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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors

Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld and Illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford
As they fix up their new house, Herbie and his sister discover how many things that we use every day...
3rd - 7th

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer and Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
A boy in a drought-ravaged village in Africa wonders how things work. Teaching himself English from...
1st - 5th

Marching With Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage

Written by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
It’s 1896, and women in America don’t have the right to vote in elections. Follow along with one...
1st - 5th

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaking Stream of Inventions

Written by Chris Barton and Illustrated by Don Tate
As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built a...
2nd - 5th

The Youngest Marcher

Written by Cynthia Levinson and Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963...
K - 5th

The Night Diary

Written by Veera Hiranandani
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition...
3rd - 7th

Us, In Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos

Written by Lulu Delacre
A dynamic short story collection that focuses on and delves into the nuances of the lives of young...
3rd - 7th

Dara's Clever Trap

Written by Liz Flanagan and Illustrated by Martina Peluso
Meet a cunning princess who is known for her brains, not her beauty. Dara uses her talent as an...
K - 6th

Mama Panya's Pancakes

Written by Mary and Rich Chamberlin and Illustrated by Julia Cairns
On market day, Mama Panya's son Adika invites everyone he sees to a pancake dinner. How will Mama...
K - 5th

Princess of the Springs

Written by Mary Finch and Illustrated by Martina Peluso
A brave young princess sets out on a dangerous adventure to rescue both her mother and her baby son...
K - 6th

Wild Swans

Written by Xanthe Gresham Knight and Illustrated by Charlotte Gastaut
Young Eliza and her eleven brothers’ lives are transformed when a plague ravages the Kingdom of the...
K - 5th

Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki and Illustrated by Dom Lee
For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...
K - 6th

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