LOVE AND SHOUT OUTS

Below is an ongoing list of authors and illustrators whose stories or illustrations represent their own cultural heritage and who maintain integrity in their interpersonal behavior. These are the authors, illustrators, and books my 3-year-old daughter and I have loved. They are listed by genre with available heritage information and links to Amazon for purchasing.

BOARD BOOKS

• Flett, Julie. Cree-Metis Canadian illustrator

1. Little You (author Richard van Camp) 
2. My Heart Fills with Happiness (author Monique Gray Smith) 
3. We Sang You Home (author Richard van Camp)

• Lin, Grace. Taiwanese American author-illustrator

1. Dim Sum for Everyone
2. Bringing in the New Year

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS

• Brown-Wood, Janay. African American author 
  1. Imani’s Moon (illustrator Hazel Mitchell)
  2. Grandma's Tiny House (illustrator Priscilla Burris)
• De La Peña, Matt. Mexican American author
  1. Last Stop on Market Street (illustrator Christian Robinson)
• Engle, Margarita. Cuban American author
  1. ​Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (illustrator Rafael López)
• Esperanza, Charles George. Latin American author-illustrator
  1. Red, Yellow, Blue (and a Dash of White Too!)
• Gonzales, Mark. Mexican American author
  1. ​Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter (illustrator Mehrdokht Amini)
• Kasza, Keiko. Japanese American author-illustrator
  1. ​The Dog Who Cried Wolf
• Lin, Grace. Taiwanese American author-illustrator
  1. Fortune Cookie Fortunes
  2. Lissy’s Friends
  3. Red is a Dragon (as illustrator; author Roseanne Thong)
  4. Round is a Mooncake (as illustrator; author Roseanne Thong)
  5. The Seven Chinese Sisters (as illustrator; author Kathy Tucker)
• Martinez-Neal, Juana. Peruvian author-illustrator
  1. Alma and How She Got Her Name
• Matsuno, Masako. Japanese author
  1. ​​A Pair of Red Clogs (illustrator Kazue Mizumura)
• Morales, Yuyi. Mexican author-illustrator
  1. Dreamers
  2. Viva Frida (as author-illustrator; photographer Tim O'Meara)
  3. My Abuelita (as illustrator; author Tony Johnston)
• Rao, Sandhya. Indian American author
  1. ​My Mother’s Sari (illustrator Nina Sabnani)
• Rattigan, Jama Kim. ​Asian American Hawaiian author
  1. Dumpling Soup (illustrator Lillian Hsu)
• Schofield-Morrison, Connie. African American author
  1. I Got the Rhythm (illustrator Frank Morrison)
• Soundar, Chitra. Indian British author
  1. Farmer Falgu Goes on a Trip (illustrator Kanika Nair); Farmer Falgu series
• Vamos, Samantha. Latin American author
  1. ​Before You Were Here, Mi Amor (illustrator Santiago Cohen)
  2. The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred (illustrator Rafael López)
• Velasquez, Eric. Afro-Latino American author-illustrator
  1. ​​Looking for Bongo

EARLY READERS / CHAPTER BOOKS

• Brown, Monica. Peruvian Jewish American author​
  1. Lola Levine chapter book series.
• Engle, Margarita. Cuban American author
  1. ​​​​The Wild Book
• Lin, Grace. Taiwanese American author-illustrator
  1. ​Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!
  2. The Year of the Dog

MIDDLE GRADE

• James & Bruchac, Joseph. Abenaki indigenous author, storyteller. 
  1. ​The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales

1. Lin, Grace. Taiwanese American author-illustrator
   1. Starry River of the Sky
   2. When the Sea Turned to Silver
   3. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
2. Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Mexican Basque Italian American author
   1. Esperanza Rising

YOUNG ADULT

• Cisneros, Sandra. Mexican American author
  1. The House on Mango Street
  2. Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories
  3. Caramelo
• De La Peña, Matt. Mexican American author
  1. Mexican WhiteBoy
• Engle, Margarita. Cuban American author
  1. ​The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
• Tan, Amy. Chinese American author
  1. The Joy Luck Club
  2. The Kitchen God’s Wife
  3. The Hundred Secret Senses

NON-FICTION 

• Brown, Monica. Peruvian Jewish American author
  1. My Name is Celia / Me Llamo Celia (illustrator Rafael López; picture book)
• Chambers, Veronica. Afro-Latina author
  1. Celia Cruz Queen of Salsa (illustrator Julie Maren; picture book)
• Engle, Margarita. Cuban American author
  1. ​Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir 
• Garza, Carmen Lomas. Mexican American artist, author-illustrator
  1. En Mi Familia (picture book)