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Harrison, Vashti

Summary: Features female figures of black history, including abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HAR

Harrison, Vashti

Summary: Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

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

Harrison, Vashti

Summary: Features female figures of black history, including pilot Bessie Coleman, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HAR

Harrison, Vashti

Summary: Highlights the lives of prominent men in African American history, including Alvin Ailey, John Lewis, Bass Reeves, and James Baldwin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE HAR

Harrison, Vashti

Summary: "Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world"-- Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in. Whether they were breaking...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HAR

Sehgal, Kabir

Summary: Siblings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers and press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors. Includes author's note.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SEH

Beaty, Andrea

Summary: "Love comes in many forms. It can feel tart as lemonade, or sweet as sugar cookies. Slow as a lazy morning, or fast as a relay race. Love is there through it all: the large and small moments, the good times and bad. And at the end of the day, love settles us down to bed with a hug and kiss goodnight. With charming, rhyming text...heartwarming illustrations...I Love You Like Yellow celebrates...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022

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Sehgal, Kabir

Summary: Siblings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers and press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors. Includes author's note.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SEH

Cherry, Matthew A.

Summary: El pelo de Zuri le permite ser ella misma. Se enrolla o se riza para convertirse en una corona de princesa o una capa de superhéroe. ¡Pero un día súperespecial necesita un peinado súperespecial! Peine en mano, papá le ayuda a Zuri a encontrar el look perfecto. Con un texto entrañable e ilustraciones radiantes, Amor de pelo celebra los rizos que son solo tuyos, el lazo entre padres e hijas y la...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kolika 2021

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH CHE

Lucianovic, Stephanie V. W.

Summary: Night after night, a girl speaks to a dying star and, inspired by its resilience, follows her dream to reach the star someday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUC

Cherry, Matthew A

Summary: A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CHE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHE

Derting, Kimberly

Summary: Cece, a budding and inquisitive scientist, and her equally curious best friend Isaac conduct experiments to see whether Cece's dog Einstein will eat his vegetables.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Derting, Kimberly

Summary: Cece and her friend Isaac conduct an experiment to see if Cece's dog, Einstein, will eat vegetables. Includes glossary and activities using the forces of push and pull.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020

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Derting, Kimberly

Summary: When Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DER

Nyong'o, Lupita

Summary: When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NYO

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NYO

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NYO

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