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Children’s and YA Books Received by the CCBC, By and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color, Publication Year 2018-
Last Updated: March 21, 2025
(Percentages are rounded up to nearest tenth when over 1%; to nearest 100th when less than one percent. “By” includes both authors and illustrators.)
Click here for numbers for U.S. publishers only
Year |
Books
|
Black/African |
Indigenous |
Asian |
Latine |
Pacific Islander |
Arab |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | ||
| 2024 | 3,622 | 459 (12.7%) | 572 (15.8%) | 102 (2.8%) | 104 (2.9%) | 681 (18.8%) | 473 (13.1%) | 404 (11.2%) | 284 (7.8%) | 12 (.33%) | 7 (.19%) | 41 (1.1%) | 34 (.94%) |
| 2023 | 3,491 | 468 (13.4%) | 524 (15%) | 85 (2.4%) | 86 (2.5%) | 641 (18.4%) | 410 (11.7%) | 398 (11.4%) | 300 (8.6%) | 4 (.11%) | 6 (.17%) | 42 (1.2%) | 32 (.92%) |
| 2022 | 3,454* | 462 (13.4%) | 492 (14.2%) | 55 (1.6%) | 61 (1.8%) | 645 (18.7%) | 371 (10.7%) | 374 (10.8%) | 239 (6.9%) | 8 (.23%) | 14 (.41%) | 31 (.90%) | 25 (.72%) |
| 2021 | 3,435* | 314 (9.1%) | 454 (13.2%) | 60 (1.7%) | 74 (2.2%) | 499 (14.5%) | 357 (10.4%) | 337 (9.8%) | 244 (7.1%) | 6 (.17%) | 7 (.20%) | 25 (.73%) | 23 (.67%) |
| 2020 | 3,451* | 257 (7.4%) | 410 (11.9%) | 39 (1.1%) | 53 (1.5%) | 417 (12.1%) | 328 (9.5%) | 250 (7.2%) | 207 (6.0%) | 1 (.03%) | 5 (.14%) | 20 (.58%) | 27 (.78%) |
| 2019 | 4,077 | 226 (5.5%) | 481 (11.8%) | 51 (1.3%) | 70 (1.7%) | 448 (11%) | 369 (9.1%) | 257 (6.3%) | 237 (5.8%) | 4 (0.1%) | 6 (.15%) | 21 (.52%) | 37 (.91%) |
| 2018 | 3,682 | 204 (5.5%) | 405 (11%) | 44 (1.2%) | 56 (1.5%) | 397 (10.8%) | 343 (9.3%) | 225 (6.1%) | 254 (6.9%) | 2 (.05%) | 7 (.19%) | 18 (.49%) | 28 (.76%) |
*Due to the pandemic, some publishers didn’t send out review copies, so we didn’t get the number of books we typically do. As always, we recommend calculating percentages to see trends.
Children’s and YA Books By and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color Received by the CCBC–U.S. Publishers Only 2018-
(Percentages are rounded up to nearest tenth when over 1%; to nearest 100th when less than one percent. “By” includes both authors and illustrators.)
Last Updated: March 21, 2025
Year |
Books
|
Black/African |
Indigenous |
Asian |
Latine |
Pacific Islanders |
Arab |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | By | About | ||
| 2024 | 3,322 | 444 (13.4%) | 552 (16.6%) | 73 (2.2%) | 79 (2.4%) | 614 (18.5%) | 431 (13%) | 374 (11.3%) | 277 (8.3%) | 12 (.36%) | 7 (.21%) | 38 (1.1%) | 32 (.96%) |
| 2023 | 3,203 | 454 (14.2%) | 505 (15.8%) | 63 (2%) | 68 (2.1%) | 586 (18.3%) | 381 (11.9%) | 379 (11.8%) | 291 (9.1%) | 4 (.12%) | 6 (.19%) | 39 (1.2%) | 31 (.97%) |
| 2022 | 3,176* | 453 (14.3%) | 450 (14.3%) | 36 (1.1%) | 47 (1.5%) | 578 (18.2%) | 344 (10.8%) | 354 (11.1%) | 232 (7.3%) | 8 (.25%) | 14 (.44%) | 30 (.94%) | 24 (.76%) |
| 2021 | 3,196* | 307 (9.6%) | 441 (13.8%) | 47 (1.5%) | 62 (1.9%) | 466 (14.6%) | 337 (10.5%) | 320 (10%) | 236 (7.4%) | 6 (.19%) | 6 (.19%) | 22 (.69%) | 22 (.69%) |
| 2020 | 3,265* | 253 (7.7%) | 402 (12.3%) | 27 (.83%) | 41 (1.3%) | 388 (11.9%) | 310 (9.5%) | 233 (7.1%) | 198 (6.1%) | 1 (.03%) | 5 (.15%) | 17 (.52%) | 22 (.67%) |
| 2019 | 3,752 | 219 (5.8%) | 461 (12.3%) | 31 (.83%) | 45 (1.2%) | 396 (10.6%) | 336 (9.0%) | 241 (6.4%) | 236 (6.3%) | 4 (.11%) | 5 (.13%) | 18 (.48%) | 33 (.88%) |
| 2018 | 3,352 | 195 (5.8%) | 389 (11.6%) | 27 (.81%) | 34 (1.0%) | 356 (10.6%) | 309 (9.2%) | 212 (6.3%) | 244 (7.3%) | 2 (.06%) | 6 (.18%) | 15 (.45%) | 24 (.72%) |
*Due to the pandemic, some publishers didn’t send out review copies, so we didn’t get the number of books we typically do. As always, we recommend calculating percentages to see trends.