We Need Diverse Books
We Need Diverse Books™ is a non-profit and a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry. Our aim is to help produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.
The Brown Bookshelf
The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers. Our flagship initiative is 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by Black creators.
Diversity Book Finder
The goal of Diversity Book Finder is to move the diverse books discussion beyond a focus simply on the lack of numbers to a much more nuanced exploration of who (which groups) are represented in recent American children's picture books and how (what themes predominate for each group), and what that communicates about how members of each group are perceived in contemporary America. Our current focus is on depictions of racial and cultural diversity.
Eye See Me
EyeSee Me is an African American Children's Bookstore that was created in order to help bridge the cultural divide, so that African American children can benefit from exposure to literature that respectfully mirrors themselves, their culture and their families. They believe that competent, caring, and properly supported teachers and parents are essential to student learning. EyeSeeMe is here to help provide that support.
Diversity in YA
Diversity in YA was founded in 2011 by authors Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo as a website and book tour. While the tour is over, we revived the website on Tumblr in February 2013, and we relaunched DiversityinYA.com in January 2014. We celebrate young adult books about all kinds of diversity, from race to sexual orientation to gender identity and disability. Our goal is to bring attention to books and authors that might fall outside the mainstream, and to bring the margin to the center.
Rich in Color
Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing, talking about, and otherwise promoting young adult fiction starring or written by people of color or people from First/Native Nations. They believe that teens (and adults!) should be able to find themselves in the kinds of books they love to read. At Rich in Color, they want to showcase a wide variety of multicultural books so that kids will be able to see themselves as more than just the sassy best friend, the very special lesson, or the extra in the background.
American Indians in Children's Literature
Established in 2006, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society. Scroll down for links to book reviews, Native media, and more.
National Education Association
NEA established this page to help educators integrate multicultural and diversity education into the K - 12 classroom experience. These resources consist of NEA Web pages with information about multicultural and diversity education, books for multicultural educators, and web sites containing multicultural education curriculum.
Lee & Low Books
Lee & Low Books is the largest multicultural children's book publisher in the country. They are also one of the few minority-owned publishing companies in the United States. Lee & Low Books is committed to publishing diverse books that are about everyone, for everyone. They are dedicated to cultural authenticity, and make a special effort to work with new authors and illustrators of color.
1,000 Black Girl Books
The 1,000 Black Girl Books project began in 2015 when then 11-year-old Marley Dias started a book drive to collect 1,000 books featuring black female protagonists.
This resource is the product of that drive and features a searchable collection of over 11,000 books.

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