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1) Triangle
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Triangle plots to play a trick on his friend Square that's sure to make him jump. Triangle travels from his own neighborhood composed of triangular homes to Square's home--a square house surrounded by other square homes. Triangle's hissing snake sound has the terrifying effect he hoped it would. But when Square chases Triangle home and traps him in his dark house by wedging himself in the doorway--and becoming hopelessly stuck--it's hard to tell who...
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Banned and Challenged Children's Books of the 2020's
Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
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Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
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Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.
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Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
Books to Inspire Creativity
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Books to Inspire Creativity
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
6) Outside in
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.
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Banned and Challenged Children's Books of the 2020's
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.
9) Du iz tak?
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Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?
11) The book hog
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The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.
13) Remember
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"Picture book adaptation of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem, Remember."-- Provided by publisher.
14) Giant squid
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"A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books to Inspire Creativity
Caldecott Award Books
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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Caldecott Award Books
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
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Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers...
16) Sulwe
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Black History Month
Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
17) Wintergarden
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Growing and harvesting an herb garden can be fun and oh so satisfying--even in the dead of winter.
18) Niblet & Ralph
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Niblet and Ralph may look a lot alike, but they are very different. Niblet loves noshing on crunchy potato chips. Ralph loves putting on headphones and jamming to his favorite records. But both cats have one thing in common- They love being friends and waving to each other from their windows across the courtyard of the apartment building they live in. One day, Niblet and Ralph decide it's time to meet in person (or in cat?). But when they mistakenly...
19) Bear snores on
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On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
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April Showers, Spring Flowers
Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
When Winter Comes
Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
When Winter Comes
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Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.