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A Child’s Introduction to Poetry (Revised and Updated)
By: Michael Driscoll
Illustrated by:
Meredith Hamilton
Meredith Hamilton
ISBN: 9780762469109
Nonfiction, Illustrated Prose, 9–12, History
Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature
By: Caroline Brewer
Illustrated by:
Caroline Brewer
Caroline Brewer
ISBN: 9781804661444
Nonfiction, Poetry / Stories in Verse, 7–9, Biography / Memoir
Rondo: The Renaissance
By: Dr. Artika Tyner, Isaiah Allen et al
ISBN: 9798896050148
Nonfiction, Poetry / Stories in Verse, All ages, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Saint Nicholas the Giftgiver: The History and Legends of the Real Santa Claus
By: Ned Bustard
Illustrated by:
Ned Bustard
Ned Bustard
ISBN: 9781514001806
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 5–7, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Saint Patrick the Forgiver: The History and Legends of Ireland’s Bishop
By: Ned Bustard
Illustrated by:
Ned Bustard
Ned Bustard
ISBN: 9781514007242
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 5–7, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Saint Valentine the Kindhearted: The History and Legends of God’s Brave and Loving Servant
By: Ned Bustard
Illustrated by:
Ned Bustard
Ned Bustard
ISBN: 9781514008768
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 5–7, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
This Is Not A Small Voice
By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
Jade Orlando
Jade Orlando
ISBN: 9798887772042
Fiction, Poetry / Stories in Verse, 9–12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Aya: An Anthology of Racial Justice, Healing and the Black Experience
By: Dr. Artika Tyner, Veronica Chapman et al
ISBN: 9798896050087
Nonfiction, Poetry / Stories in Verse, All ages, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
America Celebrates
By: Aubre Andrus
ISBN: 9780760398609
Nonfiction, Illustrated Prose, 9–12, History
Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism
By: Kristina Wong, Theodore Chao, Anna Michelle Wang, Jenessa Joffee
Illustrated by:
Shehzil Malik
Shehzil Malik
ISBN: 9781506496412
Nonfiction, Illustrated Prose, 9–12, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Hands: Builders Of Our Nation
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9798217031856
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 5–7, History
Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters: A Graphic Memoir
By: Yevgenia Nayberg
Illustrated by:
Yevgenia Nayberg
Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9780823460588
Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, 9–12, Biography / Memoir
R is for Rondo
By: Dr. Artika Tyner and Jacklyn Milton
Illustrated by:
Reyhana Ismail
Reyhana Ismail
ISBN: 9798896050230
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 7–9, Places / Travel
She Before Me
By: Wisdom Mawusi
Illustrated by:
Reyhana Ismail
Reyhana Ismail
ISBN: 9798896050247
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 7–9, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Soccerology
By: Kevin Sylvester
ISBN: 9781834020655
Nonfiction, Illustrated Prose, 9–12, Sports / Games / Recreation
Unbreakable
By: Minoru Tonai and Jolene Gutiérrez
Illustrated by:
Chris Sasaki
Chris Sasaki
ISBN: 9781419772894
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 3–5, Biography / Memoir
Where’s Dragon in His Castle?: A Search and Find Back in Time
By: David MacPhail
Illustrated by:
Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Mariana Ruiz Johnson
ISBN: 9781917366977
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 5–7, History
Why Trust a Scientist: Shared Knowledge for a Bright Future
By: Kate MacDonald
Illustrated by:
Teddy Kang
Teddy Kang
ISBN: 9781459842106
Nonfiction, Illustrated Prose, 9–12, Science / Nature
Of Thee I Sing: Poems that Celebrate Our American Spirit
By: Ryan G. Van Cleave
ISBN: 9781638192350
Nonfiction, Poetry / Stories in Verse, 7–9, Classics
Piece by Piece: How Stephen Sondheim Made Musical Puzzles Come Alive
By: Erin Frankel
Illustrated by:
Stacy Innerst
Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781662680953
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 7–9, Art / Performing Arts
Curious Coffins and Riveting Rituals
By: YY Liak
ISBN: 9781797230047
Nonfiction, Illustrated Prose, Teen (12+), Death / Grief / Loss
The President Sang Amazing Grace
By: Zoe Mulford
Illustrated by:
Jeff Scher
Jeff Scher
ISBN: 9781944903848
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 5–7, Death / Grief / Loss
The Unofficial Guide to the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife
By: Sophie Berger
Illustrated by:
Laura Windstone
Laura Windstone
ISBN: 9781800660120
Nonfiction, Picture Book, 7–9, History
Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality
By: Jeff Gottesfeld & Michelle Y. Green
Illustrated by:
Kim Holt
Kim Holt
ISBN: 9781954354333
Nonfiction, 9–12, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses That Saved America
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Jenn Harney
Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781662680434
Nonfiction, 9–12, Picture Book, History
Rachel Carson’s Wonder-Filled World: How the Scientist, Writer, and Nature Lover Changed the Enviornmental Movement
By: Kate Hannigan
Illustrated by:
Kate Hickey
Kate Hickey
ISBN: 9781662680571
Nonfiction, 9–12, Picture Book, Science / Nature
Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t
By: Sarah Albee
Illustrated by:
Chris Hsu
Chris Hsu
ISBN: 9781623544324
Nonfiction, 9–12, Picture Book, Math
White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-Ups
By: Gail Jarrow
ISBN: 9781662681035
Nonfiction, 9–12, Prose, History
American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters and The Mysterious Fad that Haunted a Nation
By: Barb Rosenstock
ISBN: 9781635928051
Nonfiction, Teen (12+), Prose, History
The Art of Drag
By: Jake Hall
Illustrated by:
Sofie Birkin, Helen Li, and Jasjyot Singh Hans
Sofie Birkin, Helen Li, and Jasjyot Singh Hans
ISBN: 9781838749767
Nonfiction, Teen (12+), Picture Book, LGBTQIA+
Fortune Cookies for Everyone!: The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat
By: Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by:
Collen Kong-Savage
Collen Kong-Savage
ISBN: 9781636551593
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Cultural Diversity
The Lost Women of Science
By: Melina Gerosa Bellows and Katie Hafner
Illustrated by:
Karyn Lee
Karyn Lee
ISBN: 9780593896716
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis
By: Erin McGuire
Illustrated by:
Erin McGuire
Erin McGuire
ISBN: 9781534466173
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
The ABCs of Women’s History
By: Rio Cortez
Illustrated by:
Lauren Semmer
Lauren Semmer
ISBN: 9781523523290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown: A Picture Book
By: Nydia Armendia-Sánchez
Illustrated by:
Loris Lora
Loris Lora
ISBN: 9781949480351
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Make Good Trouble
By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
ISBN: 9780744092196
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities
By: Patricia Morris Buckley
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9780063046979
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Are We There Yet?: The First Road Trip Across the USA
By: Stacy McAnulty
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781665937474
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing after World War II
By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
Boris Kulikov
Boris Kulikov
ISBN: 9781547608027
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Max in the Land of Lies
By: Adam Gidwitz
ISBN: 9780593112113
Fiction, 7-12, Prose, Historical Fiction
The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods
By: Mia Wenjen
Illustrated by:
Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
ISBN: 9781636551319
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Food / Cooking
Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped
By: Kyle Lukoff
Illustrated by:
Levi Hastings
Levi Hastings
ISBN: 9781665931663
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses That Saved America
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Jenn Harney
Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781662680434
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World (A Picture Book Biography)
By: James Howe
Illustrated by:
Jack Wong
Jack Wong
ISBN: 9781419755217
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Vanished: Seven Women Magicians Who Simply Disappeared
By: Anna Hays
Illustrated by:
Mary Kate McDevitt
Mary Kate McDevitt
ISBN: 9780593712559
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
ISBN: 9780063218901
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Girls with Goals
By: Clelia Castro-Malaspina
ISBN: 9781836001898
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story
By: Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger
Illustrated by:
Michelle Theodore
Michelle Theodore
ISBN: 9781773219851
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
We Are American, Too
By: Kristen Mei Chase
Illustrated by:
Jieting Chen
Jieting Chen
ISBN: 9780374390211
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World
By: Rachel Lancashire
Illustrated by:
Jenny Zemanek
Jenny Zemanek
ISBN: 9781419766831
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln
By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
Sally Wern Comport
Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781635928235
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
One Girl’s Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land
By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Gibbon
Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781662680458
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Where Are the Women?: The Girl Scouts’ Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park
By: Janice Hechter
Illustrated by:
Janice Hechter
Janice Hechter
ISBN: 9781643713809
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Bittersweet: Based on the True Tale of the Berlin Candy Bombers
By: Christy Mandin
Illustrated by:
Christy Mandin
Christy Mandin
ISBN: 9781665960588
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The History of We
By: Nikkolas Smith
Illustrated by:
Nikkolas Smith
Nikkolas Smith
ISBN: 9780593619681
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS
By: Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Adapted by Eric S. Singer
ISBN: 9780593856451
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau
By: Ned Wolfe
Illustrated by:
Caroline Hu
Caroline Hu
ISBN: 9780593385647
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
Black Hair Can: The Roots of Our Roots
By: Sylvia Rodriguez
Illustrated by:
Sylvia Rodriguez
Sylvia Rodriguez
ISBN: 9781623545901
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Hopeful Heroes: More Poems about Amazing Latinos
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Juliet Menéndez
Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250313942
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi, and His Journey Home
By: N. H. Senzai
Illustrated by:
Anna Rich
Anna Rich
ISBN: 9781984816986
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels
By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Livi Gosling
Livi Gosling
ISBN: 9781728297781
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
CLIMATE: How Wladimir Köppen Studied Weather and Drew the First Climate Map
By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
Peter Willis
Peter Willis
ISBN: 9781629443058
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, History
The House on the Canal
By: Thomas Harding
Illustrated by:
Britta Teckentrup
Britta Teckentrup
ISBN: 9781536240702
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Putin vs Zelensky: The Russo-Ukranian War
By: Ben Thompson
ISBN: 9781250339560
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, Biography / Memoir
The World Entire: A True Story of Extraordinary World War II Rescue
By: Elizabeth Brown
Illustrated by:
Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón
ISBN: 9781452170985
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools
By: Debbie Levy
ISBN: 9781547612215
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
How the U.S. Government Works: A Kid’s Guide to Civics
By: Syl Sobel J.D.
ISBN: 9781464229992
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Chapter Book, Government / Politics / Law
Rap It Up!
By: Carole Boston Weatherford & Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Ernel Martinez
Ernel Martinez
ISBN: 9781250833570
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story
By: Tova Friedman
ISBN: 9780063381544
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How it Shaped America
By: Clint Smith, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul
ISBN: 9780316578509
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
Returning the Sword: How a Japanese Sword of War Became a Symbol of Friendship and Peace
By: Caren Stelson
Illustrated by:
Amanda Yoshida
Amanda Yoshida
ISBN: 9798765611531
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dig!
By: Ruth Hatfield
Illustrated by:
Sophia Watts
Sophia Watts
ISBN: 9780711295681
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
A Hug Like Michelle’s, a Voice Like Beyoncé’s: A Picture Book
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Savanna Durr
Savanna Durr
ISBN: 9781419771507
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Rise Up!: 25 Powerful Protests in American History
By: Rachel C. Katz
Illustrated by:
Sophie Bass
Sophie Bass
ISBN: 9798888593684
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (A Picture Book)
By: Nancy Johnson James
Illustrated by:
Diana Ejaita
Diana Ejaita
ISBN: 9781951836535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
If You Were a Kid at the March on Washington
By: Aaron Talley and Josh Gregory
Illustrated by:
Ana Latese
Ana Latese
ISBN: 9781546136231
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher
By: Ruby Bridges
Illustrated by:
Trudy Tran
Trudy Tran
ISBN: 9781338753943
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre
By: Livia Blackburne
Illustrated by:
Nicole Xu
Nicole Xu
ISBN: 9798765627228
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
It’s About Time!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #6 (A Nonfiction Graphic Novel)
By: Don Brown
Illustrated by:
Don Brown
Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419773310
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Graphic Novel, History
The Sandy Lake Tragedy: Following in the Footsteps of the Ojibwe
By: Emily Faith Johnson
ISBN: 9798875206139
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, History
Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality
By: Jeff Gottesfeld and Michelle Y. Green
Illustrated by:
Kim Holt
Kim Holt
ISBN: 9781954354333
Nonfiction, 4-6, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Lady of the Lines: How Maria Reiche Saved the Nazca Lines by Sweeping the Desert
By: Michaela Maccoll
Illustrated by:
Elisa Chavarri
Elisa Chavarri
ISBN: 9781662620096
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II
By: Tonya Abari
Illustrated by:
Lance Evans
Lance Evans
ISBN: 9780063265769
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Fighter in the Woods: The True Story of a Jewish Girl who Joined the Partisans in World War II
By: Joshua M. Greene
ISBN: 9781546135852
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Prose, History
The Library in the Woods
By: Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9781541599123
Fiction, 7-12, Picture Book, History
Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies
By: Margi Preus
Illustrated by:
Jaime Zollars
Jaime Zollars
ISBN: 9781419756719
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Black History Heroes
By: Patricia Pete, Ryan Van Cleave, Sona & Jacob
ISBN: 9781638193166
Nonfiction, 7–9, Chapter Book, Biography / Memoir
The Burning of the Books
By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by:
Gary Kelley
Gary Kelley
ISBN: 9781568464114
Nonfiction, 9–12, Picture Book, Books / Reading
The Children of the Sun
By: Micaela Chirif; translated by Lawrence Schimel
Illustrated by:
Juan Palomino
Juan Palomino
ISBN: 9780802856548
Fiction, 5–7, Picture Book, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
Earth Heroes
By: Lily Dyu
ISBN: 9798887772349
Nonfiction, 9–12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Finding Life: A Prehistoric Search and Find
By: Sophie Williams
Illustrated by:
Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams
ISBN: 9781800660540
Nonfiction, 7–9, Picture Book, How-to / Interactive
How Do You become President?
By: Ben Murphy
Illustrated by:
Srimalie Bassani
Srimalie Bassani
Nonfiction, 7–9, Picture Book, Government / Politics / Law
¡Viva Valenzuela!
By: Nathalie Alonso
Illustrated by:
John Parra
John Parra
ISBN: 9781662680274
Nonfiction, 7–9, Picture Book, Sports / Games / Recreation
Paint By Sticker Kids: America
By: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9781523529117
Nonfiction, 5–7, Activity / Novelty, How-to / Interactive
Skating Wilder
By: Brandon Dumais
Illustrated by:
AJ Dungo
AJ Dungo
ISBN: 9781913123208
Nonfiction, Teen (12+), Graphic Novel, Sports / Games / Recreation
Main Street
By: Britt Hawthorne and Tiffany Jewell
Illustrated by:
David Wilkerson
David Wilkerson
ISBN: 9798217002672
7–9, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism, Family / Community
The History Of We
By: Nikkolas Smith
Illustrated by:
Nikkolas Smith
Nikkolas Smith
ISBN: 9780593619681
5–7, Picture Book, History, BIPOC Characters and Creators
The ABCs of Black History
By: Rio Cortez
Illustrated by:
Lauren Semmer
Lauren Semmer
ISBN: 9781523507498
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
