Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
3rd Grade Reading
ND spicey kids shine!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Women's History Month
ND spicey kids shine!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Women's History Month
Description
Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans.
Author
Language
English
Description
Rumple Buttercup--with his green skin, five crooked teeth, three hairs, and slightly disproportional feet--is weird, and he knows it. Together with Candy Corn Carl--his imaginary friend constructed out of trash--Rumple Buttercup sets out on adventures where they both will learn the joys of individuality and how good it is to belong to something bigger.
3) Cannonball
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Diverse Books- Pasifika Peoples, Pacific Islanders, Polynesia, and Indigenous Peoples of Oceania
Pacific Islander: Children's Books
Pacific Islander: Children's Books
Formats
Description
Determined to execute the perfect cannonball dive, a boy tries to follow everyone's advice but finally hears Nan, an expert and former champion, who advises doing it his own way
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Books with a Sprinkle of Spanish
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Description
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Julián and his abuela are going to a wedding. Better yet, Julián is in the wedding. Weddings have flowers and kissing and dancing and cake. And this wedding also has a new friend named Marisol. It's not long before Julián and Marisol set off for some magic and mischief of their own, and when things take an unexpected turn, the pair learns that everything is easier with a good friend by your side"--
7) A normal pig
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom, about diversity and difference."--Amazon.com.
9) Patchwork
Author
Language
English
Description
"An ode to the richly varied tapestry of experiences and identities that make every child unique"--
12) Fancy Nancy
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
16) Rock what ya got
Author
Language
English
Description
An artist, displeased with her drawing, tries to make it better but the figure, Viva, comes to life and proclaims that she is happy just as she is.--
17) What can I be?
Author
Language
English
Description
A young girl wonders what she can be as she tries on different costumes from her dress-up box, and finds that being herself is the best choice.
18) Goat cheese
Author
Language
English
Description
Nan Goat and her friends decide to express their own style in their school picture, but they have trouble settling down long enough to pose. Includes facts about goats.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
1st Grade Reading
Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Description
"The possibilities are endless in this uplifting ode to the power of potential. With lyrical text by bestselling author Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and images by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt -- the team behind CreativeSoul Photography -- each page of The Me I Choose To Be is an immersive call for self-love that highlights the inherent beauty of all Black and brown children. "--
Author
Language
English
Description
Harry Hammer is a hammerhead shark, although he'd rather be a great white shark, or a tiger shark--anything but himself. But when a class trip to a famous shipwreck almost ends in disaster for Harry and his pals, he realizes the importance of being exactly who he is!