with emphasis on diverse characters, perspectives and ideas
from publishers or authors that maybe you have not encountered
some we actively sought out a book on a topic that was relevant to us or to expand our universe
Audience: Baby – Kindergarten (and beyond!)
- Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
- Rainbow Crow by Beatriz Vidal, Nancy Van Laan
- Hush!: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho
- Mela and the Elephant by Dow Phumiruk
- A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen, Mike Lowery
- Every Little Thing (and also One Love!) by Cedella Marley
- What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele
- You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith, Danielle Daniel
- Ordinary ‘Ohana by Lee Cataluna
- The Thankful Book (and the other Todd Parr books) by Todd Parr
- We Sang You Home By Richard Van Camp
- The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman, Ros Asquith
- What Makes a Baby By Cory Silverberg
- What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada, Mae Besom
- The Water Princess by Susan Verde, Georgie Badiel
- The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins, Jill McElmurry
- The Princess in Black (it’s a whole series) by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale
- My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith, Julie Flett
- Unlovable by Dan Yaccarino
- Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus, Kadir Nelson
Not Included
- Ones we enjoyed but I can’t remember (just keeping it real here)
- Lots of other great books we haven’t read yet (feel free to drop in comments)
- Many many other favorites that have also great messages, illustrations or story lines out there in the main stream of things
- All the books about dinosaurs and lifty-flappy books that are a fave right now
- All the reasons I love the books (just ask though 🙂 )
Related
- Bee is for Books: Summer 2016 Campaign (additional recommendations for a older/youth age)
- Reach & Read – Book Reviews (I haven’t added to this in quite some time but my thoughts still stand)
Odds & Hens : Ramblings. Creations. 
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