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Goade, Michaela

Summary: Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders. On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in the forest, a world of berries. Salmonberry, Cloudberry, Blueberry,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023

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Havrelock, Deidre

Summary: A young Indigenous girl's family helps calm her nervous butterflies before her first Jingle Dress Dance and reminds her why she dances.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: "Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children--human beings--this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots. Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEA

Cooper, Nancy

Summary: "Today, Amik is expecting her beaver cousins for a special visit, and she can't wait to show them her home. But as the visitors arrive, Amik suddenly realizes that her little sister, Nishiime, has disappeared. Where could she have gone? As Amik shows her cousins some of her favorite haunts, the reader also learns how beavers help all the other animals in the forest: they cut down poplar trees...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023

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Antony, Steve

Summary: While on an adventure to find the Rainbowsaurus, two dads and their children are joined by a menagerie of rainbow-colored animals who want to find the Rainbowsaurus too.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books 2024

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Craft, Aimée

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Summary: "The first treaty that was made was between the earth and the sky. It was an agreement to work together. We build all of our treaties on that original treaty. On the banks of the river that have been Mishomis's home his whole life, he teaches his granddaughter to listen--to hear both the sounds and the silences, and so to learn her place in Creation. Most importantly, he teaches her about...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J342.71082 CRA

Buchholtz, Julie

Summary: A young indigenous girl explores the ways she is connected to the Earth and to those who came before her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Wld Cult Bucholtz

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BUC

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BUC

Thomas, Rebecca

Summary: "What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THO

Yockteng, Rafael

Summary: "This almost wordless picture book set in the dawn of human life imagines how art and storytelling were born from the power of one young girl's observation. Once upon a time, during the Pleistocene, somewhere between two-and-a-half million and ten thousand years ago, small groups of people traveled their known world, hunting for food, seeking shelter, and slowly becoming more like the people we...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aldana Libros/Greystone Kids 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOC

Weber, Frank

Summary: "A dung beetle sets off on a quest for more and more dung"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEB

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Summary: The Aldens are excited to learn about beekeeping, but when equipment goes missing, they have more than honey to harvest--they have a mystery to solve.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WAR

Spencer, Renè

Summary: Two children lost at sea must overcome a language barrier if they want to find a way home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPE

Pizzoli, Greg

Summary: A child and dog search for a lost pet, Mister Kitty, as the child describes what Mister Kitty looks like to the reader.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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Flack, Roberta

Summary: "Legendary singer Roberta Flack reflects on her early childhood and her love of music"--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024

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Catchpole, James

Summary: When people meet Joe, they often treat him as Amazing Joe or Poor Joe. But can't he just be . . . Joe? One-legged Joe is 'amazing'. He knows this because wherever he goes people always tell him he's amazing. Amazing for sliding down the slide, for kicking a ball . . . even walking to get an ice cream, or even just eating an ice cream. Of course, being Amazing Joe is better than being Poor Joe ....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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Alessandri, Alexandra

Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

Dormer, Frank W.

Summary: Friends Tuna, Noodle, Margo, and new friend Ralph, share adventures and misadventures on the playground.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DOR

Freeman-Haskin, Leah

Summary: "Sienna looks forward to drawing a picture for her school's spring art show, until she ends up with the last two crayons ... By the time Sienna arrives at the art table in her classroom, all the crayons are gone except dark brown and light brown. Now how can she make a special picture for the art show? Andy teases that all she'll be able to draw is mud and dog poop. Her teacher tries to cheer...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRE

Agostini, Alliah L.

Summary: Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGO

Wild, A. M.

Summary: A child gets ready for a wonderful day. They gleefully get dressed, hug their parents, go to school, and play with friends. All the while, unapologetically reminding themselves that they are and can only be themselves. The nonbinary experience is brightly illustrated as we follow our main character through their typical day. The story's bouncy and fun refrain reminds all readers of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023

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Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.

Summary: "A celebration of the meaning of Blackness"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THE

Otheguy, Emma

Summary: A party? Oh no! Parties are full of tías with their flashy fashions and boom-and-bellow laughter. It's far too much for Martina! At least with all the noise, no one notices when she slips away. She finds herself in a magical place: a warm, familiar island where she can finally play in peace and quiet. Martina is home at last-- or is she? Lively and magical, this is a fresh retelling of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTH

McGee, Joe

Summary: It is time for Frankie's dog Sprocket to get her annual checkup, but the Junior Monster Scouts must find her first... and she's really good at hiding! Can the Junior Monster Scouts find Sprocket and convince her that everything is going to be okay?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCG

Lee, Sophia N.

Summary: After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LEE

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