- The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis**
- Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis**
- Mud City by Deborah Ellis**
- Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Judith Bloom Fradin
- A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson and Philippe Lardy
- Let Them Play by Margot Theis Raven and Chris Ellison
- Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles**
- A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson and Eric Velasquez
- When Stories Fell Like Shooting Stars by Valiska Gregory
- Stone Soup by Jon Muth
- Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace by Shelley Moore Thomas
- The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Heart of a Chief by Joseph Bruchac
- Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi
- Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
- Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
- Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Hana’s Suitcase: A True Story by Albert Whitman
- Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki**
- Home to Medicine Mountain by Chiori Santiago
- The Composition by Antonio Skarmeta
- Fire, Bed & Bone by Henrietta Brandord
- A Stone In My Hand by Cathryn Clinton
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
- Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich**
- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Lostman’s River by Cynthia DeFelice
- Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- The Dumpster Diver by Janet S. Wong**
African American narrator discussing garbage and how it can be used in different ways. Good for Earth Day and discussions about recycling.
- Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire Nivola
- Mama and Papa Have a Store by Amelia Lau Carling
- The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Gobel
- Armando and the Blue Tarp School by Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson
- Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre
- Sacred Leaf by Deborah Ellis
- I Am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis
- The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph
- The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou
- I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite
- Bintou’s Braids by Sylviane Diouf
- Fish by L.S. Matthews
- The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo**
- Tree of Cranes by Allen Say
- Revolution is Not a Dinner Party By Ying Chang Compestine
- Kalpana’s Dream by Judith Clarke
- Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman