Thematic Picture Book Lists

Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman; Maria Mola (Illustrator)

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

Bad Pirate by Kari-Lynn Winters; Dean Griffiths (Illustrator)

An Anty-War Story by Tony Ross (Illustrator)

Seed School by Joan Holub; Sakshi Mangal (Illustrator)

Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans by Jessie Miller; Barbara Bakos (Illustrator)

The Boy and the Bindi by Vivek Shraya; Rajni Perera (Illustrator)

Freedom in Congo Square by R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator); Carole Boston Weatherford

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold; Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator)

The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad; Hatem Aly (Illustrator); S. K. Ali (As told to)

The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar; Alea Marley (Illustrator); Simran Jeet Singh (Afterword by)

Mixed: a Colorful Story by Arree Chung (Illustrator)

I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)

I Am Love by Susan Verde; Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)

Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago; Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator); Elisa Amado (Translator)

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig; Patrice Barton (Illustrator)

Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)

Hats of Faith by Medeia Cohan; Sarah Walsh (Illustrator)

No Two Alike by Keith Baker (Illustrator)

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)

Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose; Hannah Hoose; Debbie Tilley (Illustrator)

I am Raven by David Bouchard; Andy Everson (Illustrator)

La La La by Kate Dicamillo; Jaime Kim (Illustrator)

All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka (Illustrator)

GOA Kids - Goats of Anarchy: Angel and Her Wonderful Wheels by Leanne Lauricella; Jill Howarth (Illustrator)

My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay by Cari Best; Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)

Antiracist Baby Picture Book by Ibram X. Kendi; Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator)

I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe; Pauline Young (Illustrator)

We're All Wonders by R. J. Palacio

Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Illustrator)

It's Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr

Not So Different by Shane Burcaw; Matt Carr (Illustrator)

Who Are You? by Brook Pessin-Whedbee; Naomi Bardoff (Illustrator)

Who We Are! by Robie H. Harris; Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator)

Red by Michael Hall (Illustrator)