Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 2013 -- honoring the best multicultural books for children and youth.
From Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

- 12,955 Resources including
- 1,591 Videos
- 826 Book Readings
- 1,264 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
67 Resources22 Awards


We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2020)
64 Resources19 Awards


Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2015)
61 Resources16 Awards

Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2022)
57 Resources17 Awards

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Selection, 2020)
56 Resources12 Awards

When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2020)
54 Resources20 Awards





Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2019)
50 Resources17 Awards


Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2014)
47 Resources16 Awards

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Selection, 2021)
47 Resources14 Awards

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2015)
46 Resources16 Awards



Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Selection, 2017)
45 Resources13 Awards



Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2015)
44 Resources14 Awards



Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
(Selection, 2019)
43 Resources12 Awards


March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Selection, 2016)
42 Resources14 Awards


Becoming Muhammad Ali
by James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Selection, 2020)
42 Resources5 Awards


There Was a Party for Langston
by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey
(Selection, 2023)
42 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, 2016)
41 Resources8 Awards






They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2019)
40 Resources8 Awards





Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia and Lamar Giles
(Selection, 2021)
40 Resources9 Awards