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All Because You Matter
Tami Charles - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover
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A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will, from powerhouse rising star author Tami Charles and esteemed, award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier.Discover this poignant,... |
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Double Bass Blues
Andrea J. Loney
Format: Book
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Nic is an aspiring musician whose life spans two different worlds--his suburban school where he wows his friends in orchestra, and the busy city streets of his home where he's jostled by the crowd. Nic makes his way home from a busy day at school with a double bass on his back, the symphony... |
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Hands Up!
Breanna J. McDaniel - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march.A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun,... |
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The King of Kindergarten
Derrick Barnes - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten, by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Crown.The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are going to be the King... |
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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Paula Young Shelton - Schwartz & Wade; 1 edition
Format: Library Binding
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In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child's unique perspective to an important chapter in America's history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where... |
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Homemade Love: Picture Book
bell hooks - Jump At The Sun
Format: Hardcover
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Her Mama calls her Girlpie-a sweet treat, homemade with love. And when Girlpie makes a mistake, the lover of her mother and father lets her pick up the pieces and make everything right again. Shane W. Evan's resplendent artwork teems with "homemade love," one of the tender... |
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Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
Janice N. Harrington - Calkins Creek
Format: Hardcover
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The curiosity of the first African American entomologist Charles Henry Turner--a scientist who studied bugs--shines in this nonfiction picture book, which showcases his ideas and discoveries about ants, bees, and other insects.Charles Henry Turner's mind itched with questions. Fascinated... |
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Little Red Riding Hood
Jerry Pinkney - National Braille Press
Format: Book
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In this inspired rendering of the classic Grimm Brothers folktale, five-time Caldecott Honor winning artist Jerry Pinkney introduced two favorite children's characters to a new generation: the sly, scary wolf and the sweet little girl in her famous red hood. Readers will squeal with delight... |
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Freedom in Congo Square
Carole Boston Weatherford - little bee books
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator HonorA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016: NonfictionStarred reviews from School Library Journal, BOOKLIST , Kirkus Reviews, and The Horn Book MagazineA Junior Library Guild SelectionThis... |
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Grandma's Purse
Vanessa Brantley-Newton - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Spend the day with Mimi and her granddaughter in this charming picture book about the magic found in Mimi's favorite accessory, perfect for readers who love How to Babysit a Grandma!When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats...and her purse. You never... |
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Your Name Is a Song
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - The Innovation Press
Format: Hardcover
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Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern... |
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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Ibtihaj Muhammad - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school--and two sisters on one's first day of hijab--by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad. With her new backpack and light-up shoes, Faizah knows the first day of school is going to be special. It's... |
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The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
Rita Lorraine Hubbard - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine learning to read at the age of 116! Discover the true story of Mary Walker, the nation's oldest student who did just that, in this picture book from a Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator and a rising star author. In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed,... |
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I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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An upbeat, empowering, important picture book from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh CutI ama nonstop ball of energy.Powerful and full of light.I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A leader.The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything... |
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