Welcome to Colorín Colorado’s BookFinder!

Using this tool, you can search for books by categories such as age, language, country, and theme. Our collection includes books for young children, older children, middle grades, and young adults. Our books are also organized into themed booklists that you are welcome to browse and share.

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For additional resources related to diverse books, see Using Diverse Books with ELLs: A Guide for Educators.

Note: A diverse panel of authors and educators has advised us in our development of this tool; we realize, however, that there many different ways to represent diverse identities and life experiences, and we have made every effort to create a tool that is both inclusive and user-friendly. We are still adding books from our collection to this tool.

Includes bilingual books, multilingual editions, and books featuring vocabulary in other languages
Cultures, nationalities, and communities represented by book’s characters and creators
Includes award winners, as well as honor books
This list includes Indigenous Nations throughout the Americas. Please note that tribal nations are sovereign nations.

Juliet Takes a Breath

Illustration of the back of a young woman's partially shaved head.

Juliet Takes a Breath

Gabby Rivera
Age Level: Young Adult

Junior's Loose Tooth (Alma's Way)

Illustration of Alma and Junior from "Alma's Way"

Junior's Loose Tooth (Alma's Way)

Gabrielle Reyes
Age Level: 6-9

Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book

Illustration of skeleton riding a bicycle

Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book

Yuyi Morales
Age Level: 6-9
Language: Spanish vocabulary featured

Just Like Home

A girl in her yard

Just Like Home

Elizabeth I. Miller
Language: Spanish, Spanish (Bilingual Eng/Sp)

Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen Artists

Portraits of artists

Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

Young woman looking serious

Just Like Us

Helen Thorpe
Age Level: Young Adult

Kai's Journey To Gold Mountain: An Angel Island Story

Young boy on a boat

Kai's Journey To Gold Mountain: An Angel Island Story

Katrina Saltonstall Currier
Age Level: 9-12

Kamik Joins the Pack

Boy with his dog

Kamik Joins the Pack

Darryl Baker
Age Level: 3-6, 6-9

Kamik Takes the Lead

Kamik Takes the Lead

Kamik Takes the Lead

Darryl Baker
Age Level: 3-6, 6-9
Language: Inuktitut

Kamik's First Sled

Dog pulling a boy on a sled

Kamik's First Sled

Matilda Sulurayok
Age Level: 3-6, 6-9

Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story

Dog with a boy and granfather in the background

Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story

Donald Uluadluak
Age Level: 6-9

Kareem Between

Student in middle school

Kareem Between

Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Age Level: Middle Grade, Young Adult

Keeping the Rope Straight: Annie Dodge Wauneka's Life of Service to the Navajo

Keeping the Rope Straight: Annie Dodge Wauneka's Life of Service to the Navajo

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

Photo of young people

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

Judith M. Blohm
Terri Lapinsky
Age Level: Middle Grade

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