Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Resources for a selection of titles recognized by this list since 1999 -- honoring books that reflect a pluralistic view of world society
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
71 Resources23 Awards


We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
67 Resources18 Awards

Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
65 Resources15 Awards

When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2021)
59 Resources19 Awards



Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2020)
55 Resources15 Awards




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


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


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



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






The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Evan Turk
(Selection, 2022)
42 Resources10 Awards






The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora
(Selection, 2021)
41 Resources9 Awards


Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2018)
40 Resources10 Awards

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Selection, 2017)
40 Resources11 Awards



Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
39 Resources13 Awards


Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
(Selection, 2022)
39 Resources11 Awards


Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan
(Selection, 2017)
38 Resources15 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)
38 Resources7 Awards


The Cat Man of Aleppo
by Karim Shamsi-Basha, Irene Latham, and Yuko Shimizu
(Selection, 2021)
38 Resources7 Awards