Kindergarten and Up

the water princess

I loved The Water Princess by Susan Verde.  My kids were amazed and educated that something we take for granted is scarce to so many.

radiant child

Here is a Caldecott winner to add to the list. Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe is the story of the artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.  For children who love to look and make art, this book will be of particular interest to them.  Like Basquiat, Steptoe used pieces from New York City to create the art you see in the book.  Basquiat had a challenging life and his struggles may be a bit much for younger kids to grapple with, so I prefer this one for a bit older child.

Food plays a big part in all cultures.  Read these amazing books that features food and many of them include recipes too.

FOOD AND CULTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS

Read and cook with these books.—> Multicultural Food Books for Kids

Adult Multicultural Resources

give your child the world

One of my favorite resource books is Give Your Child the World by Jamie C. Martin. It’s full of books for each geographic region and it’s divided by age level.  It was a great resource for selecting books for our Around the World Family Dinner Book Club. I HIGHLY recommend it!

Plan a multicultural family night at your library or school.  Here are some resources to help you plan it.—> Family Multicultural Night

Ok, I have lots more I could share.  But, my peers have lots of ideas too.  So keep reading below for even more great books to check out.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day takes place every January.  It’s a day filled with great resources that you can find by searching #ReadYourWorld or visiting the official Multicultural Children’s Book Day website.

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Mia Wenjen says

    January 25, 2024 at 10:22 am

    Thanks so much for sharing this great resource for Read Your World Day 2024 and for your support of our organization since the very beginning!

  2. Nancy says

    January 24, 2019 at 10:54 am

    Love the book lists. Wish they were in printable, list form so I could give them to my librarian to order some.

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      January 24, 2019 at 2:39 pm

      I’m gradually getting printable lists done for all my book lists. It’s a long process because I have so many. 🙂

  3. Jane Miller says

    January 29, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    The Barefoot book of Children is sold by barefoot book ambassadors. I began selling with barefoot on Friday, January 27th – multicultural book day. if anyone is interested I will sell to you at a 20% off discount.

    Jane

  4. Mia Wenjen says

    January 27, 2017 at 10:42 am

    Thank you so muc for your support of Multicultural Children’s book Day since the beginning and for your great diversity book list! Thank you also for contributing to our ebook. We so appreciate it!

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