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Radiant child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
A picture book and Coretta Scott King Award winner by Javaka Steptoe. Also, winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal about artist...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20212 min read
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Sulwe
A Coretta Scott King Honor book by Lupita Nyong’o and illustrator Vashti Harrison. Also, a New York Times bestseller and has its own...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20212 min read
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Beautiful Blackbird
A picture book and Coretta Scott King Award winner by writer and illustrator Ashley Bryan. The colors are stimulating and radiant, which...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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I Am Enough
A picture book and Coretta Scott King award winner from Grace Byers and illustrator Keturah A. Bobo. I Am Enough is a poem and picture...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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When Angels Sing: The story of rock legend Carlos Santana
A picture book by Mahin Michael and illustrator Jose Ramirez that won a 2019 Pura Belpre award.. The drawings in When Angels Sing are...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Dancing hands: How Teresa Carreño Played Piano for President Lincoln
A picture book and Pura Belpre winner by illustrator Rafael Lopez and author Magarita Engle. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
A Pura Belpre winner picture book illustrated by Yuyi Morales and written by Kathleen Krull. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Sal & Gabi: Break the Universe
A Pura Belpre Award winner by writer and illustrator Carlos Hernandez. This fiction book is given positive reviews by Booklist, School...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Just a minute! A trickster Tale and Counting Book.
A picture book by Yuyi Morales that won the Pura Belpre award for Latina writer and illustrator. The illustrations and colors depict...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Front Desk
A fiction book written by Kelly Yang about an eight-year-old named Mia Tang who helps her parents run a motel. Mia is from China and is...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
A picture book by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith is a twist on the story The Three Little Pigs. The story is about Alexander...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
A non-fiction book of ten stories about students at Latimer Middle School. Each story is within ten blocks of the school and ends with...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Your Place in the Universe
A non-fiction book by Jason Chin about the universe and our place in it. The book starts off comparing the largest living and non-living...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
A fiction book from Grace Lin set in China about Minli who is seeking the Old Man of the Moon. She lives in the Village of Fruitless...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Tar Beach
A picture book written and illustrated by Faith Ringgold about a little girl named Cassie that can fly. She flies all over the city above...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Peter's Chair
A picture book by Ezra Jack Keats about a little boy who is getting a new baby sister. Parents will enjoy reading this book to children...
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Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Today is Monday
A picture book by author Eric Carle about the culinary delights of various animals every day of the week. Monday is string beans, which...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
A picture book and Caldecott Medal winner by Dan Santat is about an imaginary friend living on an island far away where imaginary friends...
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Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Bud, Not Buddy
A fiction book written by Christopher Paul Curtis that follows the life of a boy named Bud Caldwell. It takes place in the 1930s during...
Stevens Kahn
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Family Pictures
A picture book from writer and illustrator Carmen Lomas Garza about life growing up in Kingsville, Texas a place located in South Texas...
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Nov 12, 20211 min read
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