When a child is reading, they are going to absorb more if they see themselves within the text. Whether they relate to the character or the experiences the character is going through, they find something to hold on to that aids them on their journey through the narrative. The books selected for our #OwnVoices collection have been chosen because they do just that with the author's unique and personal experiences as a guiding line for a reader to tether themselves, through these shared experiences, to the story.

Title List:

• A Festival of Colors (HC)
• A is for Africa
• A Moon for Moe and Mo (HC)
• Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock (HC)
• Bee-bim Bop!
• Bilal Cooks Daal (HC)
• Deep in the Sahara (HC)
• Dim Sum for Everyone!
• First Strawberries
• Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
• And 10 more titles ...

When a child is reading, they are going to absorb more if they see themselves within the text. Whether they relate to the character or the experiences the character is going through, they find something to hold on to that aids them on their journey through the narrative. The books selected for our #OwnVoices collection have been chosen because they do just that with the author's unique and personal experiences as a guiding line for a reader to tether themselves, through these shared experiences, to the story.

Title List:

• A New Home (HC)
• A Piece of Home (HC)
• Across the Bay (HC)
• Alma and How She Got Her Name
• Catch That Goat! A Market Day in Nigeria
• Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (HC)
• Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
• King for a Day
• Leila in Saffron (HC)
• Salam Alaikum: A Message of Peace (HC)
• And 10 more titles ...

When a child is reading, they are going to absorb more if they see themselves within the text. Whether they relate to the character or the experiences the character is going through, they find something to hold on to that aids them on their journey through the narrative. The books selected for our #OwnVoices collection have been chosen because they do just that with the author's unique and personal experiences as a guiding line for a reader to tether themselves, through these shared experiences, to the story.

Title List:

• A Different Pond (HC)
• Dreamers (HC)
• Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes (HC)
• Here I Am
• Hot Hot Roti for Dada-Ji
• I Miss My Grandpa (HC)
• Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
• Juana and Lucas
• Lola Levine is Not Mean!
• Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
• And 10 more titles ...

When a child is reading, they are going to absorb more if they see themselves within the text. Whether they relate to the character or the experiences the character is going through, they find something to hold on to that aids them on their journey through the narrative. The books selected for our #OwnVoices collection have been chosen because they do just that with the author's unique and personal experiences as a guiding line for a reader to tether themselves, through these shared experiences, to the story.

Title List:

• Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions
• Book Uncle and Me
• Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story
• Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extrodinaire
• Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
• Drawn Together (HC)
• Eagle Song
• La Frontera: Mi viaje con papa / The Border: My Journey with Papa
• Light A Candle/Tumaini pasipo na Tumaini (HC)
• Lines We Draw
• And 10 more titles ...