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How to Steal a Car
From National Book Award winner Pete Hautman, the story of a girl who acts out by stealing cars.

Some girls act out by drinking or doing drugs. Some girls act out by sleeping with guys. Some girls act out by starving themselves or cutting themselves. Some girls act out by being a bitch to other girls.

Not Kelleigh. Kelleigh steals cars.

In HOW TO STEAL A CAR, National Book Award winner Pete Hautman takes teen readers on a thrilling, scary ride through one suburban girl's turbulent life -- one car theft at a time.

Target age group 15 and up
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Day You Begin
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.

Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López's dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.

Target age group 5-8
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Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
Ten-year-old Justin can't seem to do anything right, particularly in a house full of girls. Luckily, his cowboy grandfather comes to the rescue, inviting Justin to his ranch and teaching him real men's work: mending fences, catching fish, and even handling horses. But Justin also learns other, equally important work from this cowboy -- like how to make the best biscuits in the world!

A Coretta Scott King Award Winner

Target age group 8-12
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El Dia En Que Descubres Quien Eres (Day You Begin)
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.

Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López's dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.

La ganadora del Premio Nacional del Libro, Jacqueline Woodson, y el dos veces ganador del Premio de Ilustrador Pura Belpré, Rafael López, se han unido para crear un libro conmovedor pero alentador sobre cómo encontrar el coraje para conectarse, incluso cuando se siente asustado y solo.

Habrá ocasiones en las que entres en una habitación y no habrá nadie como tú. Hay muchas razones para sentirse diferente. Tal vez sea cómo te ves o hablas, o de dónde eres; tal vez sea lo que comes, o algo igualmente aleatorio. No es fácil dar esos primeros pasos hacia un lugar donde nadie te conoce todavía, pero de alguna manera lo logras.

El texto lírico de Jacqueline Woodson y el deslumbrante arte de Rafael López nos recuerdan que a veces todos nos sentimos como extraños y lo valiente que es seguir adelante de todos modos. Y que a veces, cuando nos acercamos y comenzamos a compartir nuestras historias, otros estarán felices de encontrarnos a medio camino.

Spanish Language Edition
Mlawer, Teresa (Translator)
Target age group 5-8
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Junie B Jones and a Little Monkey Business (June B Jones #02)
She survived her first day at school (JUNIE B. JONES AND THE STUPID SMELLY BUS), but will she survive a new baby?

Trouble crops up when Junie B. mistakenly thinks her newborn brother is really a baby monkey.

Seven-time children's choice award winner Barbara Park keeps those one-liners coming in this "First Stepping Stone" book.

Illustrations.

Target age group 9-12
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Neil Armswan (Wild Bios)
Walk on the Moon with Neil Armswan!

Meet one of history's greatest figures in this adorable board book with an animal twist! With wings to the future and beak held high, Neil Armswan was a model astronaut and pioneer in space travel, leaving webbed footprints on the moon.

With hilarious puns and colorful illustrations, this book brings his legacy and the Apollo 11 mission to life!

A 2019 National Parenting Product Award Winner

Target age group 0-2
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Friendly Four
Celebrate friendship with Coretta Scott King Award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist!

Drum is worried that summer will be a bummer until Dorene, Louis, and Rae enter his life unexpectedly. Together they embark on an unforgettable summer of discovery and creative play.

With free-verse poetry perfect for reading aloud and inspired illustrations, this picture book by the legendary author/illustrator team follows four children as they explore the bonds of friendship, family, and community.

"Fun for reading aloud." --Booklist

Target age group 4-8
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
"Fry bread is food.
It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.
Fry bread is time.
It brings families together for meals and new memories.
Fry bread is nation.
It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.
Fry bread is us.
It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference."

Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, FRY BREAD is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpré Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.

Target age group 3-6
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Bad Bye Good Bye
"Bad truck, bad guy; bad wave, bad bye... "

A boy and his family are packing up their old home, and the morning feels scary and sad. But when he arrives at his new home, an evening of good byes awaits: bye to new friends, bye to glowing fireflies, bye to climbing trees.

The New York Times best-selling author Deborah Underwood's spare text and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Jonathan Bean's lush, layered illustrations perfectly capture the complex emotions of moving day.

The child-centric transition from dreary morning to cheerful evening comforts young readers facing big changes of their own.

Target age group 4-7
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George
The unforgettable debut from Stonewall Award Winner Alex Gino, GEORGE, joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy.

With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.

Target age group 8-12
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Before the Ever After
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.

For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that -- but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name.

As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past?

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award

Target age group 10-14
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Cornrows
Every design has a name and means something in the powerful past and present richness of the Black tradition. Mama's and Great-Grammaw's gentle fingers weave the design, and their lulling voices weave the tale, as they braid their children's hair into the striking cornrow patterns of Africa.

"Camille Yarbrough captures the warmth of family affection and the pride of our rich heritage in a story that's superbly illustrated by Carole Byard." --Essence

"Camille Yarbrough is a poet, griot and storyteller who has crafted a special, rhythmic and moving story for you and yours... The illustrations by Carole Byard dignify and give all due respect to the story." --Council on Interracial Books for Children

A Coretta Scott King Award Winner for Illustrations
A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

Target age group 5-8
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Harbor Me
Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.

It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat -- by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them -- everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for the rest of their lives.

Target age group 10 and up
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Kingdom on the Waves (Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation #02) (A)
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Sundered from all he knows -- the College of Lucidity, the rebel cause -- Octavian hopes to find safe harbor. Instead, he is soon to learn of Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join the counterrevolutionary forces.

The stunning conclusion to the National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller, M. T. Anderson recounts Octavian's experiences as the Revolutionary War explodes around him, thrusting him into intense battles and tantalizing him with elusive visions of liberty. Ultimately, this astonishing narrative escalates to a startling, deeply satisfying climax, while reexamining our national origins in a singularly provocative light.

Target age group 14 and up
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Alien Superstar (Alien Superstar #01)
Don't miss the instant New York Times bestseller from Emmy Award winner Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver that DIARY OF A WIMPY KID author Jeff Kinney calls "truly out of this world!"

No one is shocked by the six-eyed alien strolling around the Universal back lot. The tourists just think he's part of the show. It doesn't take long for Buddy to land a role on a popular TV show, playing (of course) an alien.

He becomes an overnight heartthrob and is suddenly faced with legions of adoring fans, rides in glamorous limos, and appearances at "all-the-shrimp-you-can-eat" red carpet parties. But can Buddy maintain his secret identity while in the spotlight?

Target age group 8-12
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Stuff of Stars
In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child.

Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was... nothing. But then... BANG!

Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us.

In a poetic text, Marion Dane Bauer takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us, while vivid illustrations by Ekua Holmes capture the void before the Big Bang and the ensuing life that burst across galaxies.

A seamless blend of science and art, this picture book reveals the composition of our world and beyond -- and how we are all the stuff of stars.

The 2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

Target age group 4-8
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Bell Rang
A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award winner James E. Ransome.

Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free.

An ode to hope and a powerful tribute to the courage of those who ran for freedom, THE BELL RANG is a stunning reminder that our past can never be forgotten.

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
A 2019 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book

Target age group 4-8
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Summer: Animals Share in a Poetic Tale of Kindness
SUMMER is a poetic, inspirational picture book about the power of kindness from two of China's most acclaimed creators -- and children will discover a surprise as they turn the pages!

During a hot summer day in the grasslands, a group of animals race to claim the single spot of shade -- under one tiny leaf that clings to a branch. The animals fight until they are inspired by an act of love to offer shade to one another.

Through lyrical text from Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Cao Wenxuan, the story comes alive with bright, delicate art from award-winning illustrator Yu Rong and provides a vivid introduction to animals. In the middle of the book, pages grow shorter and then longer to emphasize each selfless action and to remind children of the importance of sharing and being kind.

Target age group 3-6
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Sandman and the War of Dreams (Guardians #04)
Academy Award winner William Joyce's Guardians recruit Sanderson ManSnoozy, the sleepy legend also known as the Sandman, to their cause in this fourth chapter book adventure.

When the Man in the Moon brought together the Guardians, he warned them that they would face some terrible evils as they strove to protect the children of earth. But nothing could have prepared them for this: Pitch has disappeared and taken Katherine with him. And now the Guardians are not only down one member, but a young girl is missing.

Fortunately, MiM knows just the man to join the team. Sanderson ManSnoozy -- known in most circles as the Sandman -- may be sleepy, but he's also stalwart and clever and has a precocious ability to utilize sand in myriad ways. If the other Guardians can just convince Sandy that good can triumph evil, that good dreams can banish nightmares, they'll have themselves quite a squad. But if they can't... they might never see Katherine again.

Target age group 7-11
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No Laughter Here
In this groundbreaking novel, Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic voice to highlight an often taboo practice that affects millions of girls around the world every year, and to explore a perspective not often depicted in YA fiction.

Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a queen, slouch at her desk and answer the teacher's questions in a whisper? And why won't she laugh with Akilah anymore?

Akilah's name means 'intelligent,' and she is determined to find out what's wrong. But when she learns the terrible secret Victoria is hiding, she suddenly has even more questions. The only problem is, they might not be the kind that have answers.

Target age group 12-17
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Revolution of Birdie Randolph (Hardcover)
From Stonewall Award winner Brandy Colbert comes a novel about first love, family, and hidden secrets that will stay with you long after turning the last page.

Dove Birdie Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she's on track to finish high school at the top of her class. But then Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past... whom she knows her parents will never approve of.

When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family's apartment above their hair salon, Birdie notices the tension building at home. Carlene is sweet, friendly, and open-minded -- she's also spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction. As Birdie becomes closer to both Booker and Carlene, she yearns to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything she's known to be true is turned upside down.

Target age group 14-17
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Revolution of Birdie Randolph (Paperback)
From Stonewall Award winner Brandy Colbert comes a novel about first love, family, and hidden secrets that will stay with you long after turning the last page.

Dove Birdie Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she's on track to finish high school at the top of her class. But then Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past... whom she knows her parents will never approve of.

When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family's apartment above their hair salon, Birdie notices the tension building at home. Carlene is sweet, friendly, and open-minded -- she's also spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction.

As Birdie becomes closer to both Booker and Carlene, she yearns to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything she's known to be true is turned upside down.

Target age group 14-17
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Nicholas St North and the Battle of the Nightmare King (Guardians #01)
Forget naughty or nice -- this is a battle of good vs. evil.

Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first "Guardians" chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce that inspired the beloved film, "The Rise of the Guardians."

Before Santa was Santa, he was North, Nicholas St. North -- a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and adventure, leading him to the fiercely guarded village of Santoff Claussen, said to be home to the greatest treasure in all the East, and to an even greater wizard, Ombric Shalazar. But when North arrives, legends of riches have given way to terrors of epic proportions! North must decide whether to seek his fortune... or save the village.

When our rebellious hero gets sucked into the chaos (literally), the fight becomes very personal. The Nightmare King and his evil Fearlings are ruling the night, owning the shadows, and sending waves of fear through all of Santoff Clausen. For North, this is a battle worth fighting... and, he's not alone. There are five other Guardians out there. He only has to find them in time.

Target age group 7-11
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Every Time a Rainbow Dies
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia, EVERY TIME A RAINBOW DIES is a moving, lyrical, and diverse love story -- perfect for fans of ONE CRAZY SUMMER who are ready for an older voice.

Dreamy Thulani spends most of his time up on the roof, taking care of the flock of doves in the cote and watching the streets of Brooklyn bustle below him. He is up there on the day he sees a girl being brutally attacked in an alley. Though the girl makes it clear she wants nothing more to do with him after he helps her home, he can't stop thinking about her. Is she okay? What is her name? Would she be scared if he tried to talk to her?

Suddenly, for the first time since his mother died, Thulani finally has a reason to come down from the roof. But as much as he wants to care for this girl, Ysa -- more fragile and fiercer than his birds -- she will not trust easily. Is it possible to shelter someone who needs to be free?

First published in 2001, the novel has now been repackaged with gorgeous new cover art. Previously available only as an e-book, this remarkable novel is now back in print!

Target age group 13-17
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism -- and antiracism -- in America.

This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.

The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable re-imagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited.

Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative written by beloved award-winner Jason Reynolds, this book shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideas -- and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.

Target age group 12-17
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Home for Goddesses and Dogs
A unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world's best bad dog, from award-winner Leslie Connor, author of the National Book Award finalist THE TRUTH AS TOLD by Mason Buttle.

This novel sings about loss and love and finding joy in new friendships and a loving family, along with the world's best bad dog. An uplifting middle grade novel about recovery featuring strong female characters, an adorable dog, and the girl who comes to love him.

It's a life-altering New Year for thirteen-year-old Lydia when she uproots to a Connecticut farm to live with her aunt following her mother's death. Aunt Brat and her jovial wife, Eileen, and their ancient live-in landlord, Elloroy, are welcoming -- and a little quirky. Lydia's struggle for a sense of belonging in her new family is highlighted when the women adopt a big yellow dog just days after the girl's arrival. Wasn't one rescue enough?

Lydia is not a dog person -- and this one is trouble! He is mistrustful and slinky. He pees in the house, escapes into the woods, and barks at things unseen. His new owners begin to guess about his unknown past Meanwhile, Lydia doesn't want to be difficult -- and she does not mean to keep secrets -- but there are things she's not telling...

Like why the box of "paper stuff" she keeps under her bed is so important... And why that hole in the wall behind a poster in her room is getting bigger... And why something she took from the big yellow dog just might be the key to unraveling his mysterious past -- but at what cost?

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Target age group 10 and up
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Amelia Harehart (Wild Bios)
Amelia Hareheart never let any hopstacles get in her way!

Meet one of history's greatest figures in this adorable board book with an animalistic twist! Dive into the life of the brave pilot Amelia Hareheart, and the glass ceilings she flew through.

Breaking records and always setting new goals to achieve, Amelia Hareheart was an inspiration. With hilarious puns and colorful illustrations, this clever board book brings her legacy to life for babies and parents alike!

A 2019 National Parenting Product Award Winner

Target age group 0-2
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Cool Zone With The Pain And The Great One (Pain and the Great One)
"The Pain" and "The Great One" hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out.

Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or when an unwanted visitor on Bring Your Pet to School Day needs to be caught. Or worst of all, when a scary bully says you're burnt toast. On days like these it can feel good not to go it alone. (And don't forget Fluzzy the cat, who knows a thing or two himself.)

A Parent's Choice Recommended Award Winner

Target age group 8-12
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White Bird: A Wonder Story (Graphic) (Paperback) (Wonder)
R. J. Palacio's unforgettable graphic novel debut is a story about the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war.

In R. J. Palacio's best-selling collection of stories, AUGGIE & ME, which expands on characters in WONDER, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère's heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.

Sara's harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives. As Grandmère tells Julian, It always takes courage to be kind, but in those days, such kindness could cost you everything. With poignant symbolism and gorgeous artwork that brings Sara's story out of the past and cements it firmly in this moment in history, WHITE BIRD is sure to captivate anyone who was moved by the book WONDER or the blockbuster movie adaptation and its message.

Sydney Taylor Award Winner
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
New York Times Bestseller

Target age group 8-12
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Welcome to the Golden Palace!

Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota... until now. Her mom's plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance and at the Golden Palace -- the restaurant that's been in her family for generations -- she makes some discoveries.

For instance:
- You can tell a LOT about someone by the way they order food.
- People can surprise you. Sometimes in good ways, sometimes in disappointing ways.
- And the Golden Palace has secrets...

But the more Maizy discovers, the more questions she has. Like, why are her mom and her grandmother always fighting? Who are the people in the photographs on the office wall? And when she discovers that a beloved family treasure has gone missing -- and someone has left a racist note -- Maizy decides it's time to find the answers.

Newbery Honor Award Winner
National Book Award Finalist
Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by School Library Journal, Booklist, The Horn Book, and The New York Public Library

Target age group 9-12
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How to Find What You're Not Looking for
New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the anti-semitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.

Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always -- her own voice.

Target age group 9-12
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Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom
The images stitched into Hannah's quilt lead to secret signposts on the Underground Railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom.

Now that Hannah's papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of Mama -- it's a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the Underground Railroad to Canada.

A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history, THE PATCHWORK PATH tells the story of a two of the thousands who escaped a life of slavery and made the dangerous journey to freedom -- a story of courage, determination, and hope.

A Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights Outstanding Book, Honorable Mention
An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Winner

Target age group 5-8
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Are the Dinosaurs Dead Dad?
What were the dinosaurs like when they were alive? Dave and Dad are about to find out!

Dad takes Dave to the museum. As they walk through the dinosaur exhibit, Dave tries to get his father's attention. Why is this one grinning and why is that one interested in Dave's lunch? But Dad is too busy telling Dave all there is to know about these amazing creatures to notice that they've sprung to life! Dave gets the feeling that Dad has one terribly important fact very, very wrong...

In this deliciously witty story, Middleton brings a fresh twist to a familiar day out that will leave readers laughing out loud. Ayto's quirky illustrations add surprising details to this fast-paced museum adventure.

Target age group 4-8
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Boogie Boogie Y'all
"Boogie boogie, y'all.
The city boogied all day.
Busy, busy, busy,
Till one kid stopped to say,
'Woah, woah, woah!
Look at the art on the wall!'"

The city is alive with vibrant art in every corner of the parks, the shops, the trains. But most people are too busy to see it -- or worse, choose to ignore it! When three children stop to marvel at the art around their community, they realize it's up to them to show everyone else how truly special it is when art and realty dance together so seamlessly.

Author/illustrator C. G. Esperanza delivers a celebratory ode to graffiti and the Boogie Down Bronx through an infectious read-aloud beat and colorful illustrations that leap right off the page! Perfect for fans of CROWN: ODE TO THE FRESH CUT and Keith Haring.

A NPR Best Book of the Year and Pura Belpré Honor Award winner

Target age group 4-7
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My Mommy Medicine
MY MOMMY MEDICINE is a picture book about the comfort and love a mama offers when her child isn't feeling well, from renowned author Edwidge Danticat.

"Whenever I am sick,
Or just feel kind of gloomy or sad,
I can always count on my Mommy Medicine."

When a child wakes up not feeling well, it's mommy to the rescue! Her remedy includes a yummy cup of hot chocolate, a cozy bubble bath, unlimited snuggles and cuddles, fun sing-alongs, and all the extra special love and attention a kid could ask for.

Mommy Medicine can heal all woes and make any day the best day!

Award-winning memoirist Edwidge Danticat's rich and lyrical text envelops the reader in the security of a mother's love, and debut artist Shannon Wright's vibrant art infuses the story with even more warmth.

A Parent's Choice Recommended Award Winner 2019
A 2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List

Target age group 3-6
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Used To Be Best Friend (Jo Jo Makoons #01)
Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn -- about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly.

Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat), she's worried that she needs to figure out how to make more friends. Because Fern, her best friend at school, may not want to be friends anymore...

The Heartdrum imprint centers a wide range of intertribal voices, visions, and stories while welcoming all young readers, with an emphasis on the present and future of Indian Country and on the strength of young Native heroes. In partnership with We Need Diverse Books.

Target age group 6-10
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Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild
From the Sibert medal-winning author of TEAM MOON and the best-selling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.

Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild and free through their native China. But within the past forty years, more than fifty percent of the panda's already shrinking habitat has been destroyed by humans, leaving the beautiful and beloved giant panda vulnerable to extinction.

Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds -- poaching, habitat destruction, pollution, human overpopulation, and global climate change -- the panda is making a comeback. How? By humans teaching baby pandas how to be wild and stay wild.

Robert F. Sibert Honor Award winner
Chicago Public Library Best of the Year
Kirkus Best Book of the Year
Junior Library Guild Selection

"Complementing Thimmesh's thoughtful, engagingly written text are many arrestingly adorable color photographs of pandas in training and in the wild. A timely, uplifting story." --Kirkus starred review

Target age group 10-12
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Angie Thomas (2 Book Boxed Set) ( (Paperback)
This paperback boxed set of Angie Thomas's #1 New York Times bestsellers THE HATE U GIVE and CONCRETE ROSE makes a great holiday or graduation gift!

Two generations of the Carter family coming of age in the world of Garden Heights and defying expectations to forge their own paths.

THE HATE U GIVE

"I'll never give up. I'll never be quiet. I promise."

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.

CONCRETE ROSE

Beauty can come from much of nothing.

Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of THE HATE U GIVE in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.

If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it's that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad's in prison.

This paperback edition includes a foreword from actor Amandla Stenberg and an antiracism guide.

"A heartfelt exploration of Black manhood an the power of possibility." --People Magazine

William C. Morris Award Winner
National Book Award Longlist
Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

Target age group 14 and up
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Angie Thomas (2 Book Boxed Set) (Hardcover)
This hardcover boxed set of Angie Thomas's #1 New York Times bestsellers makes a great holiday or graduation gift!

This boxed set includes:

THE HATE U GIVE
CONCRETE ROSE

Two generations of the Carter family coming of age in the world of Garden Heights and defying expectations to forge their own paths.

THE HATE U GIVE

"I'll never give up. I'll never be quiet. I promise."

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.

William C Morris Award Winner
National Book Award Longlist
Michael Printz Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

CONCRETE ROSE

Beauty can come from much of nothing. Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the evens of THE HATE U GIVE in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there's one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it's that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad's in prison.

4 starred reviews

"A heartfelt exploration of Black manhood and the power of possibility." --People Magazine

Target age group 14 and up
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Turtle Boy
A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this "winner" (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of WONDER.

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-looking chin. And for his bar mitzvah community service project, he's forced to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease.

At first, the boys don't get along, but then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster, go to a school dance, swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on his new friend's behalf before it's too late.

It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell.

Target age group 10 and up
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Paradise on Fire
From award-winning and best-selling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change.

Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program.

There, Addy joins five other Black city kids -- each with their own troubles -- to spend a summer out west. Deep in the forest the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing, and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival. But then comes a devastating forest fire...

Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past. Developing her courage and resiliency against the raging fire, it's up to Addy to lead her friends to safety. Not all are saved. But remembering her origins and grandmother's teachings, she's able to use street smarts, wilderness skill, and her spiritual intuition to survive.

BCALA 2021 Best of the Best Book
A Cadmus Children's Fiction Award for the Green Earth Book Award winner

Target age group 10-13
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We Are Here
An empowering follow-up to New York Times best-selling picture book ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER that celebrates the rich history of Black and brown men and women throughout history with soaring language and stunning illustration.

Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, WE ARE HERE is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community. Full of assurance, tenderness, and triumph, this much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times best-selling picture book ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER offers an equally inspirational and arresting ode to all of the Black women and men throughout history who have made momentous contributions from the beginning of time.

Tami Charles shares the beauty and excellence in the history of the Black community, assuring Black and brown children of the extraordinary legacy from which they come. Charles's powerful and empowering text is accompanied with illustrations by renowned artist Bryan Collier, a four-time Caldecott Honor recipient and a nine-time Coretta Scott King Award winner or honoree. WE ARE HERE celebrates readers with pride, joy, and love, reminding them of their roots, inviting readers to imagine a future that shines ever bright, and strengthening them for their triumphant days to come!

Target age group 4-8
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Saints of the Household
SAINTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD us a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town -- beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer -- that will take your breath away.

Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp.

This act of violence threatens the brothers' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with the weight of their actions, their shifting relationship as brothers, and the realization that they may be more like their father than they thought.

They'll have to reach back to their Bribri roots to find their way forward. Told in alternating points of view using vignettes and poems, debut author Ari Tison crafts an emotional, slow-burning drama about brotherhood, abuse, recovery, and doing the right thing.

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award
Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Adult Literature

Target age group 14-18
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Hearts Unbroken
New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school -- and first love.

When Louise Wolfe's first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. It's her senior year, anyway, and she'd rather spend her time with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, the ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper's staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director's inclusive approach to casting The Wizard of Oz has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town.

From the newly formed "Parents Against Revisionist Theater" to anonymous threats, long-held prejudices are being laid bare and hostilities are spreading against teachers, parents, and students -- especially the cast members at the center of the controversy, including Lou's little brother, who's playing the Tin Man. As tensions mount at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey -- but as she's learned, "dating while Native" can be difficult. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey's?

Winner of an American Indian Youth Literature Award

Target age group 14 and up
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Un Verano Loco (One Crazy Summer)
The Spanish-language edition of the beloved Newbery Honor-winning novel about three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them, from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia!

Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.

La edición en español de la querida novela ganadora del premio Newbery sobre tres hermanas que viajan a Oakland, California, en 1968 para conocer a la madre que las abandonó, de la galardonada autora Rita Williams-García.

Delphine, de once años, es como una madre para sus dos hermanas menores, Vonetta y Fern. Tenía que serlo desde que su madre, Cecile, los dejó hace siete años para emprender una nueva vida radical en California. Pero cuando las hermanas llegan de Brooklyn para pasar el verano con su madre en Oakland, Cecile no se parece en nada a lo que imaginaban. Mientras las niñas esperan ir a Disneylandia y conocer a Tinker Bell, su madre las envía a un campamento diurno dirigido por los Panteras Negras. Inesperadamente, Delphine, Vonetta y Fern aprenden mucho sobre su familia, su país y ellos mismos durante un verano verdaderamente loco.

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Coretta Scott King Award Winner
National Book Award finalist

Spanish Language Edition
Target age group 8-12
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