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• Girls on the Rise

  Gorman, Amanda, 1998-

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  Who are we? We are a billion voices, bright and brave; we are light, standing together in the fight. Girls are strong and powerful alone, but even stronger when they work to uplift one another. In this galvanizing original poem by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jollof Day

  Mensah, Bernard (Children's author),

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  A father and son joyfully make Jollof, a traditional West African dish, for their family.

• On Our Way! What a Day!

  Brown-Wood, JaNay,

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  In rhyming text, siblings search for the perfect birthday gift for their grandmother.

• Saturday Morning at the 'shop

  Jones, Keenan,

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  Spend Saturday morning at the barbershop in this upbeat celebration of the spaces and places that bring communities together.

• Wash Day With Mama

  Mikai, Monica,

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  A girl tells us about how she spends Sundays with her mother, while her mom washes her hair and gives her advice on life.

• And She Was Loved

  Toni Morrison's Life in Stories

  Pinkney, Andrea Davis,

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  A picture book biography of Toni Morrison.

• Forever and Always

  Thurman, Brittany,

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  Exploring the day-to-day life of a young Black child and her family, this lyrical picture book centers around Olivia, who, worrying about her father while he's at work, anxiously awaits his return, knowing that when he gets home, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Getting Us to Grandma's

  Hohn, Nadia L.,

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  No one knows maps like Nikki -- but can she get her family to Grandma's house in time? Nikki's family is preparing for a long road trip from Toronto to the Bronx to attend Uncle Travis's wedding. They pack their suitcases, boxes of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  From Colin Kaepernick to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Benjamin Crump, Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's is a picture book celebration of Black history and excellence from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Carole Boston…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Sing a Song

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  Combines playful text with inventive artwork to encourage readers to celebrate the magic of discovering their very own song in the world around them and singing it.

• Missing Momma

  Bingham, Winsome,

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  When a young girl's veteran mother returns home a changed person, the mindful daughter seeks to ease her Momma's melancholy and recapture the joy they once shared.

• My Afro Is a Rising Sun

  Yahu, Yaram,

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  Celebrates Black hair and heritage through the lens of a young boy and his afro.

• Our Joyful Noise

  Davis, Gabriele,

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  Follows a Black family through a week of shared moments and simple pleasures, woven through with lyrics from beloved spirituals and songs.

• A Boy and His Mirror

  Davis, Marchánt,

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  A boy's mirror gives him a whole new way of seeing himself.

• All Aboard the Schooltrain

  a Little Story From the Great Migration

  Armand, Glenda,

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  During the Great Migration in 1930's Louisiana, eight-year-old Jenny tries to understand why a man named Jim Crow is making trouble for her family.

• An American Story

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson.

• Boy Dad

  Williams, Sean, 1967-

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  Celebrating fathers who raise, love, and uplift little men, this picture book shows how there's nothing a dad won't do for his favorite boy.

• The Green Piano

  How Little Me Found Music

  Flack, Roberta,

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  Legendary singer Roberta Flack reflects on her early childhood and her love of music.

• I Want to Be Big!

  Golden, Tiffany,

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  Jaiceon's wish to be bigger starts out as a grand adventure of fantastical grown-up fun, but as he grows, the situation grows out of control along with him, and he starts to wonder if being small was not so bad after all.

• Jump In!

  Strickland, Shadra,

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  Celebrates a community coming together through their love of double Dutch.