Check out the LL+L bookshelf and read along with these culturally relevant stories that have been featured in our episodes.

 

Season 5

Coming Soon…

 

Season 4

Ayomide and Seyi's Kitchen: A Kid’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition from A-Z

LOCAL AUTHOR

Dr. Margaret Towolawi, MD
Illustrated by Annabella Ortiz

Sightseeing with Sandy

Sandiya Badmus and Shambrekia Wise
Illustrated by Catherine Paraiso

Ten Oni Drummers

LOCAL AUTHOR

Matthew Gollub
Illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone

The Proudest Color

Sheila Modir, PHG & Jeff Kashou, LMFT
Illustrated by Monica Mikai

The Squirrel who Homeschooled

LOCAL AUTHOR

Kacie Washington
Illustrated by Kath Grimshaw

The Bully Needs a Friend

LOCAL AUTHOR

Joe Brooks
Illustrations by Ari G. Sun

Lost Things

Carey Sookocheff

Caleb Has Something to Say

LOCAL AUTHOR

Chanita Stone
Illustrated by Vladimir Cebu, LL.B.

The Search for the World’s Greatest Smile

LOCAL AUTHOR

Kelly Rae Bahr

The Girl with a Mind for Math

Julia Finley Mosca
Illustrated by Daniel Rieley

Scrap Metal Swan

Joanne Linden
Illustrated by Estrellita Caracol

 

Season 3

A Squiggly Story

LOCAL AUTHOR

Andrew Larsen & Mike Lowery

We are Water Protectors

Carole Lindstrom
Illustrated by Michaela Goade

Little Mr. Fix It Assists with the To-Do List

Micaela Benn
Illustrated by Erica Ramsey-Bowen

Ordinary 'Ohana

Ordinary 'Ohana

Your Name is a Song

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Illustrated by Luisa Uribe

Melo the Umang Boy

Christina Newhard & Alyssa Sarmiento-Co
Illustrated by Jaypee Portez

Missing Daddy

by Mariame Kaba
Illustrated by Bria Royal

Mama Panya’s Pancakes

Mary & Rich Chamberlin
Illustrated by Julia Cairns

I Am Perfectly Designed

LOCAL AUTHOR
Karamo Brown & Jason "Rachel" Brown
Illustrated by Anoosha Syed

Hey, Wall

Susan Verde
Illustrated by John Parra

A Wave Came Through Our Window

Zetta Elliot
Illustrated by Charity Russell

Purple Ube

LOCAL AUTHOR

Hannah Arp

 

Season Two

'Iwalani's Tree

Constance Hale
Illustrated by Kathleen Peterson

Sometimes We Do

Omowale Moses
Illustrated by Diego Chaves

Boats for Papa

LOCAL AUTHOR

Jessixa Bagley

Eagle Boy

LOCAL AUTHOR

Richard Lee Vaughan
Illustrated by Lee Christiansen

Let's Celebrate: Special Days Around the World

Kate DePalma
Illustrated by Martina Peluso

One

Kathryn Otoshi

Frank the Seven-Legged Spider

LOCAL AUTHOR

Michaele Razi

Bea’s Bees

LOCAL AUTHOR

Kathryn Pryor
Illustrated by Ellie Peterson

Listening with my Heart

Gabi Garcia
Illustrated by Ying Hui Tan

One of a Kind, Like Me

Laurin Mayeno
Illustrated by Robert Liu-Trujillo

A Boy Like You

Frank Murphy
Illustrated by Kayla Harren

The Book Tree

Paul Czajak & Rashin Kheiriyeh

The Boy & The Bindi

Vivek Shraya
Illustrated by Rajni Perera

 

Season One

Why is Jane so Mad?

LOCAL AUTHOR

Jeffrey Cheatham III
Illustrated by Ebony Glenn

Vincent Comes Home

LOCAL AUTHOR

Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley

You Hold Me Up

Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by Danielle Daniel

Strictly No Elephants

LOCAL AUTHOR

Lisa Mantchev
Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

Sikulu & Harambe by the Zambezi River

Kunle Oguneye
Illustrated by Bruce McCorkindale

Abuela

LOCAL AUTHOR

Arthur Dorros
Illustrated by Elisa Kleven

Drum Dream Girl

Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

The Goose Egg

LOCAL AUTHOR

Liz Wong

Don’t Touch My Hair!

Sharee Miller

The Whole Wide World and Me

LOCAL AUTHOR

Toni Yuly

I Am Enough

Grace Byers
Illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo

The Don’t Worry Book

Todd Parr

Dr. King Had a Dream

Alyce Pearl Smith
Illustrated by Robert Crews