#CyberPD - 160 Books about Identity for K-12

Kindergarten

1. Ashley, Bryan. (1992). Cleversticks. Illustrated by Derek Brazell. New York: HarperCollins.
2. Bridges, Shirin Yim. (2013). Ruby's Wish. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
3. Campbell, Nicola I. (2017). A Day with Yayah. Illustrated by Julie Flett. Vancouver, BC: Tradewind Books.
4. Cheng, Andrea. (2003). Grandfather Counts. Illustrated by Ange Zheng. New York: Lee and Low Books.
5. Choi, Yangsook. (2003). The Name Jar. New York: Dragonfly Books.
6. Cornwall, Gala. (2017). Jabari Jumps. Somerset, MA: Candlewick
7. Crews, Donald. (1998). Bigmama’s. New York: Greenwillow.
8. Croza, Laurel. (2014). From There to Here. Illustrated by Matt James. Toronto: Groundwood Books.
9. Croza, Laurel. (2011). I Know Here. Illustrated by Matt James. Toronto: Groundwood Books.
10. Flett, Julie. (2014). Wild Berries. Vancouver, BC: Simply Read Books.
11. Forman, Ruth. (2014). Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon. Illustrated by Cbabi Bayoc. New York: Lee & Low Books. 
12. Johnson, Angela. (2004). Violet's Music. Illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith. New York: Dial Books.
13. Krishnaswami, Uma. (2015). Bright Sky, Starry City. Illustrated by Aimée Sicuro. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
14. Love, Jessica. (2018). Julián Is a Mermaid. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
15. Martinez-Neal, Juana. (2018). Alma and How She Got Her Name. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
16. McGhee, Holly M. (2017). Come With Me. Illustrated by Pascal Lemaître. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers.
17. Mora, Pat. (1994). Pablo’s Tree. Illustrated by Cecily Lang. New York: Lee and Low Books.
18. Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. (2015). I Used To Be Afraid. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
19. Spires, Ashley. (2017). The Thing Lou Couldn't Do. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.
20. Vandever, Daniel W. (2017). Fall in Line, Holden! Flagstaff, AZ: Salina Bookshelf.  

1st - 2nd Grade

1. Argueta, Jorge. (2007). Alfredito Flies Home. Illustrated by Luis Garay. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
2. Atkins Jeannine. (2000). Aani and the Tree Huggers. Illustrated by Venantius J. Pinto. New York: Lee and Low Books.
3. Barber, Barbara E. (2013). Allie's Basketball Dream. Illustrated by Darryl Ligasan. New York: Lee and Low Books.
4. Buitrago, Jairo. (2018). On the Other Side of the Garden. Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. Translated from Spanish by Elisa Amado.Toronto, ON:  Groundwood Books.
5. Castaneda, Omar S. (1995). Abuela’s Weave. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee and Low Books.
6. de la Peña, Matt. (2015). Last Stop on Market Street. Illustrated by Christian Robinson. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers.
7. Dole, Maura. (2013). Drum, Chavi, Drum! / ¡Toca, Chavi, Toca! Illustrated by Tonel. New York: Lee and Low Books.
8. Dorros, Arthur. (1997). Abuela. New York: Puffin.
9. Faruqi, Reem. (2015). Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story. Illustrated by Lea Lyon. Thomaston, ME: Tilbury House Publishers.
10. Figueredo, D.H. (). Un mundo nuevo. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee and Low Books.
11. Figueredo, D.H. (). When this World was New. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee and Low Books.
12. Heelan, Jamee Riggio. (2002). Can You Hear a Rainbow? The Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris. Illustrated by Nicola Simmonds. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.
13. Krishnaswami, Uma. (2016). Chachaji's Cup. Illustrated by Soumya Sitaraman. New York: Lee and Low Books.
14. Love, Jessica. (2018). Julián Is a Mermaid. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
15. Martinez-Neal, Juana. (2018). Alma and How She Got Her Name. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
16. McKissack, Patricia. (2008). Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt. Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers. 
17. Ringgold, Faith. (1996). Tar Beach. New York: Dragonfly Books.
18. Schimel, Lawrence. (2011). Let’s Go See Papa. Illustrated by Alba Marina Rivera. Translated by Elisa Amado. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
19. Shulevitz, Uri. (2008). How I Learned Geography.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 
20. Smith, Cynthia Leitich. (2000). Jingle Dancer. Illustrated by Ying-Hwa Hu and Cornelius Van Wright. New York: HarperCollins.
21. Stewart, Sarah. (2007). The Gardener. Illustrated by David Small. New York: SquareFish.
22. Tamaki, Jillian. (2018). They Say Blue. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. (Starred Reviews by Booklist, School Library Journal & Publisher's Weekly)
23. Velasquez, Eric. (2004). Grandma’s Records. New York: Bloomsbury.
24. Watts, Jeri Hanel. (). Keepers. Illustrated by Felicia Marshall. New York: Lee and Low Books.
25. Williams, Laura. (2017). The Can Man. Illustrated by Craig Orback. New York: Lee & Low Books.
26. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2018). The Day You Begin. Illustrated by Rafael López. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books.
27. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2013). This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration. Illustrated by James Ransome. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books.
28. Woodson, Jacquline. (2018). The Day You Begin. Illustrated by Rafael López. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books.
29. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2012). Each Kindness. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books.
30. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2001). The Other Side. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.

3rd - 4th Grade

1. Addasi, Maha. (2010). Time to Pray. Arabic translation by Nuhu Albitar. Illustrated by Ned Gannon. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mill Press. (Bilingual text: English & Arabic).
2. Alarcón, Francisco. (2017). Family Poems for Every Day of the Week/Poemas familiares para cada día de la semana. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. New York: Lee & Low Books.
3. Argueta, Jorge. (2016). Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
4. Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. (2018). I Love You, Michael Collins. New York: Square Fish.
5. Bell, Cece. (2012). EL Deafo. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 
6. lume, Judy. (2007). Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. New York: Puffin.
7. Coy, John. (2001). Night Driving. Illustrated by Peter McCarthy. New York: Henry Holt.
8. Danticat, Edwidge. (2015). Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation. Illustrated by Leslie Staub. New York: Dial.
9.  De Arias, Patricia. (2018). Marwan’s Journey. Illustrated by  Laura Borràs. Minedition.
10. DiCamillo, Kate. (2015). Because of Winn Dixie. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
11. Gardiner, John Reynolds. (2010). Stone Fox. New York: Harper Trophy.
12. Gifaldi, David. (2008). Listening for Crickets. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
13. Henkes, Kevin. (2015). The Year of Billy Miller. New York: Greenwillow.
14. Littlechild, George. (2003). This Land Is My Land. New York: Children's Book Press/Imprint of Lee & Low.
15. MacLachlan, Patricia. (1993). Journey. New York: Yearling.
16. Medina, Meg. (2008). Milagros: Girl from Away.  New York: Henry Holt.
17. Newman, Lesléa. (2018). Sparkle Boy. Illustrated by Maria Mola. New York: Lee and Low Books.
18. Otheguy, Emma (2017). Martí's Song for Freedom/Martí y sus versos por la libertad. Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. New York: Lee & Low Books.
19. Perez, L. King (2014). First Day in the Grapes. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. New York: Lee and Low Books.
20. Russell, Barbara Timberlake. (2004). The Remembering Stone. Illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

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5th - 6th Grade

1. Anzaldúa, Gloria. (1997). Friends From the Other side/Amigos del otro lado. Illustrated by Consuelo Méndez. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.
2. Barnes, Derrick. (2017). Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Brooklyn, NY: Denene Millner Books.Coy, John. (2003). Strong to the Hoop. Illustrated by Leslie Jean-Bart. NY: Lee & Low.
3. DiCamillo, Kate. (2018). Raymie Nightingale. Somerville, MA: Candlewick. 
4. Draper, Sharon. (2012). Out of My Mind. New York: Atheneum.
5. Ellis, Deborah. (2015). The Breadwinner. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
6. Ellis, Deborah. (2015). Parvana's Jounrey. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
7. Ellis, Deborah. (2015). Mud City. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
8. Engle, Margarita. (2017). Forest People. New York: Atheneum Books. 
9. Greder, Armin. (2018). Mediterranean. Crows Nest CSW: Allen & Inwin.
10. Greder, Armin. (2008). The Island. Crows Nest CSW: Allen & Inwin.
11. Grimes. Nikki. 2006. The Road to Paris. New Yorl: Putnam.
12. Hunt, Lynda Mullaly. (2017). Fish in a Tree. New York: Puffin Books.
13. Jackson, Linda Williams. (2017). Midnight Without a Moon. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers.
14. Joseph, Lynn. (2001). The Color of My Words.  New York: HarperCollins.
15. Kelly, Erin Entrada. (2017). Hello, Universe. New York: Greenwillow Books.
16. Krishnaswami, Uma. (2013). The Grand Plan to Fix Everything. Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. New York: Atheneum.
17. Legrand, Claire. (2016). Some Kind of Happiness. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
18. Lord, Cynthia. (2014). Rules. New York: Scholastic.
19. Moore, David Barclay. (2017). The Stars Beneath Our Feet. New York: Knopf.
20. Ness, Patrick. (2013). A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
21. O’Connor, Barbara. (2017). Wish. New York: Square Fish.
22. Palacio R. J. (2012). Wonder. New York: Knopf.
23. Pennypacker, Sara. (2016). Pax. New York: Balzer + Bray.
24. Pérez, Amada Irma. (2013). My Diary from Here to There/Mi Diaro De Aqui Hasta Alla. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. New York: Lee & Low Books.
25. Pérez, Celia C. (2018). The First Rule of Punk. New York: Viking Books. 
26. Reynolds, Jason. (2017). As Brave as You. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
27. Reynolds, Jason. (2018). Lu. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
28. Reynolds, Jason. (2018). Sunny. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
29. Reynolds, Jason. (2017). Patina. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
30. Reynolds, Jason. (2016). Ghosts. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
31. Rhodes, Jewell Parker. (2018). Ghost Boys. 
32. Rhodes, Jewell Parker. (2018). Towers Falling. New York: Little, Brown.
33. Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2002). Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic.
34. Shea, Peggy Dietz. (2006). The Carpet Boy’s Gift. Illustrated by Leane Morin. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, Publisher.
35. Saeed, Aisha. (2017). Amal Unbound. New York:  Nancy Paulsen Books.
36. Saeed, Aisha. (2016). Written in the Stars. New York: Speak.
37. Sheth, Kashmira. (2010). Boys without Names. New York: Balzer & Bray. 
38. Sís, Peter. (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
39. Sloan, Holly Goldberg. (2015). Counting by 7s. New York:  Puffin.
40. Williams-Garcia, Rita. (2011). One Crazy Summer. New York: Amistad. 
41. Williams-Garcia, Rita. (2015). P.S. Be Eleven. New York: Amistad. 
42. Williams-Garcia, Rita. (2016). Gone Crazy in Alabama. New York: Amistad. 
43. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2018). Harbor Me. New York:  Nancy Paulsen Books.
44. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2016). Brown Girl Dreaming. New York:  Puffin Books.
45. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2010). Locomotion. New York:  Puffin Books.

7th - 9th Grade

1. Abawi, Atia. (2018). A Land of Permanent Goodbyes. New York: Philomel Books. 
2. Ahmed, Samira. (2019). Internement. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 
3. Ahmed, Samira. (2018). Love, Hate and Other Filters. New York: Soho Teen.
4. Alexander, Kwame. (2018). Swing. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers.
5. Alexander, Kwame. (2018). Rebound. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers.
6. Alexander, Kwame. (2016). Booked. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers.
7. Alexander, Kwame. (2014). The Crossover. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers.
8. Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2011). Speak. New York: Square Fish.
9. Carlson, Lori Marie (Ed). (2008). Voices in the First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity. Illustrated by Flavio Morais. Photographs by Manuel Rivera-Ortiz. New York: Atheneum.
10. Cisneros, Sandra.(1991). The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage.
11. Cisneros, Sandra. (1994). La casa en Mango Street. New York: Vintage.
12. Flake, Sharon. (2007). The Skin I'm In. New York:  Hyperion Book.
13. Gaiman Neil. (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane. New York: William Morrow.
14. Hansberry, Lorraine. (2004). A Raisin in the Sun. New York: Vintage.
15. Hesse, Monika. (2017). Girl in the Blue Coat. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Reader.
16. Liu, Ken. (2016).  The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories . New York: Saga Press.
17. Medina, Meg. (2014). Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
18. Mora, Pat. (2000). My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Minneapolis, MN: Perfection Learning.
19. Richard, Wayne, (2012). Sofas. (Digital Storytelling). Center for Digital Storytelling. 
20. Sánchez,  Erika L. (2017). I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. New York: Knopf.
21. Watson, Renée. (2017). Piecing Me Together. New York: Bloomsbury.
22. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2018). Harbor Me. New York:  Nancy Paulsen Books.
23. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2016). Brown Girl Dreaming. New York:  Puffin Books.
24. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2010). After Tupac and D Foster. New York: Puffin.
25. Yoon, Nicola. (2016). The Sun is Also a Star. New York: Delacorte Press. 

10th Grade +

1. Anderson, Laurie Halse. (2011). Speak. New York: Square Fish.
2. Carlson, Lori Marie (Ed). (2008). Voices in the First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity. Illustrated by Flavio Morais. Photographs by Manuel Rivera-Ortiz. New York: Atheneum.
3. Chopin, Kate. (1899/1993). The Awakening. New York: Dover Publications. 
4. Esquivel, Laura. (1995). Like Water for Chocolate. New York: Anchor.
5. Esquivel, Laura. (2001. Como agua para chocolate. New York: Vintage.
6. Glasgow, Kathleen. (2016). Girl in Pieces. New York: Delacorte Press.
7. Liu, Ken. (2016).  The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories . New York: Saga Press.
8. Miller, Kei. (2014) The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion. Carcanet Press Ltd.. Kindle Edition.
9. Mora, Pat. (2000). My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Minneapolis, MN: Perfection Learning.
10. Myers, Walter Dean. (2004). Monster. New York: Amistad.
11. Reynolds, Jason. (2017). Long Way Down. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
12. Reynolds, Jason. (2017). All American Boys. New York: New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
13. Richard, Wayne, (2012). Sofas. (Digital Storytelling). Center for Digital Storytelling. 
14. Satrapi, Marjane. (2004). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. New York: Pantheon. 
15. Sepetys, Ruta. (2017). Salt to the Sea. New York: Penguin Books.
16. Stone, Nic. (2018). Dear Martin. New York:  Ember. 
17. Sánchez,  Erika L. (2017). I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. New York: Knopf.
18. Whaley, John Corey. (2017). Highly Illogical Behavior. New York: Dial Books.
19. Yang, Gene Luen. (2008). American Born Chinese. New York: Square Fish.
20. Yoon, Nicola. (2016). The Sun is Also a Star. New York: Delacorte Press. 
21. Yoon, Nicola. (2015). Everything, Everything. New York: Delacorte Press.