Books in Junior Library Guild - Multicultural Selection
JLG is a commercial book club devoted to juvenile literature. Selection of a children's book by the editors of the Junior Literary Guild (or latterly the Junior Library Guild) is a distinction used for publicity by publishers and authors of children's books. At present, 492 books are selected each year.
2025
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Wild Greens, Beautiful Girl | Erica Lee Schlaikjer | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Gale | Mo Yan | Selection | Log In To Like |
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A Star Shines Through | Anna Desnitskaya | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Clack, Clack! Smack!: A Cherokee Stickball Story | Traci Sorell | Selection | Log In To Like |
2024
2023
2022
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge | Raúl the Third | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Burying the Moon | Andrée Poulin | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Gibberish | Young Vo | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Little House of Hope | Terry Catasús Jennings | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The People Remember | Ibi Zoboi | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Amah Faraway | Margaret Chiu Greanias | Selection | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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A Thousand Questions | Saadia Faruqi | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Delicious!: Poems Celebrating Street Food Around the World | Julie Larios | Selection | Log In To Like |
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I Am the Subway | Kim Hyo-Eun | Selection | Log In To Like |
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My Day with the Panye | Tami Charles | Selection | Log In To Like |
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My Two Border Towns | David Bowles | Selection | Log In To Like |
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My First Day | Phùng Nguyên Quang | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear | Trang Nguyen | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story | Adib Khorram | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War | María José Ferrada | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Wishes | Mượn Thị Văn | Selection | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Moose of Ewenki | Gerelchimeg Blackcrane | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Along the Tapajós | Fernando Vilela | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border | Mitali Perkins | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Freedom Soup | Tami Charles | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Cat Man of Aleppo | Irene Latham | Selection | Log In To Like |
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¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat | Raúl the Third | Selection | Log In To Like |
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No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan | Jeff Gottesfeld | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time | Linda Sue Park | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Child of St Kilda | Beth Waters | Selection | Log In To Like |
2019
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring | Angela Cervantes | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Look! What Do You See?: An Art Puzzle Book of American and Chinese Songs | Bing Xu | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Perfect Gift | Paula Yoo | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Islandborn | Junot Díaz | Selection | Log In To Like |
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A Gift from Abuela | Cecilia Ruiz | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Water | Andrea Rivera | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story | Joseph Bruchac | Selection | Log In To Like |
| The Best Tailor in Pinbauê | Eymard Toledo | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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Pickled Watermelon | Esty Schachter | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Seven Pablos | Jorge Luján | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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Every Month is a New Year | Marilyn Singer | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Confucius: Great Teacher of China | Demi | Selection | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia | Margriet Ruurs | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics | Margarita Engle | Selection | Log In To Like |
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A Different Pond | Bao Phi | Selection | Log In To Like |
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All the Way to Havana | Margarita Engle | Selection | Log In To Like |
| The Language of Angels: The Reinvention of Hebrew | Richard Michelson | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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I Am Not a Number | Jenny Kay Dupuis | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Outside In | Deborah Underwood | Selection | Log In To Like |
| This Truck Has Got to Be Special | Anjum Rana | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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My Beautiful Birds | Suzanne Del Rizzo | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | Duncan Tonatiuh | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Bronze and Sunflower | Cao Wenxuan | Selection | Log In To Like |
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This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World | Matt Lamothe | Selection | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Twas Nochebuena | Roseanne Greenfield Thong | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey | Margriet Ruurs | Selection | Log In To Like | |
| First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story | Paul Fleischman | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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The Three Lucys | Hayan Charara | Selection | Log In To Like |
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One Half from the East | Nadia Hashimi | Selection | Log In To Like |