Baby Books & Picture Books Up to Age 5
Lupe Lupita, Where Are You?
By Gladys Rosa-Mendoza
Level: 0-6 yearsEnjoy this fun colorful Spanish and English book teaching the concept of space and orientation in both languages.
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade
By Justin Roberts & Christian Robinson
A small girl makes herself heard and deals with bullies. Show your children that one small person can make a big difference.
Antiracist Baby
By Ibram X. Kendi
Level: 0-5 yearsCelebrate all our differences and start to imagine a world without racism. It starts by talking about it from the beginning!
COPC Pediatrician Recommendation
Mixed Me!
By Taye Diggs
Level: 1-8 years“My mom and dad say I’m a blend of dark and light. 'We mixed you perfectly, and got you JUST RIGHT!’”. A positive picture book story about a child embracing what it means to be in an interracial family and grow up “mixed”.
Books for Ages 5-8, Level 6-12 Years
Stuart Little
By E.B. White
A classic illustrated novel about a little mouse on a big adventure.
Meet Yasmin
By Saadi Faruqi
Level: 5-8 yearsThis early chapter book series features a second grader experiencing adventures with her Pakistani American family.
COPC Pediatrician Recommendation
Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows
By Asia Citro
Level: 6-10 yearsMagical animals, amazing discoveries, and lots of fun science! An illustrated novel series encouraging children to ask fun science questions and explore the world around them.
Books for Ages 8-12
COPC Pediatrician Recommendation
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World
By Vashti Harrison
Level: 7-13 yearsAn inspiring illustrative collection of true stories about women innovators from around the world.
Books for Middle-Schoolers & Tweens
The Crossover
By Kwame Alexander
This novel in written in verse that mixes basketball, family, and coming-of-age themes. It won the 2015 Newbery Medal and a Coretta Scott King Book Honor.
The Parker Inheritance
By Varian Johnson
The Parker Inheritance was named a 2019 Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Book. It's a fast-paced, complex mystery where kids investigate past racist incidents in a mystery.
Books for Older Teens & Adults
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By Rebecca Skloot
This biography is about the woman whose cells have led to numerous scientific breakthroughs, without her consent. This nonfiction book explores ethics, race, and family relationships.
Little Bee
By Chris Cleave
This novel is a dual narrative story about a Nigerian asylum-seeker and a British magazine editor, who meet during the oil conflict in the Niger Delta, and are re-united in England several years later.
The Underground Railroad
By Colton Whitehead
This Pulitzer Prize winning, alternate history book tells the story of Cora, a runaway slave who travels from state to state on railroad cars physically under the ground of the American South. The writing brings alive and weaves history from the times of slavery into the 1960s while aboard a physical railroad representing the historic underground railroad.