Books by and/or about Black, Indigenous and People of Color 2018-

Beginning in 2019, based on feedback, the CCBC added the category “Pacific Islanders,” which previously had been folded into the “Asian” category as “Asian / Pacific Islanders.” We added the “Arab” category in 2020. We have since been able to update numbers from 2018 and 2019 to document both “Pacific Islander” and “Arab.” Use our Diversity Statistics Book Search to find out more about the titles we received and analyzed from 2018 on.

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Children’s Books By and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color Received by the CCBC 2018-

Last Updated: May 4, 2023
See next chart for numbers from U.S. publishers only.

Year
Books
Received
at CCBC
Black/African
Indigenous
Asian
Latine
Pacific Islander
Arab
By About By About By About By About By About By About
2022 3,450* 462 491 54 59 634 369 371 237 13 14 31 25
2021 3,432* 309 454 60 74 496 357 328 244 8 7 24 22
2020 3,451* 260 410 39 53 416 328 250 207 2 5 21 27
2019 4,075 235 480 51 70 446 369 253 236 5 6 22 37
2018 3,682 214 407 44 56 400 343 222 254 2 7 18 28

*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 Books By and/or About Black, Indigenous and People of Color Received by the CCBC–U.S. Publishers Only 2018-

Last Updated: May 4, 2023

Year
Books
Received
at CCBC
(US Pubs)
Black/African
Indigenous
Asian
Latine
Pacific Islanders
Arab
By About By About By About By About By About By About
2022 3,173* 454 482 35 46 568 342 351 231 13 14 30 24
2021 3,195* 302 441 47 62 463 337 312 236 8 6 21 21
2020 3,265* 256 402 27 41 387 310 233 198 1 5 17 22
2019 3,751 227 460 31 45 393 336 237 235 5 5 19 33
2018 3,352 205 391 27 34 358 309 208 245 2 6 15 24

*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.