Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Resources for a selection of titles recognized by this list since 1999 -- honoring books that reflect a pluralistic view of world society

- 11,485 Resources including
- 1,109 Videos
- 684 Book Readings
- 1,299 Lesson Plans
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
65 Resources22 Awards

We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
64 Resources19 Awards

Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
60 Resources16 Awards



Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2020)
50 Resources17 Awards

Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2023)
50 Resources17 Awards




When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2021)
48 Resources20 Awards


Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2015)
46 Resources16 Awards

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2016)
46 Resources16 Awards





Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
44 Resources14 Awards



We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
43 Resources14 Awards







The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Evan Turk
(Selection, 2022)
41 Resources11 Awards



The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
(Selection, 2008)
40 Resources7 Awards




Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia and Lamar Giles
(Selection, 2022)
40 Resources9 Awards


Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Selection, 2016)
39 Resources11 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, 2017)
39 Resources8 Awards



