June celebrations include:
- Pride Month
- Juneteenth (June 19th)
- Father’s Day
- National Caribbean American Heritage Month
- Immigrant Heritage Month
- Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
- Great Outdoors Month / National Oceans Month
Juneteenth Multicultural Children’s Book Club with Carole Boston Weatherford
Price Month Multicultural Children’s Book Club with Michael Genhart
My 8 LGBTQIA Book Lists for Kids
Understanding Transgender with LGBTQ+ Books for Kids
Children’s Books With LGBT Characters
10 Groundbreaking LGBTQ Children’s Books
Favorite Children’s Books Featuring an LGBTQ Character
5 Great Books for LGBT History Month & Kid Lit Blog Hop
Meet Asian Pacific American Hero Margaret Cho
Meet Asian Pacific American Hero Prabal Gurung
Read Your World Ig Live Interviews with Children’s Book Creatives related to LGBTQIA+
Angus Yuen-Killick, founder of Red Comet Press
Father’s Day
12 Great Father’s Day Books for Kids
3 Fun Picture Books for Father’s Day
Father’s Day Gift Ideas Especially for Golf Widows
National Caribbean American Heritage Month
I don’t have any lists, so I found a few.
Teaching for Change: 14 Caribbean Picture Books Out in 2023
Brooklyn Public Library: Caribbean American Heritage Month*
* A reminder that Junot Diaz has been accused of sexual misconduct: Sexual Misconduct in Children’s Book Publishing #MeToo
The Horn Book: 7 Caribbean Picture Books
Immigrant Heritage Month
12 Children’s Books about Asian Immigrant Families
10 Middle Grade Books about Immigrant Families
33 Children’s Books about Undocumented Immigrants
10 True Kidlit Immigration Stories
FREE Classroom Empathy Kit: Immigration & Refugees
36 Immigration & Refugee Experience Books for Kids
9 Outstanding Immigration Picture Books & Kid Lit Blog Hop
9 Chapter Books to Support 4th Grade or 5th Grade Immigration Unit
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
8 Children’s Books About Alzheimer’s
Great Outdoors Month / National Oceans Month
Top 5 Picture Books on Ocean Pollution
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists
10 Oceanography Books for Kids
11 Picture Books on the Natural World
Whale Watching in Maui & Whale Book List
6 Children’s Books About Sticks and Stick Activities
22 Hiking and Camping Books for Kids
8 Picture Books Featuring Outdoor Activities
46 Children’s Books on Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Summer Fun
27 Wonderful Books for Kids Celebrating Summer (ages 2-12)
15 Great Middle Grade Books for Summer Reading
Summer Reading Programs & Free Books for Kids
Video Games for STEM Summer Learning
Watch, Learn, DO: DIY STEM Summer Camp
Write Now Read Later: Summer Writing Prompts for Kids
Summer Math Ideas for Elementary and Middle School
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My books:
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
- ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
- ⭐ Starred review from Publishers Weekly
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel Book Award Nominee 2026-27
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
