Try to think of this picture book author

[Amethyst]

It’s been too many years since I homeschooled little ones. I’m trying to think of the name of a picture book author/illustrator. I think the characters were mostly Black. Maybe Hispanic. Patti Pellacio or something like that. Can someone help me out? 

[Lawyer&Mom]

Patricia Polacco?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Polacco

[Amethyst]

Yes! Thank you. That is the name of the author I was trying to think of. Turns out maybe she’s not Black or Hispanic, but there are at least some of her books that have Black characters. 

[Tanaqui]

She is Jewish - which, of course, does not preclude being either Black or Hispanic, but you're correct, she's neither. However, some of her more semi-autobiographical picture books do feature Jewish holidays, if that's also something you're interested in putting on your shelves.

[Lawyer&Mom]

Luba and the Wren is so amazingly good if anyone needs a morality fable set in czarist Russia...