For children

I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared!
By Seth Meyers, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr.

Watercress
By Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin

Mel Fell
Written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
By Maria Garcia Esperon, illustrated by Amanda Mijangos, translated by David Bowles

The Last Cuentista
By Donna Barba Higuera

A Bird Will Soar
By Alison Green Myers

The Boy Who Met a Whale
By Nizrana Farook

For teens

One for All
By Lillie Lainoff

Red, White, and Whole
by Rajani LaRocca

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
By Axie Oh

Six Crimson Cranes
By Elizabeth Lim

Winter in Sokcho
By Élisa Shua Duspain

Cold
By Mariko Tamaki

A Snake Falls to Earth
By Darcie Little Badger

The Ivory Key
By Akshaya Raman

Four royal siblings must find a new source of magic to protect their country from invading forces. Each sibling has sometime to gain from finding the Ivory Key, but they have even more to lose if they don’t. The most difficult part of their quest might just be finding a way to work together.

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
By Joanna Ho, illustrated by Dung Ho

A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers’. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother’s, her grandmother’s, and her little sister’s. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.