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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that... |
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Mommy's Khimar
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A young Muslim girl spends a busy day wrapped up in her mother's colorful headscarf in this sweet and fanciful picture book from debut author and illustrator Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn.A khimar is a flowing scarf that my mommy wears. Before she walks out the door each day,... |
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Hair Love
Matthew A. Cherry - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison.Zuri's hair has a mind of its own.... |
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Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
Samara Cole Doyon - Tilbury House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Magnificent Homespun Brown is an exploration of the natural world and family bonds through the eyes of a young, mixed-race narrator -- a living, breathing, dazzlingly multi-faceted, exuberant masterpiece, firmly grounded in her sense of self-worth and belonging. This is a story -- a poem,... |
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I Am Enough
Grace Byers - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needsThis is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another - from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo. This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters,... |
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Last Stop on Market Street
Matt de la Peña - G.P. Putnams Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Winner of the Newbery Medal A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book This award-winning modern classic - a must-have for every childs home library - is an inclusive ode to kindness, empathy, gratitude, and finding... |
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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Derrick D Barnes - Agate Bolden
Format: Hardcover
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A Newbery Honor BookA Caldecott Honor BookA Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor BookAn Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award BookAn Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor BookA Society of Illustrators Gold Medal BookNamed one of the best books of 2017 by NPR,... |
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The Same But Different Too
Karl Newson - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover
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I am me, you are you.We're the same, but different too.There's something about each of us that makes us special. But while everyone is unique, we all have many things in common as well. Explore the ways that we are all the same but different, too, in this joyful and simple celebration... |
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Lovely
Jess Hong - Creston Books
Format: Hardcover
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Big, small, curly, straight, loud, quiet, smooth, wrinkly. Lovely explores a world of differences that all add up to the same thing: we are all lovely! |
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Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
Andrea Beaty - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! An instant USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller! The newest picture book from the creators of Iggy Peck, Architect; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and Ada Twist, Scientist stars Sofia Valdez, a community... |
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I Just Want to Say Good Night
Rachel Isadora - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Print book
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Caldecott Honor-winner Rachel Isadora's stunning oil paintings illustrate this delightful bedtime tale, set on the African plains. The sun has set and the moon is rising, and that means it's bedtime. But not if Lala has a say - because she's not ready to go to sleep! First... |
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Where Are You From?
Yamile Saied Méndez - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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This resonant picture book tells the story of one girl who constantly gets asked a simple question that doesn't have a simple answer. A great conversation starter in the home or classroom - a book to share, in the spirit of I Am Enough by Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo.When a girl is asked... |
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Chavela and the Magic Bubble
Monica Brown - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Chavela loves chomping chicle - chewing gum. And she loves blowing bubbles even more. One day, while out with her abuelita, she finds a mysterious kind of gum she's never seen before. She pops it in her mouth and blows a giant bubble that lifts her up into the air and carries her on a magical... |
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The Boy & the Bindi
Vivek Shraya - Arsenal Pulp Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this beautiful children's picture book by Vivek Shraya, author of the acclaimed God Loves Hair, a five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins, and wishes to have... |
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Make a Change
Rhonda Rucker - Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"A fine picture book to sit on the shelf alongside Ruby Bridges Through My Eyes." - Kirkus When Marvin asks his mama why they have to stand and wait to take their food home while everyone else can eat at the lunch counter, her answer doesnt make a lot of sense to him. "When... |
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One Family
George Shannon - Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Just how many things can "one" be? One box of crayons. One batch of cookies. One world. One family.From veteran picture book author George Shannon and up-and-coming artist Blanca Gomez comes a playful, interactive book that shows how a family can be big or small and comprised... |
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I Can Do It Too!: Handprint Books
Karen Baicker
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Anyone can pour juice, bake a cake, and kiss away hurts - right? But maybe - just maybe - it's not so easy when you are very small!Daddy pours juice without even thinking about it, Grandma bakes a cake effortlessly, and the next-door neighbor rides a bike as if he were born on |
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