Finding Diverse Books 2024 | Easy Readers & Bridging Fiction

Updated December 13, 2023
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Tacos today
Raúl the Third
Paper Book
An Eisner Award Nominee! An NPR Books We Love Selection An ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Selection A Children's Book Council Children's Favorite A Children's Book Council Librarian Favorite A Children's Book Council Teacher Favorite ...

El Toro and his fellow luchadores can't afford their lunchtime tacos, so they team up for an amazing street show to earn some extra cash. Raúl the Third's iconic illustration style, the widespread appeal of Mexican wrestling, and the mix of English and Spanish words crafts a colorful, action-packed story for beginning readers.

Easy Reader Level 2

Race & Ethnicity | Latine

Awesome orange birthday
Ruths, Mitali Banerjee
Paper Book
In this full-color early chapter book series, Priya starts a party-planning business to help save the planet -- one party at a time! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to...

Thanks to popular graphic novels like The Baby-Sitters Club and PAWS, kids are fascinated by the idea of running their own businesses. The Party Diaries series features budding party planner Priya, who throws events for family and friends to raise money for endangered animals (another popular cause with many young animal lovers). Written in a graphic novel hybrid style (a mix of traditional text and illustrations with speech bubbles) and clocking in at just under 100, the Scholastic Branches books are also a great tool for young readers who love graphic novels and need support building their capacity for reading narrative fiction.

Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4

Race & Ethnicity | Asian & Pacific Islander

The secret of the jade bangle.
Trinh, Linda
Paper Book
"Engaging and empowering." --STARRED review, Nonstop Reader A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in.  Organized and...

A gift from her departed grandmother helps a young Vietnamese girl find her voice in this series opener from Linda Trinh. Part realistic fiction, part fantasy story (as the jade bangle also helps Anne communicate with Grandma Ná»™i). The last couple of years have given us engaging books by Vietnamese authors, providing much-needed mirrors for the Vietnamese students in our community.

Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4

Race & Ethnicity | Asian & Pacific Islander

Everyone Here Is Lying : A Novel
Paper Book
Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "The most addictive book I've read in ages--so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant." --Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

Disability in KidLit founder and author Kayla Whaley launches this spinoff series inspired by Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries. In the first book, Abbi--who, like the author, uses a power wheelchair--teams up with her friends to solve a mystery at the Maine State Fair. While representations of disability in children's books have been increasing in the last several years, many of those books are written by non-disabled authors or authors who became disabled as adults. Whaley draws on her own experiences as a disabled kid to provide a much-needed mirror for young readers in similar circumstances.

Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4

Disability


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