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M is for Movement, AKA Humans Can't Eat Golf Balls

Written by Innosanto Nagara

At first the protests were in small villages and at universities. But then they spread. People drew...

3rd - 7th
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Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Kekla Magoon and Illustrated by Molly Murakami

When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma...

3rd - 7th
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A Kids Book About Community

Written by Shane Feldman

We’re all part of a community even if we don’t know it yet. Community is about action, about sharing...

K - 8th
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Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio

Written by Tony Johnston
Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are...
4th - 7th
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Barefoot Books Children of the World

Written by Tessa Strickland and Kate DePalma and Illustrated by David Dean
Innovative and inclusive, Barefoot Books Children of the World empowers young readers to learn about...
K - 6th
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The Mother of Monsters

Written by Fran Parnell and Illustrated by Sophie Fatus
Mischievous Ntombi, the Chief’s daughter, isn’t at all afraid of the fearsome Ilunge River. But when...
K - 6th
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We All Went on Safari

Written by Laurie Krebs and Illustrated by Julia Cairns
Join Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their Maasai friends as they set out on a counting journey through the...
K - 6th
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Fireside Stories

Written by Caitlín Matthews and Illustrated by Helen Cann
Gather round the hearth to share these wintry tales. Drawn from countries and cultures all around...
1st - 6th
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Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

Written by Irene Latham & Charles Waters and Illustrated by Sean Qualls
A collection of poems that looks at the experience of race through fifth graders Irene Latham, who...
3rd - 6th
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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Written by Marley Dias

Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make...

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Now or Never!—54th Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery

Written by Ray Anthony Shepard

Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history...

5th - 12th
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Anne of Green Gables

Written by L. M. Montgomery
When Anne Shirley, an orphan, is adopted by brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, she...
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