We Are Kid Lit 2025 Summer Reading List
Resources for a selection of titles on the We Are Kid Lit 2025 Summer Reading List -- by and about BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), with attention to their intersecting identities.
Created by We Are Kid Lit Collective
- 555 Resources including
- 40 Videos
- 34 Book Readings
- 35 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 53 book results


Made in Asian America: A History for Young People
by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
23 Resources6 Awards

Breathe and Count Back from Ten
22 Resources6 Awards

Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter
by Aida Salazar and Molly Mendoza
22 Resources11 Awards


Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good
by NoNieqa Ramos and Nicole Medina
17 Resources4 Awards


Grace Notes: Poems about Families
13 Resources3 Awards





Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend
by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles
11 Resources5 Awards


A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home
by Maysa Odeh and Aliaa Betawi
11 Resources7 Awards

Welcome to Country: A Traditional Aboriginal Ceremony
by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy
10 Resources3 Awards



Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dream Comes True
10 Resources2 Awards

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party
by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin, Jr.
9 Resources3 Awards


Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language
by Joanna Que, Charina Marquez, and Fran Alvarez
8 Resources5 Awards





Let's Play in the Park / Juguemos En El Parque
by René Colato Laínez and Nomar Perez
6 Resources2 Awards




