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

- 12,990 Resources including
- 1,606 Videos
- 839 Book Readings
- 1,276 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
65 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)
60 Resources16 Awards




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

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

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



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


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




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

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







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




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





An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Selection, 2019)
40 Resources10 Awards



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


Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Selection, 2015)
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, 2016)
39 Resources8 Awards

Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources13 Awards
