BookFinder

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.

Book Uncle and Me

Illustration of tween girl surrounded by books

Book Uncle and Me

Uma Krishnaswami
Age Level: 9-12, Middle Grade (9-14)

Born Behind Bars

Illustration of two children escaping into a river

Born Behind Bars

Padma Venkatraman
Age Level: Middle Grade (9-14)

Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper

Julie Lee
Age Level: 9-12, Middle Grade (9-14)

Brown Is Beautiful: A Poem of Self-Love

Illustration of young girl and flowers

Brown Is Beautiful: A Poem of Self-Love

Supriya Kelkar
Age Level: 6-9

Butterflies on Carmen Street

Young girl looks at butterflies with her grandfather

Butterflies on Carmen Street

Monica Brown
Age Level: 6-9

Butterfly Yellow

Illustration of young Vietnamese woman surrounded by butterflies

Butterfly Yellow

Thanhha Lai
Age Level: Young adult (14-18)

C is for Chickasaw

Illustratoin of Chickasaw individuals

C is for Chickasaw

Wiley Barnes
Age Level: 6-9
Language: Chickasaw

Caribou Song

Caribou Song

Caribou Song

Tomson Highway
Age Level: 6-9, 9-12
Language: Cree

Celebrate My Hopi Toys

My Hopi Toys

Celebrate My Hopi Toys

Anita Poleahla
Age Level: 0-3
Language: English, Hopi

Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Painting of Luz Jiménez

Chinese New Year Colors

Chinese New Year Colors

Chinese New Year Colors

Richard Lo
Age Level: 6-9
Language: Chinese

City Lullaby

Illustration of city traffic

City Lullaby

Marilyn Singer
Age Level: 0-3, 3-6

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Coming Up Cuban

Four young Cubans in different scenes

Coming Up Cuban

Sonia Manzano
Age Level: Middle Grade (9-14), Young adult (14-18)
Language: Spanish

Cora Cooks Pancit

Cora Cooks Pancit

Cora Cooks Pancit

Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore
Age Level: 6-9
Language: Tagalog

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