Note, in the list below:
- 5 stars corresponds to green light, “Recommended”
- 3 stars corresponds to yellow light, “Recommended with caveat”
- 1 star corresponds to red light,”Not recommended”
Family
- Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl - ★★★★★
- Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney - ★★★
- All Around Us by Xelena Gonzalez - ★★★★★
- Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera by Jorge Argueta - ★★★★★
- Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca - ★★★★★
- Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
- The Big Bed by Bunmi Laditan - ★★★★★
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero - ★★★★★
- Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
- We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp - ★★★★★
- Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres - ★★★★★
- La Frontera / The Border by Deborah Mills, Alfredo Alva - ★★★★★
- Mama The Alien/Mama la Extraterrestre by René Colato Laínez - ★★★★★
- A Different Pond by Bao Phi - ★★★★★
- When We Were Alone by David Robertson - ★★★★★
- Noko and the Kool Kats by Fiona Moodie - ★★★★★
- I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina - ★★★★★
- Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton - ★★★★★
- Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry - ★★★★★
- Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons - ★★★★★
- Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? by Chitra Soundar - ★★★★★
- My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson - ★★★★★
- Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick - ★★★★★
- The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani - ★★★★★
- Me and Ms. Too by Laura Ruby - ★★★
- Hope Springs by Eric Walters - ★★★★★
- Cuentos de SanTana by Sarah Rafael García - ★★★★★
- Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez - ★★★★★
- Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin - ★★★★★
- Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
- A Path of Stars by Anne Sibley O'Brien - ★★★★★
- One Shadow on the Wall by Leah Henderson - ★★★
- Frankly in Love by David Yoon - ★★★★★
- Walking Home by Eric Walters - ★★★
- Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys - ★★★★★
- The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz - ★★★★★
- Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler - ★★★★★
- Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales - ★★★★★
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram - ★★★★★
- Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed - ★★★★★
- Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina - ★★★★★
- The Girl from Chimel by Rigoberta Menchú - ★★★★★
- Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman - ★★★★★
- Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs - ★★★
- Grandpa Cacao by Elizabeth Zunon - ★★★★★
- Love by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - ★★★★★
- The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang - ★★★★★
- The World Beneath by Janice Warman - ★★★
- Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome - ★★★★★
- Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago - ★★★★★
- An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder - ★★★★★
- Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña - ★★★★★
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh - ★★★★★
- Bosque de Don Margarito by Andy Carter - ★★★★★
- The Princess of Fort Hill Shelter by Karta Morris, Darne’sha Walker, Zorita Workman - ★★★★★
- Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank - ★★★★★
- Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland - ★★★★★
- Marisol McDonald and the Monster by Monica Brown - ★★★★★
- A Morning with Grandpa by Sylvia Liu - ★★★★★
- Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins - ★★★
- In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III - ★★★★★
- Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty - ★★★★★
- Calling the Doves by Juan Felipe Herrera - ★★★★★
- Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman - ★★★
- Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - ★★★★★
- Nipehon / I Wait by Caitlin Nicholson - ★★★★★
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - ★★★
- Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - ★★★★★
- Baby's First Words by Stella Blackstone, Sunny Scribens - ★★★★★
- When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-FentonMargaret Pokiak-Fenton - ★★★★★
- Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish - ★★★
- Boozhoo: Come Play With Us by Fond du Lac Headstart - ★★★★★
- Home at Last by Vera B. Williams - ★★★★★
- Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina - ★★★★★
- The Great Migration by Eloise Greenfield - ★★★★★
- Speculation by Nisi Shawl - ★★★★★
- A Thunderous Whisper by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - ★★★★★
- Doctorcito by Juan J. Guerra - ★★★★★