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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
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
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
Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9798217031856
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Juneteenth
By: Hannah Eliot
Illustrated by:
Tequitia Andrews
Tequitia Andrews
ISBN: 9781665990349
Nonfiction, 0-3, Board Book, Holidays / Seasons / Celebrations
Writing Toward Justice
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Tonya Engel
Tonya Engel
ISBN: 9781662680892
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black History Is Your History
By: Taylor Cassidy
Illustrated by:
Adriana Bellet
Adriana Bellet
ISBN: 9781665957700
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, History
A Kids Book About Juneteenth
By: Garrison Hayes
ISBN: 9780744098877
Nonfiction, 7-12, Prose, History
A Child’s Introduction to African American History
By: Jabari Asim
Illustrated by:
Lynn Gaines
Lynn Gaines
ISBN: 9780316436427
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
Liberation Literature
By: Hamilton, Virginia
ISBN: 9781646144501
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, Art / Performing Arts
Congressman John Lewis: A Man on a Mission to Seek Justice for All
By: Jennifer Marino Walters
Illustrated by:
Niall Harding
Niall Harding
ISBN: 9781643713137
Nonfiction, 7-12, Early Reader, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Make Good Trouble
By: Jamia Wilson
Illustrated by:
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky
ISBN: 9780744092196
Nonfiction, Teen, Illustrated Prose, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
The Dream Builder’s Blueprint
By: Alice Faye Duncan
Illustrated by:
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781662680311
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring
By: Enigma Alberti
Illustrated by:
Tony Cliff
Tony Cliff
ISBN: 9781523507719
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, History
A Flea for Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change
By: Valerie Bolling
Illustrated by:
TeMika Grooms
TeMika Grooms
ISBN: 9781623545826
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Nelson Mandela
By: Theia Lake
ISBN: 9781642826821
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
Florence Price
By: Joanne Mattern
Illustrated by:
Marilena Perilli
Marilena Perilli
ISBN: 9781643714493
Nonfiction, 7-12, Chapter Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox
By: Marti Dumas
ISBN: 9798889641155
Fiction, 7-12, Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party
By: Martin, Jetta Grace
ISBN: 9781646144105
Nonfiction, Teen, Prose, History
Opening the Road
By: Keila V. Dawson
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781506467917
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Places / Travel
Gift of Freedom
By: Glennette Tilley Turner
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781419769290
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
Racial Equality
By: Anita Ganeri
Illustrated by:
Toby Newsome
Toby Newsome
ISBN: 9781499453744
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, History
A Song for August
By: Denmead, Sally
Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris
ISBN: 9781646144396
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems
By: Caroline Brewer
Illustrated by:
Caroline Brewer
Caroline Brewer
ISBN: 9781804661444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Poetry / Stories in Verse, Biography / Memoir
Stories of the Spirit of Justice
By: Jemar Tisby
ISBN: 9780310145592
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
I Am the River
By: Gauch, Patricia Lee
Illustrated by:
Kristle Marshall
Kristle Marshall
ISBN: 9781646145805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
This Hair Belongs
By: JaNay Brown-Wood
Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson
Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9781662620867
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, 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
I Can Be Brave Like Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Familius
Illustrated by:
Susanna Covelli
Susanna Covelli
ISBN: 9781641707473
Nonfiction, 4-6, Novelty / Pop-up, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Those Who Saw the Sun
By: Avery, Jaha Nailah
ISBN: 9781646144624
Nonfiction, Teen, Anthology / Collection, History
Aretha Franklin
By: Kristen Rajczak Nelson
ISBN: 9781534552371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, Biography / Memoir
I Heard: An American Journey
By:
Jaha Nailah Avery
Illustrated by:
Steffi Walthall
Steffi Walthall
ISBN: 9781623543822
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, History
The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond: A Civil Rights Icon
By: Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson
Illustrated by:
Chelsea Charles
Chelsea Charles
ISBN: 9781459833975
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Black Boy, Black Boy
By: Ali Kamanda, Jorge Redmond
Illustrated by:
Ken Daley
Ken Daley
ISBN: 9781728250649
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
It’s Her Story Rosa Parks: A Graphic Novel
By: Lauren Burke
Illustrated by:
Shane Clester
Shane Clester
ISBN: 9781503752948
Nonfiction, 7-12, Graphic Novel, Biography / Memoir
The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History
By: Ann Richards
Illustrated by:
Arden Taylor
Arden Taylor
ISBN: 9781459838444
Nonfiction, 7-12, Illustrated Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
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
Journey Beyond the Walls
By: Sir James Thornhill
ISBN: 9798218594442
Nonfiction, 7-12, Anthology / Collection, Biography / Memoir
Twice Enslaved
By: Selene Castrovilla
Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson
Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9781662680748
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Los pantalones de Luisa
By: Susanna Isern; translated by Cecilia Ross
Illustrated by:
Esther Gili
Esther Gili
ISBN: 9788410074842
Fiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Spanish
¡Mambo mucho mambo! El baile que atravesó la barrera del color
By: Dean Robbins; translated by Georgina Lázaro
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781536213355
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Spanish
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines
By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781536206081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Picture Book, Art / Performing Arts
The Moonlit Vine
By: Elizabeth Santiago
Illustrated by:
McKenzie Mayle
McKenzie Mayle
ISBN: 9781643795805
Fiction, Teen, Prose, BIPOC Characters and Creators
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
By: Denise, Anika Aldamuy
Illustrated by:
Escobar, Paola
Escobar, Paola
ISBN: 9780062748683
Nonfiction, 4-6, Picture Book, Biography / Memoir
