BOOKS FEATURING MIXED RACE CHARACTERS

This book list was updated in October 2012 and is a companion piece to this blog post.
UK publications are in bold and Letterbox Library is a great place to find them!

PICTURE BOOKS

Atinuke & Lauren Tobia - Lauren Hibiscus series

Adoff, Arnold – Hard to be Six

Alko, Selina – I’m Your Peanut Butter Big Brother

Benjamin, Floella & Chamberlain, Margaret – My Two Grandads; My Two Grannies

Binch, Caroline – Silver Shoes

Bradman, Tony & Browne, Eileen - Through My Window; In a Minute; Wait and See

Cottringer, Anne – When Titus Took the Train

Dale, Elizabeth – When Betsy Came to Babysit

Docherty, Thomas - Ruby Nettleship and the Ice Lolly Adventure 
Elliott, Odette & McIntyre, Georgina – Sammy Goes Flying      

Evans, Shane W – Olu’s Dream

Fuller, Rachel – Waiting for Baby

Garland, Sarah – Billy and Belle; Eddie’s Toolbox

Graham, Bob – Oscar’s Half Birthday

Hawkins, Elizabeth & Cemmick, Paul – Ben’s Birthdays

Hoffman, Mary & Northway, Jennifer – Nancy No-Size

Juster, Norton & Raschka, Chris – The Hello Goodbye Window

Nichols, Grace - No, Baby, No!
Northway, Jennifer – Lucy’s Day Trip
Quarmby, Katharine & Grobler, Piet - Fussy Freya

Stanley, Malaika Rose & Wilson-Max, Ken – Baby Ruby Bawled

Uff, Caroline – Lulu series

Umansky, Kaye & Sharratt, Nick – Yo Ho Ho! A-Pirating We’ll Go

Venus, Pamela – Let’s Feed the Ducks; Let’s Go to Playgroup

Willis Hudson, Cheryl, Ford, Bernette G & Ford, G – Bright Eyes, Brown Skin

Wilkins, Verna Allette & Venus, Pamela – Boots for a Bridesmaid

YOUNG FICTION

Aggs, John & Aggs, Patrice - The Boss
Baggott, Julianna - The Prince of Fenway Park
Caldecott, Elen – How Ali Ferguson Saved Houdini        

Chang, Margaret – Celia’s Robot

Cassidy, Cathy - Cherry Crush; Lucky Star; Indigo Blue
Corder, Zizou – Lion Boy trilogy

Danziger, Paula – The Divorce Express; It’s an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World
Cottrell Boyce, Frank & Berger, Joe - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again    

Dhami, Narinder – Bindi Babes; Bhangra Babes; Bollywood Babes

Dougherty, John – Bansi O’Hara series

Hiranandani, Veera – The Whole Story of Half a Girl

Hartley, A J – Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact

Howard, Ken – The Young Chieftain 

Edwards, Nicholas – Dog Whisperer: The Rescue; Storm Warning

Frazier, Sundee T – Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It; The Other Half of My Heart

French, S Terrell – Operation Redwood

Gourlay, Candy – Tall Story
Johnson, Catherine – Hero; The Nightmare Card; Brave New Girl; Sawbones

Lovegrove, James – The 5 Lords of Pain series
Matthews, L S - Lexi

Meddour, Wendy – A Hen in the Wardrobe; The Black Cat Detectives               

Miller, David – Leopard’s Claw; Sea Wolf; Shark Island

Osborne, Mary Pope – Falling Star
Osman, Sam - Quicksilver; Serpent's Gold

Ould-Okojie, Jackie (ed) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Music Man
Pielichaty, Helena – We’re the Dream Team, Right?

Rainger, Amanda - Me and My Family series
Rhys, David – Where’s Gran?

Riordan, Rick – The Kane Chronicles: Red Pyramid, Throne of Fire

Scotto, Michael – Latasha and the Little Red Tornado

Stanley, Malaika Rose – Spike and Ali Enson; Spike in Space; Skin Deep

YOUNG ADULT

Adoff, Jaime – Jimi and Me                                                       

Anderson, R J - Arrow

Beam, Chris – I am J

Blackman, Malorie – Noughts and Crosses trilogy                     

Brahmachari, Sita – Artichoke Hearts, Jasmine Skies

Burchill, Julie – Sugar Rush; Sweet

Cann, Kate – Possessing Rayne; Fire and Rayne

Chadda, Sarwat – Devil’s Kiss; Dark Goddess

Kate Costelloe – The Breakfast Club

Crutcher, Christ – Whale Talk

Dalton, Annie – The Rules of Magic

Durrow, Heidi W – The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Elliott, Zetta – A Wish After Midnight; Ship of Souls

Evans, Diana – 26a

Freer, Echo – Magenta Orange series                                       

García, Cristina – I Wanna Be Your Shoebox

Green, Caroline - Cracks

Gurtler, Janet – If I Tell

Hautman, Pete – Blank Confession

Herne, Lily – Deadlands

Hijuelos, Oscar – Dark Dude

Hoffman, Mary – Stravaganza series

Hucklesby, Jill – If I Could Fly

Johnson, Catherine – Stella; Other Colours; Face Value

Jones, Carrie and Wedel, Steve – After Obsession

Kearns, Zannah - No Use Crying
Kent, Rose - Kimchi and Calamari

Larbalestier, Justine – Liar

Lee, Y S - The Agency trilogy

Lester, Joan Steinau – Black White Other: In Search of Nina Armstrong
Leitich Smith, Cynthia – Tantalize series

Magoon, Kekla – Camo Girl

Marriott, Zoë – Daughter of the Flames

Marshall, Clare C - Within
Newbery, Linda – The Sandfather

Ostow, Micol – Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa                             

Perkins, Mitali – Monsoon Summer

Phillips, Ellie - Dads, Geeks and Blue-Haired Freaks
Pullman, Philip – The Broken Bridge
Rai, Bali - The Crew; The Whisper

Rees, Celia – Pirates!

Rees Brennan, Sarah – The Demon’s Surrender

Reeves, Dia – Bleeding Violet

Resau, Laura – The Indigo Notebook 

Sarkar, Donna – How to Salsa in a Sari

Senna, Danzy – Caucasia; From Caucasia, With Love

Smith, Cynthia Leitich – Rain Is Not My Indian Name

Shusterman, Neal – Dread Locks 

Stevenson, Sarah Jamila – The Latte Rebellion

Sturman, Jennifer – And Then Everything Unraveled; And Then I Found Out The Truth

Thompson, Holly – Orchards

Waterhouse, Lynda – Cut Off

Wenberg, Michael – Stringz

Elizabeth E Wein – The Sunbird; The Lion Hunter; The Empty Kingdom
Wolff, Virginia Euwer – The Mozart Season

ADULT

Wheatle, Alex - Brixton Rock; Brenton Brown