Mariana Llanos’s Luca’s Bridge/ El puente de Luca (2019)
Mariana Llanos’ timely bilingual picture book Luca’s Bridge/ El puente de Luca tells the story of a boy named Luca and his family as they move from the US, where […]
Pija Lindenbaum’s Mini Mia and her Darling Uncle (2007)
Pija Lindenbaum’s Mini Mia and her Darling Uncle (2007) was originally published in Stockholm but was readily available in the US at the time of its release thanks to distributors […]
Ingrid Godon’s Hello, Sailor (2003)
Hello, Sailor, by Ingrid Godon with words by Andre Sollie, was originally published in the Netherlands before being translated into English and published by MacMillan Children’s Books in 2003. It […]
Jason Martinez’s My Mommy is a Boy (2013)
Written by Jason Martinez and illustrated by Karen Winchester the self-published My Mommy is a Boy (2013) is a short picture book told from the point-of-view of a little girl […]
David Milgrim’s Time to Get Up, Time to Go (2006)
David Milgrim’s Time to Get Up, Time to Go (2006) follows a little boy and his doll throughout their day. The boy’s daily activities pivot around homemaking and include cleaning […]
Pat Cummings’ Trace (2019)
A series of interrelated events assemble to create a haunting tale of intergenerational salvation in Pat Cummings’ debut middle-grade novel Trace. The title character loses his loving parents in a […]
Catherine Hernandez’s M is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book (2015)
M is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book (2015), a Flamingo Rampant publication written by Catherine Hernandez and illustrated by Marisa Firebaugh, is an alphabet primer that also introduces children […]
j wallace skelton’s The Newspaper Pirates (2015)
j wallace skelton is the author behind one of Flamingo Rampant’s first children’s picture books, The Newspaper Pirates (2015). The narrator-protagonist is Anthony Bartholomew, a young boy with pale skin, […]
James LaCroce’s Chimpy Discovers His Family (2010)
James LaCroce’s self-published children’s picture book, Chimpy Discovers His Family (2010), is the story of a misfit chimp who prefers banana facials to banana fights. He meets a gay couple, […]
Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki’s The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption (2002)
The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption (2002), written by Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki and illustrated by Meilo So, is a story about international adoption that […]
Raise Them Righteous 