CCBC Multicultural Statistics for 2015

Continuing an annual effort of over 30 years, the CCBC documented the books they received in 2015 that are created by or are about people of color or from First/Native Nations.  Some numbers are up slightly from last year, but from the past it is known that a slight upward fluctuation is not necessarily sustained in subsequent years. 

Check out some of the numbers:

• 261 books had significant African or African American content

• 86 of these were by Black authors and/or illustrators
• 100 books were by Black book creators
• 14 of these had no visible African/African-American cultural content  

• 41 books had American Indian / First Nations themes, topics, or characters
• 17 of these were by American Indian/First Nations book creators
• 18 books were by American Indian / First Nations authors and/or illustrators
• 1 of these had no visible American Indian/First Nations content

• 111 books had significant Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific American content
• 43 of these were by Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific American 
• 173 books were by authors and/or illustrators of Asian/Pacific heritage 
• 130 of these had no visible Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific American content

• 82 books had significant Latino content 
• 40 of these were by Latino/a authors and/or illustrators
• 57 books were by Latino/a authors and/or illustrators
•  17 of these had no visible Latino content 

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