Our love for reading and sharing books has inspired us to create multiple booklists for educators looking for quality texts for young people. We divided them into three basic categories: Thematic Lists, Award Lists, and bibliographies from our Language and Culture Kits. These recommendations should keep you reading!

WOW Thematic Lists
Anti-racist Book Lists and Resources
COVID 19 and Pandemic-Related Children’s and Young Adult Literature
The Dozen — A series of booklists highlighting 12 tiles on a theme
Dual Language Picturebooks
Epidemics and Pandemics
Family Story Backpacks
Globalizing K-12 Reading Lists of Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Kids Taking Action
Language Learning: Children’s and Young Adult Fiction
Paired Book Picturebook Sets
Refugee Experiences in Literature
WOW Libros: Leyendo Entre Palabras
WOW Middle School Reading Ambassadors’ Reading List
WOW Recommends: Book of the Month
WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures
WOW Teen Reading Ambassadors’ Reading List

Award-Winning Books
GLOBAL
The Américas Award (Latinx experiences globally)
Batchelder Award (Translated Books)
Children’s Africana Book Award
Freeman Book Awards (East and Southeast Asian books)
Middle East Book Award
Notable Books for a Global Society
Outside In World (translated books)
USBBY’s Outstanding International Books

MULTICULTURAL
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Arab American Book Award
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Carter G. Woodson Book Awards (Ethnicity and Race Relations)
Coretta Scott King Award (African American Culture and Universal Human Values)
Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award (Disability experience)
Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards (Social Justice)
National Jewish Book Award
Pura Belpré Medal (Latino Cultural Experience)
Rainbow Book List (LGBTQ+ Experiences)
Schneider Family Book Award (Disability Experience)
Stonewall Book Awards (LGBTQIA+ Experience)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Jewish Experience)
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
Walter Dean Myers Award (Diverse Books by Diverse Authors)
Where to Find Diverse Books from We Need Diverse Books

WOW Language and Culture Kits
•Arabic-Speaking Countries & Cultures Book & Resource List
•Mandarin/China Language and Culture Kit Book List
•Japanese/Japan Language and Culture Kit Book List
•Hangul/Korea Language and Culture Kit Book List
•Portuguese/Brazil Language and Culture Kit Book List
•Spanish/Mexico Language and Culture Kit
•Hopi & Navajo/American Indians of the Southwest Language and Culture Kit
•Spanish/Chile & Peru Language and Culture Kit
•American Sign Language/Deaf Culture Language and Culture Kit
•Dinka/East Africa Language and Culture Kit
•Finnish/Finland Language and Culture Kit
•Hindi/India Language and Culture Kit
•Nepali/Nepal & Bhutan Language and Culture Kit
•Maori/New Zealand Language and Culture Kit
•Russian/Russia Language and Culture Kit