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"Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud board book series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way. Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven board book offers clear, concrete language and beautiful imagery that young children...
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Edwina is well-known in her neighborhood, she plays with kids, she bakes delicious chocolate chip cookies and helps old ladies cross the street. She is well-loved by everyone except for one person: Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. He knows for a fact that dinosaurs are extinct and tries to convince everyone that they are. What happens when Edwina finds out?
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Kitty-corn volume 1
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Celebrating Differences
Graded Summer - Picture Books
Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
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Graded Summer - Picture Books
Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
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Kitty, who looks like a kitten yet feels she is actually a unicorn, begins to doubt herself as others ridicule her, until she meets a unicorn that helps her discover and embrace who she is.
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
Little Black Library
Talking with Children About Racism
Black History Month - Youth
Little Black Library
Talking with Children About Racism
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are, and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait, what? Shay's sister,...
5) Remember
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2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
Indigenous People's Month Children
Native American Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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Indigenous People's Month Children
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"Picture book adaptation of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem, Remember"--
6) Big
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2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
2024 Youth Media Award Winners
Body Positive Picture Books
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2024 Youth Media Award Winners
Body Positive Picture Books
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Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
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Infernal devices volume 2
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As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shape changer Tessa Gray works with the London Shadow hunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past.
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Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.
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Leah Burke is an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom; her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she's bisexual, she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends-- not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. When her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways, it's hard for Leah to strike the right note. And with prom and...
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A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
11) You are a story
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"An empowering reflection on the many things we are and the ways we relate to the world"--
12) Amina's voice
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2024 Women's History Month for Kids
AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
AANHPI Grade School
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
AANHPI Grade School
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"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
14) Rick
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2023 Caudill List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Celebrate Pride Month
Chapter Books & Graphic Novels About Coming Out 2023
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Celebrate Pride Month
Chapter Books & Graphic Novels About Coming Out 2023
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Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
15) My powerful hair
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Indigenous People's Month Children
Native American Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Native American Heritage Month (picture books)
Native American Heritage Month 2023: Kids
Native American Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Native American Heritage Month (picture books)
Native American Heritage Month 2023: Kids
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After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.
16) Memory maze
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The hypnotists volume 2
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Jackson Opus and his family have been forced into hiding because his identity as a powerful young hypnotist has been leaked out--but his enemy Dr. Mako is still out to find him to use his mesmerizing skills for evil purposes.
17) Youngbloods
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"Frey has spent her life in a family of deceivers, a stand-in for her sister, manipulated at her father's command. Free from them at last, she is finding her own voice -- and using it to question everything her family stood for. Tally was once the most famous rebel in the world. But for over a decade, she's kept to the shadows, allowing her myth to grow even as she receded. Now she sees that the revolution she led has not created a stable world. Freedom,...
18) Patchwork
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"An ode to the richly varied tapestry of experiences and identities that make every child unique"--
19) Are you a cow?
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Readers respond to a chicken's questions about different animals and learn how great it is to just be themselves.
20) Openly straight
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Openly straight volume 1
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Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
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