Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 2013 -- honoring the best multicultural books for children and youth.
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
72 Resources23 Awards


Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2015)
68 Resources15 Awards

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Selection, 2020)
68 Resources11 Awards

We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2020)
68 Resources18 Awards

When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2020)
59 Resources19 Awards



Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2022)
56 Resources10 Awards




Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2019)
54 Resources15 Awards


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

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
(Selection, 2019)
49 Resources11 Awards

Becoming Muhammad Ali
by James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Selection, 2020)
49 Resources4 Awards



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

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Selection, 2015)
47 Resources16 Awards





Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Selection, 2017)
46 Resources12 Awards

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Selection, 2021)
46 Resources13 Awards

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






They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
(Selection, 2019)
43 Resources9 Awards







Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, and Rafael López
(Selection, 2016)
41 Resources10 Awards

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