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Children's Literature -- Chapter Book Genres

Montgomery Library's Guide to Chlidren's Chapter Books

Selected Multicultural Books

These multicultural chapter books and many more can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.

Multicultural Books

Multicultural and international chapter books develop the reader's appreciation of children from different cultures and those with various exceptionalities.

Find these multicultural chapter books and many others in the Children's Collection on Montgomery Library's main floor.

Amina's song / Hena Khan     PZ 7 .K526495 Aq 2021
Amina's voice / Hena Khan     PZ 7 .K526495 Am 2017  
Anya's Ghost / Vera Brosgol     PS 490 .B757 A59 2011
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk     PZ7.1.L7245 Av 2022
Before the ever after / Jacqueline Woodson     PZ 7.5 .W67 Bc 2020
As brave as you / Jason Reynolds     PZ 7 .R33593 As 2016
The bitter side of sweet / Tara Sullivan     PZ 7 .S95373 Bi 2016 
Blackbird fly / Erin Entrada Kelly     PZ 7.1 .K45 Bl 2015 
Booked / Kwame Alexander     PZ 7.5 .A44 Bo 2016
Th3 brav5 / James Bird     PZ 7.1 .B57 Br 2020
Brown / Hakon Ovreas     PZ 7 .O9693 Bro 2019
The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman / Mari Lowe     PZ 7.1 .L7245 Du 2023
Eagle Drums / Nasug̊raq Rainey Hopson     PZ 7.1 .H6665 Eag 2023
Efren divided / Ernesto Cisneros     PZ 7.1 .C568 Efr 2020
The first rule of punk / Celia C. Pérez     PZ 7.1 .P44747 Fi 2017  
Fish in a tree / Lynda Mullaly Hunt     PZ 7 .H9159 Fi 2015  
Front desk / Kelly Yang     PZ 7.1 .Y365 Fr 2018
Ghost / Jason Reynolds     PZ 7 .R33593 Gh 2016  
How to find what you're not looking for / Veera Hiranandani     PZ 7 .H5977 Ho 2021
Hurricane child / Kheryn Callender     PZ 7.1 .C317 Hu 2018
I am not your perfect Mexican daughter / Erika L. Sánchez     PZ 7.1 .S257 Iaam 2017  
Lucky broken girl / Ruth Behar     PZ 7.1 .B447 Luc 2017  
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams / Daniel Nayeri      PZ 7 .N225 M36
Merci Suarez changes gears / Meg Medina     PZ 7 .M512765 Me 2018
Mexikid: A graphic memoir / Pedro Martín     PN 6727 .M2453 Z46 2023
The night diary / Veera Hiranandani     PZ 7 .H597732 Ni 2018
The only road / Alexandra Diaz     PZ 7 .D5432 On 2016  
Other words for home / Jasmine Warga     PZ 7.5 .W28 Oth 2019
Piecing me together / Renee Watson     PZ 7 .W32868 Pi 2017 
Rain reign / Ann M. Martin     PZ 7 .M3693 Rai 2014
Red, white and whole / Rajani LaRocca     PZ 7.5 .L357 Re 2021
Rez dogs / Joseph Bruchac     PZ 7 .B82816 Rez 2021
Ruby Lost and Found / Christina Li      PZ 7.1 .L523 R89 2023
Sal and Gabi break the universe / Carlos Hernandez     PZ 7.1 .H4943 Sal 2019
Show me a sign / Ann Clare LeZotte     PZ 7 .L59114 Sh 2020
Song for a whale / Lynne Kelly     PZ 7 .K29639 Son 2018
Temple Alley / Sachiko Kashiwaba     PZ 7.1 .K37 Tem 2021
There Goes the Neighborhood / Jade Adia     PZ 7.1 .A245 T44 2023
They call me Güero / David Bowles     PZ 7.5 .B69 Th 2018
Turtle boy / M. Evan Wolkenstein     PZ 7.1 .W633 Tur 2020
The turtle of Oman / Naomi Shihab Nye     PZ 7.N976 Tur 2014  
Under the mesquite / Guadalupe Garcia McCall     PS 495 .M478 U52 
We Still Belong / Christine Da     PZ 7.1 .D392 W4 2023
When I was the greatest / Jason Reynolds     PZ 7.R33593 Whe 2014
Wildoak / C.C. Harrington     PZ 7.1.H3739 Wi 2022
Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass / Meg Medina     PS 3613 .E338 Y37 2013  

 

Multicultural Book Awards

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards have been given annually since 1970 to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults who demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.  The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King.

 

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children and youth. The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate. 

 

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is given annually by the American Library Association to an American publisher of an outstanding children's book translated into English for publication in the United States.

 

The Schneider Family Book Award is given annually by the American Library Association to an author or illustrator of books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.

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