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Back to School

By: Maya Ajmera
Illustrated by:
 John D. Ivanko
ISBN: 9781580898379
Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Daria Solak
ISBN: 9781786037602
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different

Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different

By: Ben Brooks
Illustrated by:
 Quinton Wintor
ISBN: 9780762468553
The Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11’s Third Man

The Far Side of the Moon

By: Alex Irvine
Illustrated by:
 Ben Bishop
ISBN: 9780884487593
David Bowie (Little People, Big Dreams)

David Bowie (Little People, Big Dreams)

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Ana Albero
ISBN: 9781786033321
The Space Race

The Space Race

By: Sarah Cruddas
ISBN: 9781465481450
Enemy Child

Enemy Child

By: Andrea Warren
ISBN: 9780823441518
DK Life Stories: Florence Nightingale

DK Life Stories

By: Kitson Jazynka
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Ager
ISBN: 9781465478436
Tippy Finds a Home

Tippy Finds a Home

By: Mary Beth Stevens
Illustrated by:
 Susan Spellman
ISBN: 9781942155201
Yay! You’re Gay! Now What

Yay! You’re Gay! Now What

By: Riyadh Khalaf
Illustrated by:
 Melissa McFeeters
ISBN: 9781786033659
I Am a Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times

I Am a Feminist

By: Monique Polak
ISBN: 9781459818927
Sparky & Spike: Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever

Sparky & Spike

By: Barbara Lowell
Illustrated by:
 Dan Andreasen
ISBN: 9781944903589
Children of the First People: Fresh Voices of Alaska’s Native Kids

Children of the First People

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Roy Corral
ISBN: 9781513261973
O Captain, My Captain

O Captain, My Captain

By: Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by:
 Sterling Hundley
ISBN: 9781419733581
How to Become an Accidental Genius

How to Become an Accidental Genius

By: Elizabeth MacLeod & Frieda Wishinshky
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Playford
ISBN: 9781459816763
Kids Who Are Changing the World

Kids Who Are Changing the World

By: Anne Jankeliowitch
ISBN: 9781402295324
Recess at 20 Below

Recess at 20 Below

By: Cindy Lou Aillaud
Illustrated by:
 Cindy Lou Aillaud
ISBN: 9781513261911
Children of the First People: Fresh Voices of Alaska’s Native Kids

Children of the First People

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Roy Corral
ISBN: 9781513261973
Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Danny Popovici
ISBN: 9781939547347
Aya: Life in Yop City

Aya

By: Marguerite Abouet, Helge Dascher (Translator)
Illustrated by:
 Clément Oubrerie
ISBN: 9781770460928
Painting in the Dark

Painting in the Dark

By: Rachelle Burk
Illustrated by:
 Claudia Gadotti
ISBN: 9781943431151
Blame This on the Boogie

Blame This on the Boogie

By: Rina Ayuyang
ISBN: 9781770463189
Poppies of Iraq

Poppies of Iraq

By: Brigitte Findakly
Illustrated by:
 Lewis Trondheim
ISBN: 9781770462939
Dear America Young Readers’ Edition

Dear America Young Readers’ Edition

By: Jose Antonio Vargas
ISBN: 9780062914590
Papa Francisco: Creador de puentes

Papa Francisco

By: Emma Otheguy
Illustrated by:
 Oliver Dominguez
ISBN: 9781547600137
Nonfiction, 4-6, Spanish
Pope Francis: Builder of Bridges

Pope Francis

By: Emma Otheguy
Illustrated by:
 Oliver Dominguez
ISBN: 9781681195605
Danza!

Danza!

By: Duncan Tonatiuh
Illustrated by:
 Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419725326
DK Life Stories: Nelson Mandela

DK Life Stories

By: Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Ager
ISBN: 9781465484000
Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story

Lailah’s Lunchbox

By: Reem Faruqi
Illustrated by:
 Lea Lyon
ISBN: 9780884484318
Welcome to Country: A Traditional Aboriginal Ceremony

Welcome to Country

By: Aunty Joy Murphy
Illustrated by:
 Aunty Joy Murphy
ISBN: 9780763694999
DK Life Stories: Gandhi

DK Life Stories

By: Diane Bailey
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Ager
ISBN: 9781465478429
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Planting Stories

By: Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrated by:
 Paola Escobar
ISBN: 9780062748683
Two Brothers, Four Hands: The Artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti

Two Brothers, Four Hands

By: Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Illustrated by:
 Hadley Hooper
ISBN: 9780823441709
Stonewall Riots

Stonewall Riots

By: Gayle E Pitman
ISBN: 9781419737206
Dreamers

Dreamers

By: Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823440559
Nonfiction, 4-6, Spanish
It’s Trevor Noah: Born A Crime

It’s Trevor Noah

By: Trevor Noah
ISBN: 9780525582168
Sweet Dreams, Sarah

Sweet Dreams, Sarah

By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
 Chris Ewald
ISBN: 9781939547316
Finding the Speed of Light: The 1676 Discovery that Dazzled the World

Finding the Speed of Light

By: Mark Weston
Illustrated by:
 Rebecca Evans
ISBN: 9780884485476
Gloria Takes a Stand: How Gloria Steinem Listened, Wrote, and Changed the World

Gloria Takes a Stand

By: Jessica M. Rinker
Illustrated by:
 Daria Peoples-Riley
ISBN: 9781681196763
Martin & Anne, the Kindred Spirits of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank

Martin & Anne, the Kindred Spirits of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547538
Two Men and a Car: Franklin Roosevelt, Al Capone, and a Cadillac V-8

Two Men and a Car

By: Michael Garland
Illustrated by:
 Michael Garland
ISBN: 9780884486206
Dreaming in Code

Dreaming in Code

By: Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 9780763693565
A Suitcase of Seaweed & MORE

A Suitcase of Seaweed & MORE

By: Janet Wong
ISBN: 9781937057336
A Green Place to Be

A Green Place to Be

By: Ashley Benham Yazdani
Illustrated by:
 Ashley Benham Yazdani
ISBN: 9780763696955
Big Book of Knowledge

Big Book of Knowledge

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465480415
Dear America Young Readers’ Edition

Dear America Young Readers’ Edition

By: Jose Antonio Vargas
ISBN: 9780062914590
Work It, Girl: J. K. Rowling

Work It, Girl

By: Caroline Moss
Illustrated by:
 Sinem Erkas
ISBN: 9781786034694
Doctor Esperanto

Doctor Esperanto

By: Mara Rockliff
Illustrated by:
 Zosia Dzierzawska
ISBN: 9780763689155
Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women

Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women

By: Aitziber Lopez
Illustrated by:
 Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781786037053
Hedy and Her Amazing Invention

Hedy and Her Amazing Invention

By: Jan Wahl
Illustrated by:
 Morgana Wallace
ISBN: 9780998799995
Away with Words: The Daring Story of Isabella Bird

Away with Words

By: Lori Mortensen
Illustrated by:
 Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781682630051
Wilma’s Way Home

Wilma’s Way Home

By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
 Linda Kukuk
ISBN: 9781484747186
Feminism Is…

Feminism Is…

By: DK; foreword by Roxanne Gay
ISBN: 9781465479556
St. Patrick’s Journey

St. Patrick’s Journey

By: Calee M. Lee
Illustrated by:
 Jacob Lee & Calee M. Lee
ISBN: 9781532411298
DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson

DK Life Stories

By: Ebony Joy Wilkins
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Ager
ISBN: 9781465479129
Carter Reads the Newspaper

Carter Reads the Newspaper

By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781561459346
Superheroes Are Everywhere

Superheroes Are Everywhere

By: Kamala Harris
Illustrated by:
 Mechal Renee Roe
ISBN: 9781984837493
Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse

Ode to an Onion

By: Alexandria Giardino
Illustrated by:
 Felicita Sala
ISBN: 9781944903343
Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Danny Popovici
ISBN: 9781939547347
The Sound of All Things

The Sound of All Things

By: Myron Uhlberg
Illustrated by:
 Ted Papoulas
ISBN: 9781561458332
Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-Tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens

Hawk Mother

By: Kara Hagedorn
ISBN: 9780988330375
This Promise of Change

This Promise of Change

By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
ISBN: 9781681198521
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Poet

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781682630624
She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think

She Did It!

By: Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrated by:
 Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 9781368019910
Struttin’ With Some Barbeque: Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz

Struttin’ With Some Barbeque

By: Patricia Hruby Powell
Illustrated by:
 Rachel Himes
ISBN: 9781580897402
Mallko and Dad

Mallko and Dad

By: Gusti
ISBN: 9781592702596
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History

Frederick Douglass

By: Walter Dean Myers
Illustrated by:
 Floyd Cooper
ISBN: 9780060277093
Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Beatrice Cerocchi
ISBN: 9781786032317
Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith’s Race to Complete Amelia Earhart’s Quest

Aim for the Skies

By: Aimee Bissonette
Illustrated by:
 Doris Ettlinger
ISBN: 9781585363810
Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History

Girl Squads

By: Sam Maggs
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Woodall
ISBN: 9781683690726
Nonfiction, Teen, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars

Kid Scientists

By: David Stabler
Illustrated by:
 Anoosha Syed
ISBN: 9781683690740
Hey, Kiddo!

Hey, Kiddo!

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
ISBN: 9780545902472
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by:
 Eric-Shabazz Larkin
ISBN: 9780983661535
Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix

Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
 Man One
ISBN: 9780983661597
Believarexic

Believarexic

By: J.J. Johnson
ISBN: 9781561457717
Giving Up Giving Up: The Memoir of a Quitter

Giving Up Giving Up

By: Abigail Gazda
ISBN: 9781943493173
The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins

The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins

By: Lester L. Laminack
Illustrated by:
 Constance R. Bergum
ISBN: 9781682630631
Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-ins

Someday Is Now

By: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Illustrated by:
 Jade Johnson
ISBN: 9781633224988
Skyward

Skyward

By: Salley Deng
Illustrated by:
 Sally Deng
ISBN: 9781911171881
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery

House of Dreams

By: Liz Rosenberg
Illustrated by:
 Julie Morstad
ISBN: 9780763660574
Inventors, Makers, Barrier Breakers

Inventors, Makers, Barrier Breakers

By: Pendred Noyce
ISBN: 9781943431427
The People Awards

The People Awards

By: Ana Albero
Illustrated by:
 Lily Murray
ISBN: 9781786030641
National Geographic Readers: Vikings

National Geographic Readers

By: Libby Romero
ISBN: 9781426332180
Aya: Life in Yop City

Aya

By: Marguerite Abouet
Illustrated by:
 Clement Oubrerie
ISBN: 9781770460928
Poppies of Iraq

Poppies of Iraq

By: Brigitte Findakly
Illustrated by:
 Lewis Trondheim
ISBN: 9781770462939
Something New

Something New

By: Lucy Knisley
ISBN: 9781626722491
Real Friends

Real Friends

By: Shannon Hale
Illustrated by:
 LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9781626727854
Sanpaku

Sanpaku

By: Kate Gavino
Illustrated by:
 Kate Gavino
ISBN: 9781684152100
Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth

Voces Sin Fronteras

By: Latin American Youth Center
Illustrated by:
 Writers
ISBN: 9781945434662
Spinning

Spinning

By: Tillie Walden
Illustrated by:
 Tillie Walden
ISBN: 9781626729407
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

Brazen

By: Pénélope Bagieu
Illustrated by:
 Pénélope Bagieu
ISBN: 9781626728691
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Be Prepared

Be Prepared

By: Vera Brosgol
Illustrated by:
 Vera Brosgol
ISBN: 9781626724457
Honor Girl

Honor Girl

By: Maggie Thrash
Illustrated by:
 Maggie Thrash
ISBN: 9780763673826
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
One Hundred Demons

One Hundred Demons

By: Lynda Barry
ISBN: 9781770462779
Voces Sin Fronteras

Voces Sin Fronteras

By: Latin American Youth Center Writers
ISBN: 9781945434662
Muhammad Ali Visual Encyclopedia

Muhammad Ali Visual Encyclopedia

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465473462
Grandad Mandela

Grandad Mandela

By: Zindzi, Zazi, and Ziwelene Mandela
Illustrated by:
 Sean Qualls
ISBN: 9781786031365
Rosa’s Animals

Rosa’s Animals

By: Maryann Madonald
ISBN: 9781419728501
Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail

Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail

By: Jennifer Thermes
Illustrated by:
 Jennifer Thermes
ISBN: 9781419728396
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