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Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

Written by Margarita Engle

As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the...

Pre-K - 3rd

Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird

Written by Misty Copeland

In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose...

K - 3rd

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

Written by Laban Carrick Hill

Dave was more than a slave—he was a craftsman and a poet. He engraved his pottery with poems that...

K - 4th

Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a way to escape his unhappy surroundings.

K - 6th

Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum

Written by Megan McCarthy

It's the 1920s and the Fleer Corporation is trying to create a new kind of gum, but they aren’t...

Pre-K - 3rd

Turning Pages: My Life Story

Written by Sonia Sotomayor

As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the...

Pre-K - 3rd

Yes I Can!: A Girl and Her Wheelchair

Written by Kendra J. Barrett, Jacqueline B. Toner, and and Claire A. B. Freeland

Like many kids her age, Carolyn loves animals, castles, and building with blocks. She helps out her...

Pre-K - 3rd

Something Happened In Our Town: A Child's Story of Racial Injustice

Written by Marianne Celano, PhD, ABPP, and Marietta Collins

Emma and Josh heard that something happened in their town. A Black man was shot by the police. "Why...

Pre-K - 3rd

Abracadabra! The Magic of Trying

Written by Maria Loretta Giraldo

All of the little birds have learned to fly...all except one. Little Owl can't do it! But others...

Pre-K - 3rd

Starlight Grey

Written by Liz Flanagan

After an old man dies, only his dreamy son Ivan is brave enough to keep vigil at his father’s...

K - 4th

The Book Tree

Written by Paul Czajak

When young Arlo accidentally drops a book on the Mayor’s head, the Mayor decides books are...

K - 4th

Wild Swans

Written by Xanthe Gresham Knight

Young Eliza and her eleven brothers’ lives are transformed when a plague ravages the Kingdom of...

K - 5th

The Hungry Wolf

Written by Lari Don

When a hungry young wolf spots a tasty-looking animal in the field above the river, he thinks he...

K - 4th

Fiesta Femenina

Written by Mary-Joan Gerson

Eight Mexican folk heroines come to vibrant life in this fascinating anthology illustrated by Pura...

K - 5th

Lola's Fandango

Written by Anna Witte

Little Lola is tired of living in her big sisters shadow. But when she starts taking secret flamenco lessons from her Papi, will she find the courage to share her new skill with the world?

K - 3rd

Mama Panya's Pancakes

Written by Mary and Rich Chamberlin

On market day, Mama Panya's son Adika invites everyone he sees to a pancake dinner. How will Mama...

K - 5th

Dara's Clever Trap

Written by Liz Flanagan

Meet a cunning princess who is known for her brains, not her beauty. Dara uses her talent as an engineer to foil a wicked plot and save her husband in this Cambodian traditional tale.

K - 6th

La Frontera

Written by Alfredo Alva and Deborah Mills

Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life....

Pre-K - 6th

Princess of the Springs

Written by Mary Finch

A brave young princess sets out on a dangerous adventure to rescue both her mother and her baby son in this traditional tale from Brazil.

K - 6th

Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

Written by Janet Halfmann

Lilly Ann Granderson, who was enslaved, secretly learned to read and write as a child and passed on this dear knowledge to hundreds of other enslaved people despite the great risks.

K - 3rd

Malala's Magic Pencil

Written by Malala Yousafzai

Malala wishes for a magic pencil—to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her...

K - 3rd

Eagle Doesn't Give Up

Written by Aldo Paltlan

Getting a kite airborne is harder than it looks! Eagle practices perseverance with high-flying results.

K - 3rd

The Youngest Marcher

Written by Cynthia Levinson

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama,...

K - 5th

Hooray for Fly Guy

Written by Tedd Arnold

"Flies can't play football," says the coach. But Fly Guy and Buzz are determined to prove him...

Pre-K - 3rd

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