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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
I set the North Star in the heavens and I mean for you to be free... Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman hears these words from God one summer night and...
Homecoming
Author: La-Donia Alford-JeffriesIllustrator: J'Aaron MerhcantDescription:Ā Homecoming is a children's book that celebrates the HBCU Homecoming experience. Join this family as they head back to the yard to enjoy Homecoming festivities such...
The Heart of Mi Familia
Author: Carrie Lara Illustrator: Christine Battuz Description: Follow a young girl as she works with her Abuela and her grandma to create a wonderful birthday present for her brother that...
Your Name is a Song
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...
Calvin
Author: JR & Vanessa FordIllustrator: Kayla HarrenDescription:Ā Calvin has always been a boy, even if the world sees him as a girl. He knows who he is in his heart and...
Ada Twist Scientist
Author: Andrea Beaty Illustrator: David Roberts Description:Ā Ada has always been endlessly curious. Even when her fact-finding missions and elaborate scientific experiments donāt go as planned, Ada learns the value...
THAO: A Picture Book
Author/Illustrator: Thao LamDescription:Ā Even though it's only four simple, familiar letters long, nobody canĀ everĀ pronounce Thao's name. She's been called Theo, Tail, even Towel! But the teasing names--Tofu, Tiny, China Girl--are worse....
Hair Love
Author: Matthew A. Cherry Illustrator:Ā Vashti Harrison Description:Ā Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy...
The King Of Kindergarten
Author: Derrick Barnes Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Description: Starting kindergarten is a big milestone--and the hero of this story is ready to make his mark! He's dressed himself, eaten a pile...
The Undefeated
This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and...
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history....
Iggy Peck, Architect
Some kids sculpt sand castles. Some make mud pies. Some construct great block towers. But none are better at building than Iggy Peck, who once erected a life-size replica of...
Side By Side: A Celebration of Dads
A heartfelt and playful ode to the father-child relationship, by two-time Caldecott-medal-winning author Chris Raschka King and Jester, Boat and Captain, Mountain and Climber... fathers and children are all of...
Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church where...
Sofia Valdez Future Prez
In the newest picture book in the mega-bestselling Questioneers series, Sofia Valdez fights for change and finds her voice as a community leader!Every morning, Abuelo walks Sofia to school ....
A Kids Book About COVID-19
Author: Malia Jones Description:Ā The world has never seen anything like COVID-19 before: it's affecting everyone! This book is written by a scientist who studies disease outbreaks and is meant...