October

Filipino American Heritage Month

• Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel
• Lakas and the Manilatown Fish
• Willie Wins
• Cora Cooks Pancit
• Abadeha the Phillippine Cinderella

The Philippines and Filipino Culture Collection

Archtober-Architecture and Design Month

• Dreaming Up
• Sky Dancers

World Vegetarian Day-October 1

• Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic 
• Rainbow Stew 
• Summer Sun Risin’
• Sweet Potato Pie 
• Yum! Mmm! Que Rico! America’s Sproutings
• Cora Cooks Pancit
• Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji

Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates’ Birthday-October 11

• Knockin On Wood

Joseph Bruchac’s Birthday-October 16

• Bowman’s Store
• Buffalo Song
• Crazy Horse’s Vision
• Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
• Killer of Enemies
• Wolf Mark
• Rose Eagle
• Trail of the Dead

Louis Sockalexis’ Birthday-October 24

• Louis Sockalexis

National Bullying Prevention Month

• Antonio’s Card
• Baseball Saved Us
• Be Water, My Friend: The Early Years of Bruce Lee
• Chess Rumble
• First Come the Zebra
• First Day in Grapes
• Heroes
• It Doesn’t Have to be This Way
• King for a Day
• Mama’s Window
• Silent Star
• Willie Wins
• I and I Bob Marley
• Call Me Tree
• Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match
• Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash
• Lend a Hand

Bullying/Anti-Bullying Collection 

Halloween-October 31

• Baby Born
• Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures
• Closet Ghosts
• Ghosts for Breakfast
• Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash
• Diverse Energies 
• Drift
• Galaxy Games
• Monster in the Mudball
• Hammer of Witches
• Wolf Mark
• Vodnik

Hispanic Heritage Month-September 15-October 15

• A Movie in My Pillow
• Abuela’s Weave
• Alicia Afterimage
• All the Stars Denied
• America: A Book of Opposites
• Amelia's Road
• Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
• Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems
• Animal Poems of the Igazu
• Armando and the Blue Tarp School
• Arrorro, mi nino
• The Adventures of Connie and Diego
• ¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
• Birthday in the Barrio
• The Birthday Swap
• Calling the Doves
• Confetti Poems for Children
• Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!
• Drum Chavi, Drum!
• Estela's Swap
• Family Pictures
• Finding the Music
• First Day in Grapes
• Friends from the Other Side
• From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems
• From North to South
• Galapagos Girl
• Gracias · Thanks
• Grandma and Me at the Flea
• The Harvest Birds
• I Had a Hippopotamus
• Home at Last
• Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems
• The Invisible Hunters
• In My Family
• Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems
• Let Me Help!
• Love to Mamá
• Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match
• Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash
• Marisol McDonald and the Monster
• Mama the Alien
• Maya’s Blanket
• My Diary from Here to There
• My Very Own Room
• My Papa Diego and Me
• Nana’s Big Surprise
• Ole! Flamenco
• Olinguito from A to Z
• Parrots Over Puerto Rico
• Poems to Dream Together
• The Pot that Juan Built
• Prietita and the Ghost Woman
• Quinito Day and Night
• Quinito’s Neighborhood
• The Road to Sanitago
• Rainbow Weaver
• Say Hola to Spanish
• Say Hola to Spanish, Otra Vez (Again)
• Say Hola to Spanish at the Circus
• The Storyteller’s Candle
• The Upside Down Boy
• The Wind Called My Name
• There's No Base Like Home
• Uncle Nacho’s Hat
• Under the Lemon Moon
• When This World Was New
• Xochitl and the Flowers
• ¡Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Que Rico! America’s Sproutings

Diversity Awareness Month:
Why multicultural books are for everyone
Why do we need diverse books in non-diverse schools
The diversity gap in children's publishing-2015
10 reasons to read diversely
Checklist: 8 steps to creating a diverse book collection
Why hasn't the number of multicultural books increased in 18 years
Why multicultural books are for everyone
The problem with ethnic heritage months
Where can I find great diverse children's books?
Where to find culturally diverse literature to pair with you required reading
Gender neutral children's books
How the Common Core's book choices fail children of color
What does this book have to do with me? Why Mirror and Window books are important for all readers
Choosing the world our students read

Anti-Bullying Awareness Week:
Books for children and educators about kindness
"Lending a hand" for Random Acts of Kindness Week
10 Ways to Lend a Hand

Hispanic Heritage Month:
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Books About Puerto Rico
5 Books for Hispanic Heritage Month
11 Educator Resources for Teaching Children About Latin American Immigration and Migration
11 Books on Latin American Immigration and Migration
5 Tips to Engage Latino Families and Students
Using Picture Books to Teach and Discuss Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera with Students
Using Dual Language and Bilingual Books in First and Second Grade

Using Dual Language and Bilingual Books in Third and Fourth Grade
Using Dual Language and Bilingual Books and Parent Volunteers to Foster Deep Thinking
Monica Brown on Dehumanizing Language and the Immigration Debate

Halloween:
13 Scary YA books- diverse edition
Trick-or-treat diverse books for Halloween
Why i love to read sad and dark books to children and you should too