Guides @ UF: Children's and Young Adult Literature: Inclusive Children's and Young Adult Literature

Helpful Websites

Diverse BookFinder
The Diverse BookFinder is a comprehensive collection of children's picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC).
DIVerse Families
A comprehensive bibliography that demonstrates the growing diversity of families in the United States.
We Need Diverse Books
We Need Diverse Books is a non-profit and grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry with the aim to help produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Diversity Resources: Multicultural Literature
A vital gathering place for books, ideas and expertise, the CCBC is committed to identifying excellent literature for children and adolescents. The CCBC compiles annual statistics on the number of books published by and about people of color and from First/Native Nations. Beginning in 2018, the CCBC began documenting numbers around other aspects of diversity and representation in children's and young adult literature, including LGBTQ, and (Dis)Ability.
Selected Titles of Children’s Literature Featuring Marginalized Voices for Middle School Readers
Compiled in July, 2019 by faculty and staff at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Located in the University of Florida Institutional Repository.

Searching for Inclusive Children's and Young Adult Literature

To search for inclusive children's and young adult literature you can use the search box below or on the Library homepage and follow these steps:

1. Type a keyword into the search box, here is an example using the keyword bilingual:

2. Once you are on the results page, you can use the limiters on the left side of the results list to select UF Education Library under the Library/Collection heading and then Childrens Books also under the Library/Collection heading.

3. Make sure to check that the book is available and write down the call number so that you can locate the book you want in the Education Library's Children's and Young Adult Literature collection.

$Example of a search result for a bilingual book. Highlighting the location of the call number and availability of the book.$

4. Visit the Education Library's Children's and Young Adult section to locate your book(s). If you have any problems please stop by the service desk just to the left of the front doors for assistance.