So, a while back I mentioned that when I started reviewing board books, it was difficult to find diverse board book lists. That wasn’t so much because they don’t exist, as because most of the ones I found have problematic content, or are board and picture books mixed together. Here are a few pretty good ones.

AICL has a great list of Native board books.
This is important because most other lists (including some I’ll share) have poor indigenous representation. I always look for a review from AICL or an #ownvoices reviewer, and check if the author/illustrator are Native.

PragmaticMom has a good top ten of multicultural board books. The caveat is that I would NOT recommend Mama, Mama, Do You Love Me? – see above for better Native books.

While it wasn’t recommended as a “diverse books list”, I loved that most of the books on this list are diverse, including Hawaiian, Native, and specialty religious books that are diverse.

And finally, Drivel and Drool has a list broken down by ethnicity of the main character, with again the caveat to please check the Native books against AICL’s listing as some are problematic. I like that this book includes some nonfiction board books.