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Summary: In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them. This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ ALONG GIOGiles, Lamar
Summary: Otto and Sheed have to team up with the Ellison twins to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County and that's turning its residents into Money-Zombies.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GILWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEATarpley, Natasha Anastasia
Summary: Keyana's latest big idea is to have backyard movie soiree for all her relatives! When her twin cousins' fighting knocks over the projector movie night seems heading for disaster-- until Keyana comes up with an even better idea.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TARSmith, Nikkolas
Summary: Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMIEnglish, Karen.
Summary: Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ENGBaptist, Kelly J.
Summary: Now in middle school, Isaiah Dunn participates in a mentoring program, but he has a hunch that his mentee--a troublemaking third-grader name Kobe--has a secret and Isaiah is determined to get to the bottom of it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BAPWells, Tina
Summary: Eleven-year-old June must juggle friendship, first love, and the fallout from a newly discovered family secret involving the entire town--all while under a truth-telling spell.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WELNuurali, Siman
Summary: Sadiq cannot wait to show his family heirloom drum, called a durbaan, to his friends at school, especially Gabi, who is deaf, but when a mishap occurs with Hooyo's durbaan, Sadiq must explain it to her and make things right.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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Summary: "When Zora grows up, she wants to be just like Aunt Bea. Aunt Bea is the best storyteller she knows! Every day after school, Zora heads to her aunt’s house, where they take out their family book and turn Aunt Bea’s kitchen into their stage. They raid Aunt Bea’s costume chest, filled with colorful garments from her acting days, and even do special voices to tell the stories of swimming coaches,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILBrown, Tameka Fryer
Summary: "Bianca is Keira's best friend. At school, they are inseparable. But Keira questions their friendship when she learns more about the meaning of the Confederate flag hanging from Bianca's front porch. Will the two friends be able to overlook their distinct understandings of the flag? Or will they reckon with the flag's effect on yesterday and today? In That Flag, Tameka Fryer Brown and Nikkolas...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROJohnson, Dinah
Summary: A young girl living on the coast of South Carolina dreams of her distant relatives on the shores of Africa and beyond. Indigo Dreaming is a poetic meditation between two young girls--on different sides of the sea--who wonder about how they are intricately linked by culture, even though they are separated by location. The girls' reflections come together, creating a vision of home, as well as a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHMoore, David Barclay
Summary: "Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Though run-ins with the police are just the same here. Not good. Javari will learn a lot about science ... And also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it's Cricket, a local boy, budding activist, and occasional...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MOOYoungblood, Leslie C.
Summary: When eleven-year-old Georgie and her sister Peaches relocate to Bogalusa, Louisiana with their mother to help their Great Aunt Vie, Georgie becomes involved in the search for the truth about her new friend Markie's mother.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD YOUMeadows, Michelle
Summary: "A young Black equestrian and her pony enjoy the changing seasons of the year on a family horse farm"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beginner Books, a division of Random House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MEABarnes, Derrick
Summary: "Bobby Beacon has trouble controlling his hot temper at his superhero school"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BARBarnes, Derrick
Summary: "Bobby Beacon has trouble controlling his hot temper at his superhero school"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BARCharles, Tami
Summary: "Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, We Are Here is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community. Full of assurance, tenderness, and triumph, this much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter offers an equally inspirational and arresting ode to all of the Black women and men throughout history who have made...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHAAlexander, Kwame
Summary: Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction AlexanderQuestlove
Summary: Seventh grader Rahim Reynolds loves testing out the gadgets invented by his brilliant friend Kasia Collins. First there were the X-ray glasses and all the trouble they caused. Now there's the new cell phone she built for his birthday, even though his parents won't let him have one. But Rahim is excited to use the phone to search for videos of his favorite old-school rap group. What he doesn't...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC QUETaylor, Mildred D
Summary: A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2016
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TAYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC TayloCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TAYThomas, Angie
Summary: "It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THOCabrera, Cozbi A.
Summary: Me & Mama is a 2020 picture book written and illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera and published by Simon & Schuster under the Denene Millner Books imprint. The book won a 2021 Caldecott Honor. The book celebrates the relationship between a mother and her daughter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG CABBradford, K. Tempest
Summary: Eleven-year-old Ruby, a Black girl who loves studying insects, accidentally captures an alien bug, but when the creature escapes and starts wreaking havoc around the neighborhood, it is up to Ruby and her rag-tag group of friends to find this new invasive species before the feds do.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022