Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
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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We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2021)
69 Resources19 Awards

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2022)
69 Resources23 Awards



Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
65 Resources16 Awards


Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2023)
61 Resources18 Awards


When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2021)
58 Resources20 Awards

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2020)
57 Resources16 Awards



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





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


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



The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
(Selection, 2008)
45 Resources7 Awards







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


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

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia and Lamar Giles
(Selection, 2022)
42 Resources10 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)
41 Resources8 Awards








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