,

This list is especially for happy, optimistic, hopeful books for young early readers who are interested in non-white/ non-western multicultural perspectives. Fiction, not picture-books or more intense books. See this list for heavier reads: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

comments and questions and advice welcome
authors, please do not list your own books
1

by
4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1

by
4.57 avg rating — 42 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.01 avg rating — 178 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.06 avg rating — 1,763 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.66 avg rating — 168 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 39 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.10 avg rating — 61 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.95 avg rating — 2,117 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.16 avg rating — 2,498 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.81 avg rating — 91 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.92 avg rating — 50 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.57 avg rating — 109 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.45 avg rating — 601 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.92 avg rating — 50 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.40 avg rating — 518 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.76 avg rating — 62 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.48 avg rating — 495 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.46 avg rating — 276 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.48 avg rating — 226 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.58 avg rating — 262 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.65 avg rating — 195 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.41 avg rating — 41 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.44 avg rating — 32 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.20 avg rating — 93 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.98 avg rating — 354 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.88 avg rating — 197 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.89 avg rating — 911 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,903 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Cheryl 21476 books
381 friends
HighStPub 164 books
5 friends
Moni 503 books
2 friends
Annette 166 books
1 friend
S.K. 189 books
3 friends
Amy 101 books
2 friends
Jocelyn 157 books
133 friends
Aster 71 books
0 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-3 of 3 (3 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl No help??


message 2: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl I deleted several, including some picture-books that look lovely...

Please read the description of the list before adding!


message 3: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Some of the ones I deleted for being picture-books also haven't been published yet. To me it seems premature to judge those as fitting. :sigh:

It really is a shame this list is too short. I know that there are other books that probably fit. Maybe Sal and Gabi Break the Universe and sequel? I can't face a book that has that much chaotic excitement on the cover, but maybe it's really good?

What else?


back to top



Related News

Adam Fites reads, writes, and makes his home in Seattle. He works in the library of a public school in nearby Kent, where he was the 2023–2024...

Anyone can add books to this list.