The Diverse Families bookshelf was created and funded through numerous grants. Due to lack of additional grants and the loss of key personnel, the project has come to an end. We have tremendously enjoyed creating this database and hope that it can help bring readers and books together.
Submissions from 2023
A Home for Leo, Marcella More
A Shelter in Our Car & Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen, Christina Fluegel
Beginnings: How Families Come to Be, Heather Bourgeois
Carmen Learns English, Ashley Beckstrom Dokter
Chocolate Me, Abigail Singh
Drawn Together, Paityn Pohren
Families, Families, Families!, Amanda Sanchez
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, James Bunch
Lovely, Mackenzie Cates
There's Only One You, Carrie Binkley
Submissions from 2022
A Different Pond, Daniele Spano
Blended, Devin Johnson
Boats for Papa, Reilly Reinhold
Cookie, Lindsay Massa
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Jordyn Rizzo
Esperanza Rising, Alexis Bass
Ladder to the Moon, Bryce Connelly
Submissions from 2021
All are Welcome, Amanda Van Vliet
All Families Are Special, Qwanesha Ards
A Most Unusual Day, Dakota Kraft
An Ellis Island Christmas, Alexandra McMillin
A Plan for Pops, Hannah Irene Hollowell
Be Who You Are, Brittany Watley
Brave Like Me, Suzette McGuire
Coming Home, Jessica Harrod
Coolies, Trishell Matthews
Dachy's Deaf, Hadassa Jean-Louis
Deena Misses Her Mom, Nicole Forbes
Dreamers, Joyce Montanez
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, Deirdre Cardona
Fly Away Home, Andrew Gansler
Holes in the Sky, Stephanie Chipner
Home Again, Jessica Georges
Jack (Not Jackie), Tabitha Cochenour
Newsgirl, Chapters 1-8, Jennifer Starch
Small Things, Alexandra Byron
Spork, Kathryn L. Wade
Stuck With The Blooz, Olivia Buck
The Day War Came, Alexandra McMillin
Submissions from 2020
10,000 Dresses, Amy Gavitt
A Clear Spring, Megan Pershing
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, Marysia Chludzinski
A Family is a Family is a Family, Emily McKinley
All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism, Petra Bray
A Mother for Choco, Kiana Diggs
Can I Touch Your Hair?, Kasey Rakauskas
Differences Make Us Unique! : My Shape is Sam, Djuna Kotun
El Deafo, Rebecca Mead
Examining the Relationship Between Point of View and Author’s Purpose, Hailey Bruce
Focused, Josie Flowers
I'm New Here, David Glickstein
Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part Two, Justin Espe
Me and My Fear, Grace Praytor
Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, Shannon Dooley
The Face at the Window, Kristina Lenberg
When Charley Met Emma, Kimberly Knechtel
When I Grow Up!, Alexia Smith
Submissions from 2019
Acceptance of other differences and unity (Susan Laughs): Lesson Plan, Katelyn Ryan
A Family is a Family is a Family, Katherine Jones
A Family is a Family is a Family, Ashley Weaver
A is for Activist, Melody Elliott
Catherine's Story, Adam Lind
Dumpling Soup, Arielle Tringali
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea, Jennifer Smith
Hello, My Name is Octicorn, Victoria Glaubitz
Julian is a Mermaid, Shannon M. Blake
Prince & Knight, Natasha Vinson
Rescue & Jessica, Katelyn Ryan
Sarah’s Sleepover, Katelyn Ryan
The Pirate of Kindergarten, Katelyn Ryan
We’re All Wonders, Katelyn Ryan
Winter Holidays Around the World, Christopher Castro
Wonder, Karleah Schroeder