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If You Can Dream It, Be It!

Written by Riley Tejcek

If You Can Dream It, Be It!  is an inspirational story for children highlighting the life of Riley...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Becoming Miss Navajo

Written by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa

As a little girl, Jolyana Begay-Kroupa dreamed of becoming Miss Navajo. After years of learning the...

1st - 4th
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Areli Is a Dreamer

Written by Areli Morales and Illustrated by Luisa Uribe

In the first picture book written by a DACA Dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Shoe Dog (Young Readers Edition)

Written by Phil Knight

You must forget your limits.

It was only when Nike founder Phil Knight got cut from the baseball...

5th - 8th
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Baseballs Leading Lady

Written by Andrea Williams

Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, Black athletes played in...

4th - 6th
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Proud

The inspiring and critically acclaimed all-American story of faith, family, hard work, and...

3rd - 7th
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A Boy and A Jaguar

Written by Alan Rabinowitz and Illustrated by Catia Chien

Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Finding My Dance

Written by Ria Thundercloud and Illustrated by Kalila J. Fuller

In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of...

Pre-K - 3rd
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What I Am

Written by Divya Srinivasan
A young narrator describes herself: a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, and American. Soon, we see the...
Pre-K - 2nd
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A Walk in the Words

Written and Illustrated by Hudson Talbott

Hudson Talbott's inspiring story vividly reveals the challenges--and ultimately the rewards--of...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Written by Sonia Sotomayor
In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Bad Boy

Written by Walter Dean Myers

The autobiography of Water Dean Myers, who describes what it's like growing up in Harlem in the...

4th - 8th
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El Deafo

Written by Cece Bell and Illustrated by David Lasky

The poignant memoir of a young girl who lost her hearing due to spinal meningitis and must now wear...

3rd - 7th
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Malcolm X

Written by Alex Haley and Malcolm X
Originally published in 1964, Malcolm X tells his story to writer Alex Haley. Malcolm X tells Haley...
3rd - 7th

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