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Missing Daddy
Mariame Kaba - Haymarket Books
Format: Hardcover
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"This book is a crucial tool for parents, educators, and anyone who cares about the well-being of children who, through no fault of their own, are forced to bear the consequences of our country's obsession with incarceration. For children who desperately miss their parents, feel confused,... |
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My Brother Is Away
Sara Greenwood - Random House Studio
Format: Hardcover
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In this moving picture book, a young girl reflects on the emotions and challenges of growing up with a brother who is incarcerated. This touching story is filled with vivid illustrations and is based on the author's childhood experiences.With her older brother in prison, a young girl... |
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Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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bestseller Carmela Full of Wishes once again delivers a poignant and timely picture book that's sure to become an instant classic.Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. There's the whiskered... |
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Abolition is Love
Ware Syrus Marcus - Triangle Square
Format: Hardcover
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What can abolition mean for a child? How can it help them dream a different future for their community?. In Abolition is Love, Amelie learns about collective care, mutual aid, and abolitionist ideas as they help their parents get ready for the annual Prisoners' Justice Day. Amelie explores... |
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Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family when a Loved One is Incarcerated
Becky Birtha - Albert Whitman
Format: Print book
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Children can experience many emotions when a parent is in jail or prison. They may be angry, sad, lonely, or scared. Sometimes friends act differently toward them. Sometimes the children begin acting differently too. In this important book, young readers will learn that even when it feels... |
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Visiting Day
Jacqueline Woodson - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day--the one day a month they get to visit the girl's father in prison. "Only on visiting day is there chicken frying in the kitchen at 6 a.m,... |
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Letters to a Prisoner
Jacques Goldstyn - Owlkids
Format: Hardcover
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Told entirely through illustrations, Letters to a Prisoner is a wordless story about the power of hope and the written word. Inspired by Amnesty International's letter-writing campaigns to help free people who have been jailed for expressing their opinion, the book tells the story of a man who is arrested... |
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