Multi-Cultural Lit in 2013 - data from the Cooperative Children's Book Center

Hello,
The Cooperative Children's Book Center recently published their statistics on books by and about people of color published in 2013 (and comparison numbers back to 2012).  They are not terribly encouraging, but good information to know:

Thankfully, there are many great multicultural stories out there to recommend to your Middle & High School students.  Here is the CCBC's list of 30 Multicultural Books Every Teen Should Know:

• Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Illustrated by Ellen Fourney. Litte, Brown, 2007. 240 pages. Ages 13-16
   
• Alvarez, Julia . Before We Were Free. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. 167 pages. Ages 12-15

• Bruchac, Joseph. The Heart of a Chief. Dial, 1998. 153 pages. Ages 10 - 13

• Carlson, Lori, editor. Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States. An Edge Book/Henry Holt, 1994. 123 pages. Ages 12 and older

• Cofer, Judith Ortiz. An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio. Melanie Kroupa/Orchard, 1995. 165 pages. Ages 12 - 16

• Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. Henry Holt, 2008. 176 pages. Age 12 and older

• Flake, Sharon. Money Hungry. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, 2001. 187 pages. Ages 12 - 16

• Hamilton, Virginia. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. Philomel, 1982. 215 pages. Age 11 and older

• Jaramillo, Ann. La Línea. Deborah Brodie Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2006. 131 pages. Age 13 and older

• Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. HarperCollins, 1997. 285 pages. Age 12 and older

• Jimenez, Francisco. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 116 pages. Age 12 and older

• Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. Simon & Schuster, 2003. 144 pages. Ages 13 - 18

• Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. Atheneum, 2004. 244 pages. Ages 10-14

• Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River. Aladdin, 2009. 290 pages. Ages 11 - 14

• Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. Illustrated by Christopher Myers. HarperCollins, 1999. 1999 pages. Ages 13 and older

• Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illustrated by Philippe Lardy. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 40 pages. Age 14 and older

• Nelson, Kadir. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins, 2011. 108 pages. Ages 8-14

• Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. No Crystal Stair. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Carolrhoda LAB, 2012. 188 pages. Age 12 and older

• Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II. Clarion, 2002. 199 pages. Ages 11 - 14

• Say, Allen. Drawing from Memory. Scholastic Press, 2011. 64 pages. Age 10 and older

• Smelcer, John. The Trap. Henry Holt, 2006. 170 pages. Age 12 and older

• Soto, Gary . Baseball in April and Other Stories. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. 109 pages. Ages 11-14

• Stork, Francisco X.. The Last Summer of the Death Warriors. Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, Inc., 2010. 344 pages. Ages 14 and older

• Tan, Shaun. The Arrival. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic, 2007. 128 pages. Age 11 and older

• Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly. Putnam, 1998. 181 pages. Age 13 and older

• Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. First Second, 2006. 233 pages. Age 13 and older