Held every year on May 21st, the World Day for Cultural Diversity celebrates the richness of the world’s cultures and highlights how sharing intercultural stories fosters understanding and connection.

• Discover titles to read and share on these curated lists. Generate bookmarks or easily embed these onto a website to share them in your community:

  • Titles to Diversify Teens' Summer Reading
  • 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
  • 30 Multicultural Books Every Teen Should Know
  • Global Reading: Selected Literature for Children and Teens Set in Other Countries
  • Authentic Listening Experiences: Multicultural Audiobooks

• Easily embed these awards onto your class or library pages to highlight award winning books that foster multiculturalism and connection:

  • Notable Books for a Global Society
  • Effie Lee Morris Lecture Series
  • Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books
  • El día de los niños / El día de los libros
    

• Show students how to browse any of our Cultural Experiences categories to find books and resources about people with different identities and backgrounds.

• Use our Diverse Books Toolkit to find and infuse diverse materials into all reading experiences.

• Explore titles that have Cultural Representation Reflection Multi-Leveled Lessons that are designed to scaffold instruction and build connections to text in differentiated classrooms.