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In a few days, I will be presenting a paper at the 69th National Association for Gifted Children annual convention with wonderful colleagues. To complement that hour-long session, I will be sharing the book list here. I do feel that these books fit our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme as the goal is to dismantle systemic racism in gifted education through diverse picturebooks as the title of our presentation indicates.
I framed my curation of diverse picturebook titles using Gholdy Muhammad’s (2020) Historically Responsive Literacy (HRL) Framework as can be seen in the four goals below:
HRL Goal 1: Literacy as Identity Meaning-Making
What’s In A Name?
The Boy Who Tried To Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran and illustrated by Michelle Pereira
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (2021)
ISBN: 9781760509361
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Tomatoes In My Lunchbox by Costantia Manoli and Magdalena Mora
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Roaring Brook Press (2022)
ISBN: 9781250763129 (ISBN10: 1250763126)
Your Name Is A Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Luisa Uribe
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Innovation Press (2020) Literary Award: CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards Nominee, Sing (2021)
ISBN: 9781512483758 (ISBN10: 1512483753)
Alma And How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Candlewick Press (2018)
Literary Awards: Caldecott Medal Nominee (2019), Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Nominee, Writer (2019),
Monarch Award Nominee (2020)
ISBN: 9780763693558 (ISBN10: 0763693553)
We Are All Stories
Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Tiffany Rose
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Salaam Reads / Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers (2022)
ISBN: 9781534462984 (ISBN10: 1534462988)
My Hands Tell A Story by Kelly Starling Lyons and Tonya Engel
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Reycraft Books (2022)
ISBN: 9781478870616 (ISBN10: 1478870613)
Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak by Shannon Hitchcock and Sophie Page
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Reycraft Books (2022)
ISBN: 9781478875376 (ISBN10: 1478875372)
A Story Is To Share by Carter Higgins and Isabelle Arsenault
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Harry N. Abrams (2022)
ISBN: 9781419749933 (ISBN10: 1419749935)
The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Pajama Press (2020)
ISBN: 9781772781014 (ISBN10: 1772781010)
A Library by Nikki Giovanni and Erin K. Robinson
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Versify (2022)
ISBN: 9780358387657 (ISBN10: 0358387655)
Everything In its Place by Pauline David-Sax and Charnelle Pinkney-Barlow
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers (2022)
ISBN: 9780593378830 (ISBN10: 0593378830)
Pride In One’s Identity
A History Of Me by Adrea Theodore and Erin K. Robinson
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Neal Porter Books (2022)
ISBN: 9780823442577 (ISBN10: 0823442578)
Patchwork by Matt De La Peña and Corinna Luyken
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (2022)
ISBN: 9781984813961
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles and Bryan Collier
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Orchard Books (2020)
ISBN: 9781338574852 (ISBN10: 133857485X)
You Matter by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2020)
ISBN: 9781534421691 (ISBN10: 1534421696)
Julian Is A Mermaid by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 80 pages
Published by Candlewick (2018). Literary Awards: Stonewall Book Award, Children’s Literature (2019), Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Nominee, Younger Children Honor (2019), Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Nominee, Illustrator (2019), NAIBA Book of the Year, Picture Book (2018), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee, Picture Books (2018)
ISBN: 9780763690458 (ISBN10: 0763690457)
Calvin by JR and Vanessa Ford and Kayla Harren
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (2021)
ISBN: 9780593108673 (ISBN10: 0593108671)
I Am Me: A Book Of Authenticity by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Harry N. Abrams (2022)
ISBN: 9781419746482 (ISBN10: 1419746480)
When Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Lee & Low (2019). Literary Awards: NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Book (2020), Stonewall Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award (2020)
ISBN: 9781620148372 (ISBN10: 1620148374)
Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers (2021)
ISBN: 9780316200646 (ISBN10: 0316200646)
Jerome By Heart by Thomas Scotto and Olivier Tallec and Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick and Karin Snelson
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Enchanted Lion Books (2018, first published 2009) Literary Award: Batchelder Award Nominee (2019)
ISBN: 9781592702503 (ISBN10: 1592702503)
HRL Goal 2: Literacy As Skills
Reclaiming Joy in POC Literature
I Am Golden by Eva Chen and Sophie Diao
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Feiwel Friends (2022)
ISBN: 9781250842053 (ISBN10: 1250842050)
What I Am by Divya Srinivasan
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Viking Books for Young Readers (2021)
ISBN: 9780593204016 (ISBN10: 0593204018)
Eyes That Kiss In The Corners by Joanna Ho and Dung Ho
Hardcover, 34 pages
Published by HarperCollins (2021)
ISBN: 9780062915627 (ISBN10: 0062915622)
Eyes That Speak To The Stars by Joanna Ho and Dung Ho
Hardcover, 34 pages
Published by HarperCollins (2022)
ISBN: 9780063057753 (ISBN10: 0063057751)
The Year We Learned To Fly by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books (2022)
ISBN: 9780399545535 (ISBN10: 0399545530)
The World Belonged To Us by Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books (2022)
ISBN: 9780399545498 (ISBN10: 0399545492)
The Joy of Family in POC Picturebooks
Daddy Speaks Love by Leah Henderson and E. B. Lewis
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books (2022)
ISBN: 9780593354360 (ISBN10: 0593354362)
Going Down Home With Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons and Daniel Minter
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Peachtree Publishing Company (2019) Literary Award: Caldecott Medal Nominee (2020)
ISBN: 9781561459384 (ISBN10: 1561459380)
My Two Border Towns by David Bowles and Erika Meza
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Kokila (2021)
ISBN: 9780593111048 (ISBN10: 0593111044)
I Love You Because I Love You by Muon Thi Van and Jessica Love 
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Katherine Tegen Books (2022)
ISBN: 9780062894595 (ISBN10: 0062894595)
Me & Mama by Cozbi Cabrera
Hardcover, 34 pages
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2020)
ISBN: 9781534454217 (ISBN10: 1534454217)
Dreams For A Daughter by Carole Boston Weatherford and Brian Pinkney 
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2021)
ISBN: 9781534451988 (ISBN10: 1534451986)
Nosotros Means Us by Paloma Valdivia
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (2021)
ISBN: 9780593305140 (ISBN10: 0593305140)
I Love You Like Yellow by Andrea Beaty and Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Harry N. Abrams (2022)
ISBN: 9781419748073 (ISBN10: 1419748076)
Reclaiming Skills in POC Literature
I Am Thinking My Life by Allysun Atwater and Stevie Lewis
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Shambhala (2022)
ISBN: 9781611808971 (ISBN10: 1611808979)
Room For Everyone by Naaz Khan and Merce Lopez
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (2021)
ISBN: 9781534431393 (ISBN10: 153443139X)
Pablo Neruda Book Of Questions by Paloma Valdivia
Hardcover, 80 pages
Published by Enchanted Lion Books (2021)
ISBN: 9781592703227 (ISBN10: 1592703224)
The Blue Pool Of Questions by Maya Abu-Alhayyat and Hassan Manasrah and Translated by Hanan Awad
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Penny Candy Books (2017)
ISBN: 9780997221985 (ISBN10: 0997221984)
Celebrating Skills of Outstanding Women Of Color
Muslim Girls Rise by Saira Mir and Aaliya Jaleel
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Salaam Reads / Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers (2019)
ISBN: 9781534418882 (ISBN10: 1534418881)
Black Girl Rising by Brynne Barnes and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Chronicle Books (2022)
ISBN: 9781452164878 (ISBN10: 1452164878)
HRL Goal 3: Literacy As Intellect
POC as Thinkers, Teachers, Scholars, Builders
Child Of The Flower-Song People by Gloria Amescua and Duncan Tonatiuh
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Harry N. Abrams (2021)
ISBN: 9781419740206 (ISBN10: 1419740202)
Digging For Words by Angela Burke Kunkel and Paola Escobar
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Schwartz & Wade Books (2020)
ISBN: 9781984892638 (ISBN10: 1984892630)
One Wish by M. O. Yuksel and Mariam Quraishi
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by HarperCollins (2022)
ISBN: 9780063032910 (ISBN10: 0063032910)
Heroes, Rebels, And Innovators by Karen Wyld and Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Lothian Children’s Books (2021)
ISBN: 9780734419835 (ISBN10: 073441983X)
Shaped By Her Hands by Anna Harber Freeman and Barbara Gonzales and Aphelandra
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Albert Whitman & Company (2021)
ISBN: 9780807575994 (ISBN10: 0807575992)
The Boy Who Grew A Forest by Sophia Gholz and Kayla Harren
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Sleeping Bear Press (2019)
ISBN: 9781534110243 (ISBN10: 1534110240)
Sharuko by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Children’s Book Press (2020)
ISBN: 9780892394234 (ISBN10: 0892394234)
Dream Builder by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Lee & Low Books (2020)
ISBN: 9781620149553 (ISBN10: 1620149559)
Building Zaha by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Orchard Books (2020)
ISBN: 9781338282832 (ISBN10: 1338282832)
Picturebooks that Engage Intellect and Imagination
I Wish by Ingrid Godon and Toon Tellegen and Translated by David Colmer
Hardcover, 105 pages
Published by Elsewhere Editions (2020)
ISBN: 9781939810328 (ISBN10: 1939810329)
Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Alfred Knopf Books for Young Readers (2022)
ISBN: 9781984894366 (ISBN10: 1984894366)
HRL Goal 4: Literacy As Criticality
Picturebooks on Terror, War, Tyranny
Smoke by Anton Fortes Torres and Joanna Concejo 
Hardcover, 44 pages
Published by OQO Editora (2009)
ISBN: 9788498711394 (ISBN10: 8498711398)
War by Jose Jorge Letria and Andre Letria
Hardcover, 64 pages
Published by Greystone Kids (2021)
ISBN: 9781771647267
Kakatok-Katok Sa Bahay Ni Benok by Mon Sy and Faye Abantao 
Published by CANVAS (2021)
ISBN: 9789719689386
Silent Witnesses: Stories From The Survivors Of Martial Law by Gigo Alampay and Renz Baluyot
Published by CANVAS (2019)
ISBN: 9789719689188
Reclaiming Freedom and History in Picturebooks
Sing A Song by Kelly Starling Lyons and Keith Mallett
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books (2019)
ISBN: 9780525516095 (ISBN10: 0525516093)
Change Sings by Amanda Gorman and Loren Long
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Viking Books for Young Readers (2021)
ISBN: 9780593203224 (ISBN10: 0593203224)
Freedom, We Sing by Amyra Leon and Molly Mendoza
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Flying Eye Books (2020)
ISBN: 9781912497324 (ISBN10: 1912497328)
Standing In The Need Of Prayer by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers (2022)
ISBN: 9780593306345 (ISBN10: 0593306341)
By and By by Carole Boston Weatherford and Bryan Collier 
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2020)
ISBN: 9781534426368 (ISBN10: 1534426361)
Opal Lee And What It Means To Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan and Keturah A. Bobo
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Thomas Nelson (2022)
ISBN: 9781400231256 (ISBN10: 1400231256)
The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi and Loveis Wise 
Hardcover, 64 pages
Published by Balzer + Bray (2021)
ISBN: 9780062915641 (ISBN10: 0062915649)
The 1619 Project: Born On The Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson and Nikkolas Smith
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Kokila (2021)
ISBN: 9780593307359 (ISBN10: 0593307356)
“We Are Still Here” – First Nations Stories
The Water Lady by Alice B. McGinty and Shonto Begay
Hardcover, 44 pages
Published by Schwartz & Wade Books (2021)
ISBN: 9780525645016 (ISBN10: 0525645012)
Somebody’s Land by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing
Hardcover, 24 pages
Published by Allen & Unwin AU (2021)
ISBN: 9781760526726
Ceremony by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing 
Hardcover, 24 pages
Published by Allen & Unwin AU (2022)
ISBN: 9781761065064
Encounter by Brittany Luby and Michaela Goade
Hardcover, 34 pages
Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers (2019)
ISBN: 9780316449182 (ISBN10: 0316449180)
We Are Still Here! by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac 
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Charlesbridge Publishing (2021)
ISBN: 9781623541927 (ISBN10: 1623541921)
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Charlesbridge Publishing (2018) Literary Awards: Sibert Medal Nominee (2019), American Indian Youth Literature Award, Best Picture Book (Honor Book) (2020), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee, Picture Book (2019), NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book (2019)
ISBN: 9781632896339 (ISBN10: 1632896338)
Snow Angel Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka and Ashley Lukashevsky
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Make Me A World (2022)
ISBN: 9780593127384 (ISBN10: 0593127382)
Life-Saving Power of Stories
Love In The Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published by Candlewick Press (2022)
ISBN: 9781536204308 (ISBN10: 1536204307)
Nour’s Secret Library by Wafa Tarnowska and Vali Mintzi 
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Barefoot Books (2022)
ISBN: 9781646862924 (ISBN10: 1646862929)
Professional Development Texts and Other Books Mentioned
Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad
Hardcover, 175 pages
Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources (2019)
ISBN: 9781338594898 (ISBN10: 1338594893)
How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo 
Hardcover, 340 pages
Published by Viking (2022)
ISBN: 9780593489635 (ISBN10: 0593489632)
Literacy: Reading The Word And The World by Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published by Bergin & Garvey (1987)
ISBN: 9780897891264 (ISBN10: 0897891260)
Why Words Matter by Butch Dalisay and Marcel Antonio
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Published by CANVAS (2019)
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