If you are looking for books that explore the world and ALL its peoples, here are some sites that will help you find what you’re looking for.
40 Spanish/English Bilingual Books
http://education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=102
50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=42
American Indians in Children’s Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.info/
Arab Children’s Literature: An Update
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/ArabChildrensLit.pdf
Barahona Center: Recommended Books in English About Latinos
http://csbs.csusm.edu/csbs/www.book_eng.book_home?lang=Eng
Best Books for Kids Between Cultures
http://www.mitaliperkins.com/bookshelf_between_cultures.htm
Black Thread’s in Kid’s Lit
http://blackthreadsinkidslit.blogspot.com/
The Brown Bookshelf
http://thebrownbookshelf.com/blog/
A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/outreach/Indbibl/
Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom:
Possibilities and Pitfalls
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/mendoza.html
Heritage Teaching Resources
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/heritage_resources.html
How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757
“I” is Not for Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/ailabib.htm
Mitali’s Fire Escape
http://www.mitaliblog.com/
Multicultural Children’s Books
http://www.willesdenbookshop.co.uk/
Multicultural Children’s Literature: An Evaluation Tool
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/higgins.htm
Native American Themes in Children’s and Young Adult Books
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/native_am/NativeThemes_intro.html
One World, Many Children: A Children’s Booklist of Cultural Diversity
http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_oneworld.html
Oyate
http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html
PaperTigers
http://www.papertigers.org/
Paper Tigers Blog
http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/
Seattle Public Library Children’s Reading List
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_categorybrowser
Young Adult Novels with Hispanic Themes
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dea22/Hispanic.html
If you have a link to suggest, please leave a comment and I will review the site for inclusion on this list.