(Arranged alphabetically by theme)
Adoption/Families/Interracial themes
Adoption (Erica Voell, The Center for Children’s Books, US; 2009) –
http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/adoption_feb2009.html
Adoption In Children’s and Young Adult Books (Cynthia Leitch Smith, author, US) –
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_topic/adoption.html
Interracial Family Themes in Picture Books (Cynthia Leitch Smith, author, US) –
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/multiracial/multi_race_picbooks.html
Readers’ Guide to Adoption-Related Literature (William L. Gage, US, 2013) –
http://wmlgage.com/readersguide/
Africa
Children’s Books about Africa (Austral Ed, October 2013)
http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_about_africa.html
Growing Up in Africa (‘Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States’ project, International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2009) –
http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/growingupwrld/africa.pdf
African American
African American Booklist: A Celebration of Heritage, Tradition, and Achievement (National Education Association, US) –
https://www.nea.org/grants/13542.htm
Black Girlhood (The Center for Children’s Books, US, 2010) –
http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/blackgirlhood_oct2010.html
Powerful African-American Images Revealed In Picture Books (Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University, US; 2002) –
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/ChildrenLit/afro.html
Asia and Asian Diaspora
Asian American Booklist (National Education Association, US) –
http://www.nea.org/grants/29506.htm
Asian Canadian Children’s Books (AsianCanadian.net, Canada, 2004) –
http://www.asiancanadian.net/childrenbk.html
Asian Pacific American Heritage – Contemporary, Internment, Adoption, War & Colonialism, Historical, Folktales (Sarah Okner and Sarah Park, The Center for Children’s Books, US, 2007) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/asianheritage_mar2007.html
Asian Pacific American Heritage – Korean and Korean American; Chinese and Chinese American; Taiwanese and Taiwanese American; Japanese and Japanese American; Hmong and Hmong American; Asian Indian and Asian Indian American; Vietnamese and Vietnamese American; Filipino and Filipino American; Pacific Islander; More (Sarah Park, The Center for Children’s Books, US, 2005) –
http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/asianheritage_may2005.html
Children’s Books – Books About Asia (Austral Ed, February 2013) –
http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_about_asia.html
Children’s and YA Books with Asian Heritage Themes by Greg Leitich Smith http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/asian_am/asian_am.html – a series of book lists including Chinese and Chinese American, Japanese and Japanese Heritage, Korean and Korean Heritage, and Interracial Family Themes
Growing Up in Asia and the Middle East (‘Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States’ project, International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2009) –
http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/growingupwrld/asiame.pdf
Our Asian Heritage: Children’s Books on the Asian American Experience (San Francisco Kids’ Public Library, US; 2008) –
http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000154101
Powerful Asian-American Images Revealed In Picture Books (Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University, US; 2002) –
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/ChildrenLit/asian.html
South Asian Books for Children and Young Adults (Rachel Weiss, Center for South Asian Outreach, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US; 2005) –
http://southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/s-Literature.pdf
Bilingual/Multilingual
Multilingual Children’s Books: An English speaking Parent’s List (Wendy E. Betts, Notes from the Windowsill, US; 2011) – http://www.windowsill.net/multi.html
Canada
Aboriginal Stories (Read Up On It, Library and Archives of Canada, 2006-2007) –
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-060000-e.html
Asian Canadian Children’s Books (AsianCanadian.net, Canada, 2004) –
http://www.asiancanadian.net/childrenbk.html
Exploring Aboriginal Culture: Select Bibliography of Children’s Books by and about Aboriginal Peoples (Landscapes Magazine, Canada) –
http://www.landscapesmag.com/teachers/lessonplans/Aboriginal%20lesson%20plans/Aboriginal%20kids%20books.pdf
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Library Collections (list of links, University of Saskatchewan, Canada) –
http://library.usask.ca/native/directory/english/collections.html
First Nations, Métis & Inuit: selected children’s books (University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 2007) – http://library.usask.ca/education/files/Guides/natamer.pdf
Some Aboriginal Books by and for Parents to Read to Children (University of British Columbia, Canada, 2004) – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/ereserve/EDST/426/951/10/aboriginalbooks.pdf
China/Chinese Diaspora
Children’s Books by Chinese American Authors: An Annotated Bibliography (Zheng Ye Yang, Chinese American Libraries Association, US; 2004) – http://cala-web.org/node/170
China Books and Resources for Children (A China Family Adventure, US; 2014) – http://www.china-family-adventure.com/china-books-for-children.html#.UvixYWJ_uJp
Chinese New Year Books for the Classroom:Thematic Book List and Recommended Reading (Apples 4 the Teacher, US) – http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/kids-books/
For Kids: Books About China (Marilyn Shea, University of Maine at Farmington, US; 2009) – http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/kids.html
Good Reads: Chinese Culture and Folklore (Louisville Free Public Library, US; 2009) – http://www.lfpl.org//kids/kids-booklist-ChineseCultureandFolklore.htm
Empowering Children/Community Building
Bibliography of Children’s Books that Cover Economics Concepts (EconKids, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, US; 2012) http://www.fas.rutgers.edu/cms/econkids/images/pdf/econbibliography.pdf plus Top Five Books by Concept from within the complete bibliography with links to reviews – http://www.fas.rutgers.edu/cms/econkids/top-5-books-by-concept-econmenu-155
Books for Teaching Economic Concepts: 17 books on everything from saving money, banking, consumer decision making, and more (Teachers Site, Scholastic) – http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/books-teaching-economic-concepts
Celebrating All of Us (Claire Holmes, Towson University, US; 2012) – http://pages.towson.edu/cholmes/similarities/child.htm
Europe
Growing Up in Europe, (‘Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States’ project, International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2009) – http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/growingupwrld/europe.pdf
Food
All About Rice: An Annotated Bibliography of Rice-Themed Stories (Myra Garces Bascal, Kenneth Quek, Corinne Robson and Evelyn Wong, AFCC/National Book Development Council of Singapore, Singapore; 2014) – http://afcc.com.sg/images/uploads/2014/All_About_Rice_06-01.pdf
Feeling Hungry? Satisfying Books about Food for Children (Merri V. Lindgren, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2012) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=115
You Are What You Read: Books About Food (Laura Bultman, The Center for Children’s Books, US; 2005)
Hispanic/Latin-American/Latino/South American
50 Bilingual and Spanish/English Integrated Books (Carling Febry and Merri V. Lindgren, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2011) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=102
Celebrating English and Spanish Together/Celebrando los Idiomas Inglés y Español Juntos: Bilingual Books and Books with Spanish Vocabulary / Libros Bilingües y Libros con Vocabulario en Español (Anna Holland, The Center for Children’s Boos, US; 2012) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/celebrating-english-and-spanish.html
Books of Hispanic Interest: Titles Featuring Hispanic Characters or Based upon Hispanic Folktales (Brazoria County Library System, US; 2014) – http://bcls.lib.tx.us/treehouse/parents/hispanic.asp
Growing Up in the Americas (‘Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States’ project, International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2009) – http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/growingupwrld/americas.pdf
Hispanic Heritage (Cindy Welch, The Center for Children’s Books, US; 2005) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/Hispanic_sep2005.html
Powerful Hispanic and Latin-American Images Revealed In Picture Books (Kay E. Vandergrift and Denise Agosto, Rutgers University, US; 2002) – http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/ChildrenLit/hispanic.html
Immigration
Children’s Books about Immigration (Austral Ed, May 2011) – http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_about_immigration.html
India
Book Lists (Teach India Project, India) – http://www.teachindiaproject.org/Booklists.htm
Stories (India Parenting) – http://www.indiaparenting.com/stories/
‘Once Upon an India’ by Namrata (PaperTigers Archive, 2010) –http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/Namrata.html
Judaism and Jewish Culture
7 Good High Holiday Books for Children (Ariela Pelaia, US) – http://judaism.about.com/b/2009/09/04/7-good-high-holiday-books-for-children.htm
Children’s Books about Jewish Religion and Culture (including interfaith stories) (Wendy E. Betts, Notes from the Windowsill; 2008) – http://www.windowsill.net/jbooks.html
Jewish Folklore, Facts, and Fiction: Resources about Jewish Life and Culture for Children & Young Adults (The Center for Children’s Books, US; 2003) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/jewish_2003.html
Tell Them We Remember: Selected Literature for Children and Teens about the Holocaust and World War II (Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2007 updated annually) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=274
Korea/Korean Diaspora
Korean Diaspora Bibliographies: Folk Tales / Middle-grade Readers / Newer Books / Older Readers / Picture Books – Sarah Park, http://sarahpark.com/ – go to ‘Bibliographies’
Kwanzaa
Best Children’s Books about Kwanzaa: Kwanzaa Books for Kids: Fiction and Nonfiction (Elizabeth Kennedy, US, 2008) – http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/holidays/tp/kwanzaa.htm
Malaysia
A Rampai Bunga of Children’s Books from Malaysia (Tutu Dutta-Yean, Malaysia, for Mirrors Windows Doors, 2014) –
http://mirrorswindowsdoors.org/wp/a-rampai-bunga-of-childrens-books-from-malaysia-by-tutu-dutta-yean/
Middle East
Children’s Books – Books about the Middle and Near East and North Africa (Austral Ed, August 2012) – http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_from_middle_east.html
Growing Up in Asia and the Middle East (‘Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States’ project, International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2009) – http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/growingupwrld/asiame.pdf
Themed Reviews: Middle East (Emily Griffin, Introduction by Karen Leggett, Children’s Literature, US; 2010) – http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/th_middleeast.html
Multicultural/Global/International
30 Multicultural Books Every Teen Should Know (Megan Schliesman, Kathleen T. Horning and Merri V. Lindgren, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2012) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=253
50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know (Kathleen T. Horning, Carling Febry, Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2012) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=42
Around the World in 40 Books (Kelly A. McCusker, The Center for Children’s Books, US; 2006) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/around_dec2006.html
Around the World in 80 Books: Selected Literature from the Past Decade for Children and Young Adults (Kathleen T. Horning, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2011) – http://wioc.wisc.edu/events/childlit/docs/2011-Horning.pdf
Complete List (All CCBC Bibliographies of Recommended Books) (Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US) – themes include the Arts, Bullying, Family, Food, Gay & Lesbian, Grief & Loss, Labor, Survival, as well as other reading lists cited individually here on Mirrors Windows Doors – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailLists.asp?idBookListCat=7
Global Reading: Selected Literature for Children and Teens Set in Other Countries (Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2013, updated annually) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=280
How To Choose The Best Multicultural Books: Get 50 great book recommendations, plus advice from top educators, writers, and illustrators on how to spot literature that transcends stereotypes (Luther B. Clegg, Etta Miller, Bill Vanderhoof, Gonzalo Ramirez, and Peggy K. Ford, Scholastic Teachers’ site, US)
– http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/how-choose-best-multicultural-books
On Traveling Libraries and Heroic ‘Book People’: Inspiring children’s books about getting books to people in remote places and difficult circumstances (Abigail Sawyer for PaperTigers, US; 2011) – http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/ASawyer.html
Multicultural Books for Younger Children and Multicultural Books for Older Children (Bank Street College of Education Library, US; 2005) – http://bankstreet.edu/library/children-resources/childrens-book-lists/multicultural-books-younger-children/ and http://bankstreet.edu/library/children-resources/childrens-book-lists/multicultural-books-older-children/
Multicultural Reading: Grades K-12 and for All Ages (Cynthia Leitich Smith, author, US) – http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/multicultural/multi_biblio.html
Reading Lists from News from Nowhere, Liverpool’s Radical & Community Bookshop, UK – http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/DisplayCategoryBooklist.php?CatID=13
Recommended Picture Books Featuring Interracial Families (Kathleen T. Horning, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2013) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=143
Selected Book List: Multicultural Young Adult Literature (Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature (ASTAL), Rhode Island College, US; 1998) – http://www.ric.edu/astal/multicultural/books.html
White Ravens Catalogue (annual international selection published by the International Youth Library – 1993-2007 catalogues) – http://www.childrenslibrary.org/servlet/WhiteRavens
Muslim
Books on Islam for Children and Teens (Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2010) – http://www.ala.org/alsc/compubs/booklists/islambooks
Children’s Books with Muslim & Related Cultural Themes (Rukhsana Khan, author, Canada) – http://www.rukhsanakhan.com/muslimbooklist/muslimbooklist.html
Literature for Young People: Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures (Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University, US; 2002) – http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/ChildrenLit/islamicliterature.htm
Mongolia
Taking a step into children’s books about Mongolia (Marjorie Coughlan for PaperTigers, US; 2011) – http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/MCoughlan5.html
Native American
Native American Booklist (National Education Association (NEA), US – http://www.nea.org/grants/29498.htm
Native American Fiction and Nonfiction (Joanne Mierek, The Center for Children’s Books,US; 2008) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/nativeamerican_Nov2008.html
Powerful Native-American Images Revealed In Picture Books (Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University, US; 2001) – http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/ChildrenLit/native.html
Native American Themes in Children’s & YA Books (Cynthia Leitich Smith, author, US) ***Be sure to follow the links in the right-hand column, including the Native Writing, Contemporary, Historical, and Teaching sections. http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/native_am/NativeThemes_intro.html
Nature
Seeing the Woods and the Trees in 42 Picture Book Stories from Around the World (Marjorie Coughlan for Mirrors Windows Doors, UK; 2015) –
http://mirrorswindowsdoors.org/wp/seing-the-woods-and-the-trees/
North Africa
Children’s Books – Books about the Middle and Near East and North Africa (Austral Ed, August 2012) – http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_from_middle_east.html
North America
Aboriginal Stories (Read Up On It, Library and Archives of Canada, 2006-2007) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-060000-e.html
Exploring Aboriginal Culture: Select Bibliography of Children’s Books by and about Aboriginal Peoples (Landscapes magazine, Canada)
– http://www.landscapesmag.com/teachers/lessonplans/Aboriginal%20lesson%20plans/Aboriginal%20kids%20books.pdf
First Nations, Métis & Inuit: selected children’s books (University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 2007) – http://library.usask.ca/education/files/Guides/natamer.pdf
Oceania
Books with a strong Australian theme suitable for Elementary and Middle School (Austral Ed, June 2012) – http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/strong_aust_theme.html
Children’s Books – Books about Australian Indigenous Peoples (Austral Ed, November 2013) – http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/aust_aborigines.html
Children’s Books – Books from New Zealand (Austral Ed, December 2011) – http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_from_nz.html
Growing Up in Australia and New Zealand (‘Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States’ project, International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), US; 2009) – http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/booklists/growingupwrld/ausnz.pdf
Peace, Social Justice, War
50 Books about Peace and Social Justice (Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2011) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=77
Books About Peace, Non-Violence, and Tolerance… in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Skokie Public Library; 1998) – http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_kids/kd_booklists/kd_lists/peace.asp
Books for Thought and Action: A Taste of Jane Addams’ Legacy (Jo Montie for PaperTigers, US; 2008) – http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/JMontie.html
Children’s Peace Bibliography (Peace Support Network, US) – http://www.peacesupportnetwork.org/bibliography.php
International Day of Peace (Children’s Literature, US; 2005) – http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/th_peace.html
Marching On: Selected Books about the Civil Rights Movement for Children and Teens (Megan Schliesman and Merri Lindgren, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2013) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=628
Peace Page: War and Oppression; Peace and Peacemaking; The Nature of Conflict (Uma Krishnaswami, author, India/US; 2005) – http://www.umakrishnaswami.com/peace-page
Tell Them We Remember: Selected Literature for Children and Teens about the Holocaust and World War II (Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2007 updated annually) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=274
TLP Recommended Book List August 2012 (Teaching and Learning for Peace Foundation, Australia) – http://www.tlpeace.org.au/TLP%20Recommended%20Book%20List%20August%202012.pdf
Using Children’s Books to Talk about Refugee Justice – part of the ‘Journey with Me: Refugee Stories that Change Lives’ toolkit ( The Lighthouse, Canada; 2015)
http://lighthousecentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Refugee-childrens-books-edited.docx
Using Literature to Explore the Issues of Children in Conflict: Bibliography (Cooperative Children’s Book Center; 2007) – http://www.wioc.wisc.edu/events/2007-Conflict/resources/child-lit-guide.pdf
War (Katherine Hlousek, The Center for Children’s Books; 2010) – http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/bibliographies/war_2010.html
War and Peace in Children’s Literature (Cynthia Leitich-Smith et al., author, US) – http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_topic/War_Peace/war_and_peace.html
Weapons of Mass Instruction: Anti-War Books for Young People (Alison Clement and Bruce Jensen, Spanish in Our Libraries, US; 2009) http://www.sol-plus.net/peace.htm
Philippines
Mga Alamat: Myths from Different Regions of the Philippines (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, US) – http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/folktales/mythsintroduction.htm
Philippine Children’s Books (Bohol, 2007) – http://www.bohol.ph/article37.html
Recommended Filipino Children’s Books 2007 (Rizalina Labanda,PBBY; 2007) –http://www.pbby.org.ph/links-sally.html
Recommended Reads(Zarah Gagatiga, PBBY) – http://www.pbby.org.ph/links-zarah.html
Poetry
Borderless World: Multicultural Poetry for Children and Young Adults (Debjani Chatterjee (UK) for PaperTigers, US; 2006) – http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/DChatterjee.html
Keeping a Green Tree in your Heart: A Selection of Tree-Themed Poetry Books (Marjorie Coughlan (UK), Mirrors Windows Doors; 2015) –
http://mirrorswindowsdoors.org/wp/keeping-a-green-tree-in-your-heart/
Recommended Poetry Books for Kids (Elizabeth Kennedy, US) – http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/poetry/tp/poetry.htm
Rhyme and Reason: Multicultural Rhyming Books for All Children (Megan Schliesman, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, US; 2013) – http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=633
Refugees
Books and videos for Children and Young People about Refugees (Salusbury WORLD/Kilburn Library, UK; 2006) – DOC DOWNLOAD – http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/content_files/files/BooksForChildrenAndYoungPeopleAboutRefugees.doc
Caught up in conflict: Refugee stories about and for young people (Marjorie Coughlan, PaperTigers, US; 2010) – http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/MCoughlan4.html
Immigration, Refugees & Asylum Seekers- Books for Children – (News From Nowhere, UK; 2012) – http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/DisplayBooklist.php?BookListID=62 –
Immigration, Refugees & Asylum Seekers- Books for Teenagers – (News From Nowhere, UK; 2013) – http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/DisplayBooklist.php?BookListID=912
Reading About and Reaching Out to Refugees (Pegi Deitz Shea, author, for PaperTigers, US; 2010) – http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/PDeitzShea.html
Reading List: Primary and Secondary (Refugees into Teaching, Refugee Council, UK; 2013) – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/assets/0003/0193/Reading_list-update_September_2013.pdf
Refugees, Migrations, Escaping Persecution (Willesden Bookshop, UK) –
http://www.willesdenbookshop.co.uk/sections/section06/section06.htm
Refugee-Related Books and Resources For Children and Young People – part of Teacher Resources pack (Refugee Week, A Refugee Council of Australia, Australia, 2012) –
http://www.refugeeweek.org.au/resources/2012_RW_ResourceKit_Ch5.pdf
The Refugee Experience: Books for Children (Colorín Colorado, US) –
http://www.colorincolorado.org/booklist/refugee-experience-books-children
Using Children’s Books to Talk about Refugee Justice – part of the ‘Journey with Me: Refugee Stories that Change Lives’ toolkit ( The Lighthouse, Canada; 2015)
http://lighthousecentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Refugee-childrens-books-edited.docx
South Asia
K-12 Resources (Center for South Asian Outreach, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US) – http://southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/k-12-lesson-plans/
Special Needs
Children’s Books Featuring Sign Language (Wendy E. Betts, Notes from the Windowsill, US; 2007) – http://www.windowsill.net/sign.html
Young Adult
2013 Parkway Summer Reading List: Students Entering Grades 9-12– http://childrensbooks.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=childrensbooks&cdn=parenting&tm=52&gps=556_395_1276_584&f=21&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=3&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/secreading.html
Selected Book List: Multicultural Young Adult Literature (Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature (ASTAL), Rhode Island College, US; 1998) – http://www.ric.edu/astal/multicultural/books.html
Vandergrift’s 100: List of Young Adult Authors and Titles (SCILS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; 1995 onwards) – http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/YoungAdult/100list.html