Inclusion and Diversity books for Babies

Books for babies celebrating diversity and uniqueness

Multi-cultural and Inclusive Baby Books

These books about different cultures can help your little ones learn about the world and all the people in it.

Babies Around the World

Meet seven children from around the world: there’s Kian from Iran, Daphine from Uganda, Romeo from Italy, and several others. We see where they live; we meet their parents; we spend a day in their shoes. The takeaway? The games we play may be different, but all over the world, kids are kids and people are people—and we are all beautiful.

This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

This Is How We Do It People don’t have to be exactly alike in order to get along, and this series of books encourages us to celebrate our differences.

Everywhere Babies

With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, here is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best.

Who?

Who? explores the relationships babies form with the people and things they love the most. The text’s repetitive verse and melodic voice will captivate babies and toddlers and draw them into the sounds and images of the book.

Whoever You Are

Whoever you are, there are other little ones out there just like you. They may not look the same as you, or talk the same as you, or have the same life as you, but inside we’re all the same.

Global Babies

Babies love to look at other babies. With photos of babies from 17 cultures around the world, this book is a perfect introduction to diversity and culture.

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Through simple, lyrical and powerful verse, this book tells the story of a modern Native American family and one of their favourite culinary traditions: fry bread. “Fry bread is food…fry bread is nation…fry bread is us.” And for added education, the end pages feature a list of all Native American tribes and communities across the nation.

We Are Water Protectors

Indigenous peoples all over the globe have sought to protect the natural world from the harm that some modernization can cause, and their determination to maintain that protection comes through vividly in this gentle, lyrical story. Told through the lens of indigenous North American tribes, this book serves as a reminder of the role their culture and traditions have played in the fight to protect the land’s water supply.

Baby Goes to Market

The market is a very exciting place! As baby secretly collects food in mama’s basket, little ones will love learning about the culture of this Nigerian marketplace.

Two Mrs. Gibsons - Paperback

There are two Mrs. Gibsons: a Japanese mother and an African-American grandmother. They may be very different people, but the love they give to one little girl is the same. This sweet book is a beautiful introduction to growing up biracial and the merging of two family cultures.

I Am Golden

This gentle, gorgeous celebration of Chinese heritage asks little ones of Chinese descent to look in the mirror and recognize the beauty and meaning behind each of their features, linking each part of them to the culture and history of generations past.

Hush! A Thai Lullaby - Paperback

A mother begs the animals of Thailand not to wake her baby. As you hear the different sounds animals make in Thailand (animals sound different in other languages!), the gentle rhyming and soft-coloured illustrations might just soothe your own baby to sleep.

What Can You Do with a Paleta? - Paperback

This bilingual, easy-to-read book gives a tour of a Mexican neighbourhood through the eyes of a child who is very excited about getting a paleta (a Mexican popsicle).

The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk

What toddler doesn’t love “Wheels on the Bus”? Now you can take the beloved song to another part of the world and help your little one learn about India—from tuk tuks (rickshaw taxis) to elephants to rupees.

All Are Welcome

Although the children in this story are school-age, the sentiment of inclusivity and belonging can be applied to anyone of any age—and it’s an especially important concept to teach babies and toddlers early on. No matter how you dress, what you eat or what you celebrate, all are welcome.

Is There Really a Human Race?

If there really is a human race, why are we racing? Are there winners and losers? As one child wonders about the goal of the human race, a very important message is brought forward: “Shouldn’t it be that you just try your best? And that’s more important than beating the rest?” Through clever wordplay, your toddler can learn what it means to be a good global citizen.

We Are Little Feminists Set

Family and friends can have different personalities, appearances, abilities and cultures, and inclusivity makes everything more fun! The set includes three Little Feminist books: