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This collection contains materials from the DIVerse Families bibliography organized by Picture Books format.

This collection contains materials from the DIVerse Families bibliography organized by format.

DIVerse Families is a comprehensive bibliography that demonstrates the growing diversity of families in the United States. This type of bibliography provides teachers, librarians, counselors, adoption agencies, children/young adults, and especially parents and grandparents needing to empower their children with materials that reflect their families.

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Journey Home

Lawrence McKay, Jr.

Mai returns to Vietnam, the land of her mother's birth, to discover both a new country and something about herself.
Juana and Lucas: Big Problemas

Juana Medina

Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotaa with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the way they were before. When Mami announces that she and Luis are getting married and that they will all be moving to a new casa, Juana is quite distraught. Lucky for her, though, some things will never change -- like how much Mami loves her.
Julián is a Mermaid

Jessica Love

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes -- and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself?
Just Add One Chinese Sister: An Adoption Story

Patricia McMahon and Conor Clarke McCarthy

Claire and her mother are working together on a scrapbook as they relive their first days and hours together following Claire's arrival from her birth home in China.
Just for Now: Kids and the People of the Court

Kimberly Morris and Kathleen Burke

When Gilbert and his big sister Rachel go into foster care they meet a lot of adults who are there to help them--a caseworker, foster parents, foster brothers and sisters, a lawyer, a therapist, a judge, their own court appointed special advocate (CASA), and a dog named Spud. Explains the roles of various people in the court system.
Just Like Home

Elizabeth I. Miller

A young Hispanic girl chronicles, in both English and Spanish, her move to the United States, as she finds that while some things are different, some things are just like home.
Kami and the Yaks

Andrea Stenn Stryer

In the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, Kami, a deaf Sherpa boy, braves a fierce storm to lead his father and brother to their family's lost yak herd.
Katie Can

Erin Palmer

Katie has Down Syndrome, but that's not what makes her so special. Find out what makes Katie unique.
Keeping Up with Roo

Sharlee Mullins Glenn

Gracie has always had a special bond with her Aunt Roo, who is mentally disabled, but that relationship starts to change when Gracie begins school.
Keesha & Her Two Moms Go Swimming

Monica Bey-Clarke and Cheril N. Clarke

A story of Keesha and her two moms for a fun day of swimming at the pool where she meets up with her best friend, Trevor and his two dads.
Kele's Secret

Tololwa Marti Mollel

Eggs mark the spot - the secret spot where Kele the chicken has been laying. Light hearted game of detective in this account of a boy's adventure on his grandmother's coffee farm in Tanzania.
Kids are Important: A Book for Young Children in Foster Care

Julie Nelson

Explains to children some of the reasons why a child ends up in foster care.
Kids Need to be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care

Julie Nelson

Explains that all children are important and need safe places to live and play, and describes what foster parents do and how foster children may feel when placed in a foster home.
King and King

Linda de Haan

When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as expected.
King and King and Family

Linda de Haan

King Lee and King Bertie take a honeymoon trip to the jungle and bring home a surprise.
King for a Day

Rukhsana Khan

Even though he is confined to a wheelchair, a Pakistani boy tries to capture the most kites during Basant, the annual spring kite festival, and become "king" for the day. Includes an afterword about the Basant festival.
KNOCK KNOCK My Dad's Dream for Me

Daniel Beaty

A boy wakes up one morning to find his father gone. At first, he feels lost. But his father has left him a letter filled with advice to guide him through the times he cannot be there.
Koalas on Parade

Brenna Harding and Vicki Harding

A little girl's mothers help her make a koala costume for her school's costume parade. When she finds out that her friend Hannah is also a koala, the two girls dance together in the parade and take home first prize!
Kofi's Mom

Richard W. Dyches

Kofi's Mom is a story about Kofi whose mother is sent to prison. It explores his feelings of loss and confusion. Through friends at school, Kofi begins to talk about his mom and to look forward to her return.
Ladder to the Moon

Maya Soetoro-Ng

Suhaila's wish to know her deceased grandmother is granted when a golden ladder appears at her window and Grandma Annie invites her on a journey to the moon, where they welcome people who are facing tragedy. Includes facts about the painting and the woman who inspired the story.
Lailah's Lunchbox

Reem Faruqi

Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.
Large Fears

Myles E. Johnson

Jeremiah Nebula is a black boy who loves pink things and wants to travel to Mars. But in order to reach Mars he has to confront the large fears that stand between him and his goal.
Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña

CJ begins his weekly bus journey around the city with disappointment and dissatisfaction, wondering why he and his family can't drive a car like his friends. Through energy and encouragement, CJ's nana helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine.
Laurie

Elfi Nijssen

Laurie is a little girl who would love to be like other children, but her hearing problems can make that difficult, until she goes to the ear doctor and gets new hearing aids that allow her to hear things around her clearly.
Laurie Tells

Linda Lowery

When her mother doesn't believe her, eleven-year-old Laurie tells a supportive aunt that she is being sexually abused by her father