Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
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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Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
54 Resources15 Awards



We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2019)
49 Resources13 Awards




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


Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
42 Resources12 Awards



Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2020)
41 Resources12 Awards


Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2016)
39 Resources15 Awards


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




Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2018)
37 Resources9 Awards




Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan
(Selection, 2017)
36 Resources14 Awards







Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Selection, 2016)
34 Resources11 Awards



Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
(Selection, 2012)
33 Resources10 Awards


Grandfather Gandhi
by Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus, and Evan Turk
(Selection, 2015)
33 Resources5 Awards

Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2017)
33 Resources12 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)
33 Resources6 Awards

